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See this film at the following theaters:

10/12/17 Chicago Int’l Film Festival Chicago, IL
11/01/17 Starz Int’l Film Festival Denver, CO
11/02/17 Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Festival New Brunswick, NJ
11/04/17 Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival Philadelphia, PA
11/05/17 Israel Film Festival Los Angeles, CA
11/08/17 The Loft Film Festival Tucson, AZ
11/09/17 Rutgers New Jersey Jewish Film Fest New Brunswick, NJ
11/10/17 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival Ottawa, ON, Canada
01/02/18 Palm Springs Int’l Film Festival Palm Springs, CA
01/10/18 The Jewish Museum New York, NY
01/11/18 Miami Jewish Film Festival Miami, FL
01/24/18 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Atlanta, GA
02/02/18 Wesleyan University Middleton, CT
02/12/18 Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival Boca Raton, FL
03/01/18 JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival Chicago, IL
03/02/18 East Bay Int’l Jewish Film Festival Walnut Creek, CA
03/08/18 Hartford Jewish Film Festival West Hartford, CT
03/10/18 Maine Jewish Film Festival Portland, ME
03/10/18 Seattle Jewish Film Festival Seattle, WA
03/10/18 Out At The Movies Winston-Salem, NC
03/14/18 Honolulu Jewish Film Festival Honolulu, HI
03/15/18 New Jersey Jewish Film Fest W. Orange, NJ
03/15/18 JCC MetroWest West Orange, NJ
03/16/18 Green Mtn Film Festival Montpelier, VT
03/18/18 Cherry Hill Jewish Film Festival Cherry Hill, NJ
03/20/18 Tampa Jewish Film Festival Tampa, FL
03/25/18 Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival Cupertino, CA
04/03/18 JCC Rockland Film Festival West Nyack, NY
04/06/18 Florida Film Festival Maitland, FL (Enzian Theatre)
04/10/18 Gordon Center for Performing Arts Owings Mills, MD
04/12/18 Berkshire Jewish Film Festival Pittsfield, MA
04/12/18 Minneapolis-St. Paul Int’l Film Fest Minneapolis, MN
04/15/18 Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival W. Bloomfield, MI
04/19/18 Asheville Jewish Film Festival Asheville, NC
04/29/18 Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival Santa Fe, NM
05/02/18 JCC of Greater Dayton Centerville, OH
05/02/18 Washington Jewish Film Festival Washington, DC
05/03/18 Toronto Jewish Film Festival Toronto, ON
05/04/18 Pittsburgh Jewish/Israeli Film Festival Pittsburgh, PA
05/05/18 Nat’l Center for Jewish Film Waltham, MA
05/06/18 Montreal Israeli Film Festival Montreal, Quebec, CN
05/08/18 Jewish Community Center of North Shore Marblehead, MA
05/10/18 Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA
05/11/18 Palm Beach Israeli Film Series W. Palm Beach, FL
05/22/18 Winnipeg Int’l Jewish Film Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba
05/24/18 Soloway Jewish Community Center Ottawa, ON, Canada
06/10/18 Jewish Federation of Quad Cities Milan, IL
06/11/18 Israel Film Center Festival New York, NY
06/13/18 Provincetown Int’l Film Festival Provincetown, MA
06/23/18 Portland Jewish Film Festival Portland, OR

THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENTS started June 29, 2018

