My So-Called Enemy

January 2012

Chagrin Falls High School & Performing Arts Theatre (OH)
Tuesday, Jan. 17th at 7:30pm
400 E. Washington St.
Director Lisa Gossels will do a Q&A after the screening.
Click here for tickets (free for students) and more information.
With special thanks to organizers Cathy Watterson and Paul Libby (Federated Church) and Steven Ast (Principal, Chagrin Falls H.S.).

Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
As part of CWRU’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Thursday, Jan. 19th at 7:00pm
Strosacker Auditorium — 2125 Adelbert Rd.  (Best parking:  Veale Center garage.)
Director Lisa Gossels will do a Q&A after the screening.
This event is free and open to the public.
Click here for more information.
Supported by The Office of the Provost, SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship), Student Affairs, Cleveland Hillel, and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. With special thanks to organizers Mayo Bulloch and Lynn Singer.

Congregation Shomrei Torah (Santa Rosa, CA)
“Social Action Goes to the Movies” Film Series
Saturday, Jan. 21st at 7:15pm — 2600 Bennett Valley Road
Anna Simson, formerly with Building Bridges for Peace, will do a Q&A after the screening.
The screening is free and open to the public.
Click here for more information.

December 2011

2011 “This Human World” Human Rights Film Festival (Vienna, Austria)

Tuesday, December 6th at 7:00pm
Top Kino — Rahlgasse 1
Click here for tickets and more information.

November 2011

2011 St. Louis International Film Festival

Sunday, November 13th at 3:00pm
Washington University — Brown Hall Auditorium
Director Lisa Gossels will do a Q&A after the screening.
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2011 First Person Arts and the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival

Thursday, November 17th  at 6:00pm
Christ Church Neighborhood House — 20 North American Street
Melodye Feldman, the Founder of Seeking Common Ground, will lead a
facilitated “Peace Meal” at the Israeli Zahav Restaurant after the screening.
Click here for tickets ($35) and more information.

2011 Long Beach Jewish Cultural Arts Festival – Film Festival and Book Fair (CA)
Opening Night Film

Thursday, November 17th at 7:30pm
The Alpert Jewish Community Center — 3801 East Willow Street
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2011 Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

Thursday, November 17th at 8:45pm
The Ridge Theatre — 3131 Arbutus Street
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Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple (New Brunswick, NJ)

Monday, November 28th at 7:30pm
222 Livingston Avenue
Lisa Gossels will do a Q&A after the screening.
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2011 Global Peace Film Festival (Orlando, FL)

Thursday, September 22nd at 7:30pm — Rollins College SunTrust Auditorium
Saturday, September 24th at 7:30pm — First Congregational Church of Winter Park
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Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

August 28th at 1:00pm
Strosacker Auditorium–2125 Adelbert Road
I will be joined for a post-screening discussion by moderator, Dr. Peter W. Moore of CWRU and panelists Dr. Brian Amkraut from the Siegal College of Judaic Studies, Dr. Nahida Halaby Gordon, a CWRU professor who is Palestinian American and Presbyterian, and Dr. Zeki Saritoprak, the Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University.  All are involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace and multi-faith initiatives. A big thank you to Cathy Watterson, the main organizer of this event.
Click here for tickets and more information.

Roxbury International Film Festival
with the Boston Jewish Film Festival (Brookline, MA)
Monday, July 25th at 7:30pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre — 290 Harvard Street
Lisa Gossels will do a Q&A after the screening.
Click here for more information.

We recently got some very nice news: “My So-Called Enemy” won a CINE Golden Eagle Award

MY SO-CALLED ENEMY
Good Egg Productions, Inc.
Lisa Gossels and Eden Wurmfeld, Producers
Lisa Gossels, Director

Winners of the CINE competitions are chosen through a rigorous, tiered jury system, based on criteria reflecting storytelling, production value, artistry, purpose and overall excellence.  Since its founding in 1957, CINE has been dedicated to discovering, rewarding, educating, and supporting established and emerging talent in film and video. Among great talents whose first films were awarded CINE Golden Eagles are Steven Spielberg, Ken Burns and Ron Howard, and filmmakers such as Robert Zemeckis, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorcese, Mira Nair, Charles Guggenheim, Stanley Nelson, Albert Maysles, Frederick Wiseman have also been recipients of the Golden Eagle Award.

Seattle International Film Festival (WA)

Sunday, June 5th at 6:30 pm, Harvard Exit
Monday, June 6th at 4:30 pm, Harvard Exit
Lisa Gossels  will do both Q&As
Click here for tickets and more information.

The Hudson Valley Programmers Group (Rhinebeck, Woodstock and Albany, NY)
Rhinebeck:  Sunday June 12th at 1:00 pm — Upstate Films
Woodstock:  Monday, June 13th at 6:30 pm — Teen-Only Screening
Woodstock Film Festival and Hudson Valley Film Commission Film Center
**If you have a teen interested in attending, call 845.679.4265
Albany:  Tuesday, June 14th at 6:45pm — Spectrum 8
Lisa Gossels will do in-depth Q&As after each of the screenings.
Click here for more information.

Community Screening and Reception (Vineland/Bridgeton (NJ)
Sunday, June 26th at 4:00pm
Landis Theater, 830 East Landis Avenue, Vineland
Robert Dragotta will introduce the program/Lisa Gossels for the Q&A
Reception to follow at the home of Robert Dragotta in Bridgeton
(where we filmed Building Bridges in 2002).
To reserve a seat ($10), email:  house…treborgarth@aol.com