Strangers No More

In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin School fleeing poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger.

Strangers No More follows several students' struggle to acclimate to life in a new land while slowly opening up to share their stories of hardship and tragedy.

With tremendous effort and dedication, the school provides the support these children need to recover from their past. Together, the bond between teacher and student, and amongst the students themselves, enables them to create new lives in this exceptional community.

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SCREENING REQUESTS:

Strangers No More will be available for screenings after December 5, 2012!

The screening fees are as follows:

DVD: $150 USD

DigiBeta Rental: $250 USD

HDCAM-SR Rental: $300 USD

Please e-mail info@simongoodmanpictures.com to submit a request.

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UPCOMING SCREENINGS:

April, 2013
Harrisburg Jewish Film Festival
Harrisburg, PA
Screening

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PAST SCREENINGS:

Shorts International Screenings
Cities Worldwide: Dates and locations listed here

November 12, 2010 at 6:45PM & November 14, 2010 at 12:15PM
Starz Denver Film Festival
Denver, CO
Screenings

November 13, 2010 at 1PM
Starz Denver Film Festival
Denver, CO
Panel Discussion with Director/Producer Karen Goodman

November 15, 2010
The Museum of Modern Art, Celeste Bartos Theatre 
New York, NY
Screening & Panel Discussion with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon

November 15, 2010 at 11AM & 7:30PM
Museum of Tolerance International Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA
Screening

January 3, 2011
Tel Aviv Cinematheque
Tel Aviv, Israel
Screening & Panel Discussion with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon

January 17, 2011 at 3:30PM and January 18, 2011 at 1PM
New York Jewish Film Festival
New York, NY
Screening

January 26, 2011 at 6:30PM
Ray Kurtzman Theater, CAA
Los Angeles, CA
Screening

February 20, 2011 
Underdog Film Festival
Montclair, NJ
Screening

February 21, 2011 at 12:15PM
LimmudLA Annual Conference
Los Angeles, CA
Screening

February 26, 2011 at 9AM
IDA DocuDay Los Angeles: WGA Theater
Beverly Hills, CA
Screening & Q&A with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon

February 27, 2011 at 1:30PM
IDA DocuDay New York: The Paley Center for Media
New York, NY
Screening

March 26, 2011 at 5:50PM
Israel Film Festival in Paris (Isratim)
Paris, France
Screening

March 27, 2011 at 12PM
Palm Beach International Film Festival
Boca Raton, FL
Screening

April 2, 2011
Festival International du Film de Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Screening & Q&A with Director/Producer Karen Goodman

April 5, 2011
Kolnoar Chevrati Festival
Efrat, Israel
Screening

April 7, 2011 at 9PM, April 8, 2011 at 3PM and April 10, 2011 at 9PM
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Ashland, OR
Screenings

April 11, 2011 at 5PM
Westchester Jewish Film Festival/Jacob Burns Film Center
Pleasantville, NY
Screening & Q&A with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon

April 11, 2011 at 7PM
Portland Jewish Film Festival
Portland, OR
Screening

April 16, 2011 at 12PM
Sacramento International Film Festival
Sacramento, CA
Screening
*Winner of the Outstanding International Short award at the 2011 Sacramento International Film Festival!

April 29, 2011
360/365 George Eastman House Film Festival
Rochester, NY
Screening

May 1, 2011 at 11AM
Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport Beach, CA
Screening

May 9, 2011 at 7PM & 7:30PM and May 11, 2011 at 7:30PM
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival 
Los Angeles, CA
Screenings
*Winner of the Best Documentary Short award at the 2011 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival!

May 11, 2011 at 2PM
Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Screening

May 14, 2011 at 5PM 
Israel Film Fest
New York, NY
Screening & Q&A with Directors/Producers Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon

May 15, 2011 at 2:30PM
Africa World Documentary Film Festival 
St. Louis, MO 
Screening

May 17, 2011 at 5PM 
Israel Film Fest
New York, NY
Screening
*Winner of the Audience Award at the 2011 Israel Film Fest!

