Animation at the SF Jewish Film Festival:

“Der Soldat (directed by Max Cohen) is a hand-drawn short about a young man who carries an injured companion out of an empty battlefield to look for help. July 26th 1:45 PM, Castro (SF), Tues. Aug. 5, 2 PM, Berkeley Roda Theater and Thurs. Aug. 7, 2 PM at the Palo Alto Cine Arts.

“Quest for the Missing Piece” (directed by Oded Lotan, pictured above). “Once upon a time in a small land by the seashore, a baby was born. Eight days after the birth, the baby’’s parents celebrated a mysterious ancient ceremony… The Missing Piece is a thorough investigation of the tradition and implications of circumcision under a humorous pretext: the director is looking for his missing piece.” Sat. Aug 2, 2 PM at the Berkeley Roda Theater and Sun Aug 3 at 9 PM at the Jewish Community Center in SF.
 
“A Trip to Prague” (directed by Neil Ira Needleman). “There aren’t enough happy endings in the world, so the director decided to create his own. This short, sweet, and touching story is simply told and illustrated with wonderful sketches of Prague. The story may be fiction, but the feelings are real. Thurs Aug. 7th 9:30 PM, Berkeley Roda Theater and Sat. Aug. 9th, 1 PM at the Jewish Community Center in SF.

Of course, there’s lot’s of non-animated work on view as well; for more information visit www.SFJFF.org.