SJFF presents 'Angel of Budapest'
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival presents Angel of Budapest, A drama about Spanish resistance ardor and conscience.
- Angel of Budapest (El ángel de Budapest)
- Luis Oliveros, Spain, 2011, 109 minutes. In Spanish with subtitles.
- Thanks to Spielberg, we know about Oskar Schindler. But the world remains largely ignorant of Ángel Sanz Briz, a Spanish diplomat in Hungary during WWII, who saved thousands of Jews by lodging them in Spanish safe houses in Budapest and granting them "Sephardic” nationality.
- Special guests: Producer José Manuel Lorenzo and Honorable Consul of Spain Luis Fernando Esteban.
The annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival (SJFF) is a 10-day international cinematic exploration and celebration of Jewish life, global cultures, identity, history and filmmaking for everyone. SJFF is the largest Jewish event in the Pacific Northwest and a mainstay of Seattle's arts and cultural scene. The festival annually draws enthusiastic film-loving fans from the Jewish and general communities. SJFF is the only film festival in this region featuring the best Israeli and Jewish-themed, international, independent and award-winning films.
A reception will follow at 8:30 pm at Kaspar’s. Buy tickets online or call 206-324-9996.
- Film
- Seattle
- Mar 6, 2013
- 06:00 pm
Venue
SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
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Credits
Organized by The Seattle Jewish Film Festival In collaboration with the Honorary Spanish Consulate in Seattle, SPAIN arts & culture, the SPAIN-USA Foundation, the Spanish Tourist Office in Los Angeles, the Instituto Cervantes, Dragados USA, and the Spanish and Portuguese Department at the University of Washington. Film sponsored AJC Seattle