May 31, 2011 at 8PM
Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Potsdam
Berlin, Germany
Screening

June 4, 2011 at 1:30PM
Berkshire International Film Festival
Berkshire, MA
Screening

June 11, 2011 at 9:50PM
Limmud-Oz: University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

June 13, 2011 
Mid-Westchester JCC Scarsdale
Scarsdale, NY
Screening

June 15-17, 2011
Global Education Conference
Melbourne, Australia

June 16, 2011 at 2:15PM
Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Screening

June, 2011
Festival de Cinema Jueu de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

June, 2011
Bucharest Film Festival
Bucharest, Romania

July 1, 2011 at 5PM
Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow, Russia 
Screening

July 23, 2011 at 12PM
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
Screening

August 6, 2011 at 1PM
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
Screening

August 8, 2011 at 1PM
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
Screening

July, 2011
Rochester Jewish Film Festival
Rochester, NY

July, 2011
Panorama at UNESCO
Paris, France

August 14, 2011 at 7:30PM
Boston Jewish Film Festival
Boston, MA
Screening

August 27, 2011
Kehilat Shalom International Symposium
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Screening

August, 2011
InD Panda International Short Film Festival
Hong Kong, China

August, 2011
Kavalan International Short Film Festival
Taiwan

September 13, 2011
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)/Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
Washington, DC
Screening

September 25, 2011
Singapore International Film Festival
Singapore
Screening

October 22, 2011 at 7PM
Festival Internacional de Jovenes Realizadores, Granada
Granada, Spain
Screening

October 23, 2011 at 2:30PM
Museum of Jewish Heritage
New York, NY
Screening & Q&A with Director/Producer Kirk Simon

October 23, 2011
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival
Cupertino, CA
Screening

October 26, 2011 at 7:30PM
Museum of Contemporary Art Miami
Miami, FL
Screening & Introduction by Executive Producer Lin Arison

October 27, 2011 at 5PM, October 30, 2011 at 3:30PM and November 1, 2011 at 7:30PM
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
Chicago, IL
Screenings

October, 2011
Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival
Tel Aviv, Israel

October, 2011
UNHCR Refugee Film Festival
Various Cities, Japan

November 5, 2011 at 7PM
Calgary Jewish Film Festival
Calgary, Canada
Screening

November 5, 2011
UN Monterey Bay Chapter International Film Festival
Monterey, CA
Screening

November 6, 2011
Nashville Jewish Film Festival
Nashville, TN
Screening 

November 6, 2011 at 12PM
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
Colorado Springs, CO
Screening

November 19, 2011 at 8PM
UK Jewish Film Festival
London, UK
Screening

November 20, 2011
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
Hong Kong, China
Screening

November 20, 2011 at 11:30AM
Jewish Culture Days Munich
Munich, Germany
Screening

November 20, 2011
Park Avenue Synagogue Mitzvah Day
New York, NY
Screening & Q&A with Director/Producer Kirk Simon

November 25, 2011 at 7PM
Experimental Film Festival of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Screening

November, 2011
Caracas International Jewish Film Festival
Caracas, Venezuela

November-December, 2011
Freedom to Create Festival
Cape Town, South Africa
Exhibition

December 1, 2011 at 2:25PM, December 2, 2011 at 1PM and December 7, 2011 at 12:15PM
Festival Internacional de Cine Judio en Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Screenings

December 5, 2011 at 7PM
JCC Greenwich
Greenwich, CT
Screening

December 13, 2011 at 5:30PM
Sottodiciotto Filmfestival - Turin Young Screen
Torino, Italy
Screening

January 15, 2012 at 12:45PM
Tucson International Jewish Film Festival
Tucson, AZ
Screening

January 30, 2012 at 7PM
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
Philadelphia, PA
Screening

February 7, 2012 at 6:30PM
The Bright School of Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN
Screening

February 20, 2012 at 1PM, March 1, 2012 at 3PM and March 3, 2012 at 2PM
ZagrebDox
Zagreb, Croatia
Screening

March, 2012
Jewish Culture Days Munich
Munich, Germany
Screening

April 29, 2012 at 4:30PM
Grand Rapids Jewish Film Festival
Grand Rapids, MI
Screening

May 1, 2012 at 5PM & May 2, 2012 at 1:30PM
Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival
Detroit, MI
Screening

August 6, 2012
Hamptons International Film Festival Summer Film Series
Westhampton Beach, NY
Screening

October 17, 2012
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival
Baltimore, MD
Screening

November, 2012
Nepal International Human Rights Film Festival
Kathmandu, Nepal
Screening

November, 2012
Festival de films documentaires Enfances dans le Monde
Paris, France
Screening

 

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To make a donation to the Bialik-Rogozin School, please contact the Tel Aviv Foundation. Be sure to specify that you would like the donation to go to Bialik-Rogozin, as the Tel Aviv Foundation supports many projects in Israel.

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