06/29/18 Quad Cinema New York, NY
06/29/18 The Landmark at 57 West New York, NY
06/29/18 Laemmle’s Royal Theatre W. Los Angeles, CA
06/29/18 Laemmle’s Town Center Encino, CA
07/06/18 Laemmle’s Playhouse 7 Pasadena, CA
07/06/18 Regency Rancho Niguel 8 Laguna Niguel, CA
07/06/18 Regal Westpark 8 Irvine, CA
07/06/18 Landmark’s E-Street Cinema Washington, D.C.
07/06/18 Landmark’s Kendall Square Cinema Cambridge, MA
07/06/18 Landmark’s Ritz at the Bourse Philadelphia, PA
07/08/18 Axelrod Performing Arts Center Deal Park, NJ
07/13/18 The Avalon Theatre Washington D.C.
07/13/18 Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago, IL
07/13/18 Renaissance Place Cinemas Highland Park, IL
07/13/18 Landmark’s Midtown Art Cinema Atlanta, GA
07/13/18 Angelika Film Center – Dallas (Mockingbird) Dallas, TX
07/13/18 Tristone Palm Desert 10 Palm Desert, CA
07/13/18 Coral Gables Art Cinema Coral Gables, FL
07/13/18 Cinema Paradiso – Hollywood Hollywood, FL
07/13/18 Living Room Theatres – FAU Boca Raton, FL
07/13/18 Living Room Theatres – Portland Portland, OR
07/13/18 Movies of Delray Delray Beach, FL
07/13/18 Movies of Lake Worth Lake Worth, FL
07/13/18 Cinema Paradiso – Hollywood Hollywood, FL
07/15/18 Rochester Jewish Film Festival Rochester, NY
07/20/18 Landmark’s West End Cinema Washington D.C.
07/20/18 Bow Tie Cinema Roslyn 4 Roslyn, NY
07/20/18 Classic Gateway Theatre Ft. Lauderdale, FL
07/20/18 Last Picture Show Tamarac, FL
07/20/18 Landmark’s Clay Theatre San Francisco, CA
07/20/18 Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas Berkeley, CA
07/20/18 Landmark’s Edina Cinema Minneapolis, MN
07/20/18 Cedar Lee Theatre Cleveland, OH
07/20/18 SIFF Cinema Seattle, WA
07/20/18 Dragonfly Theatre Port Orchard, WA
07/20/18 The Showroom Asbury Park, NJ
07/20/18 Gateway Film Center Columbus, OH
07/20/18 Cinema Arts Theatre Fairfax, VA
07/22/18 Damn These Heels Film Festival Salt Lake City, UT
07/27/18 Dipson Eastern Hills Buffalo, NY
07/27/18 Landmark’s Chez Artiste Denver, CO
07/27/18 Landmark’s Ken Cinema San Diego, CA
07/27/18 Landmark’s Opera Plaza Cinemas San Francisco, CA
07/27/18 Landmark’s Lagoon Cinema Minneapolis, MN
07/27/18 LNT Four Star Theatre San Francisco, CA
07/27/18 Harkins Camelview Scottsdale, AZ
07/27/18 Criterion Cinemas New Haven, CT
07/27/18 CCA Cinematheque Santa Fe, NM
07/30/18 Liberty Theatre Camas, WA (PDX area)
08/03/18 Maple Art Theater Bloomfield, MI
08/03/18 Sie Film Center Denver, CO
08/03/18 Facets Cinematheque Chicago, IL
08/03/18 AMC Aventura 24 Aventura, FL
08/03/18 Laemmle Glendale 5 Glendale, CA
08/03/18 Harkins’ Shea 14 Scottsdale, AZ
08/03/18 Parkway Theatre Baltimore, MD
08/04/18 Acme Screening Room Lambertville, NJ
08/06/18 Berkshire Jewish Film Festival Pittsfield, MA
08/09/18 Time and Space Limited Hudson, NY
08/10/18 Tivoli Manor Square Kansas City, MO
08/10/18 Tower Theatre Salt Lake City, UT
08/10/18 Real Art Ways Hartford, CT
08/10/18 The Loft Cinema Tucson, AZ
08/10/18 Old Greenbelt Theatre Greenbelt, MD
08/10/18 Mountain Shadow Film Society Walnut Creek, CA
08/10/18 Cinema Arts Centre Huntington, NY (Tent date)
08/11/18 Wheeler Opera House Aspen, CO
08/15/18 Boedecker Theatre Boulder, CO
08/17/18 Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Cinema St. Louis, MO
08/17/18 Bijou Cinemas Eugene, OR
08/17/18 Wilmette Theatre Wilmette, IL
08/17/18 Michigan Theatre Ann Arbor, MI
08/17/18 Smith-Rafael Film Center San Rafael, CA
08/17/18 Summerfield Cinemas Santa Rosa, CA
08/17/18 Rialto Elmwood 3 Berkeley, CA
08/17/18 Digital Gym/Media Arts Center San Diego, CA
08/17/18 DBT Mariemont Cincinnati, OH
08/17/18 The Ryder Bloomington, IN
08/17/18 BTC Cinema 100 Quad White Plains, NY
08/17/18 BTC Tenafly 4 Tenafly, NJ
08/17/18 BTC Clairidge Montclair, NJ
08/17/18 Chelsea Art Theatre Chapel Hill, NC
08/19/18 Martha’s Vineyard Summer Institute Vineyard Haven, MA
08/20/18 Oxnard Film Society Plaza Cinemas Oxnard, CA
08/20/18 The Hampton Synagogue Westhampton Beach, NY
08/22/18 South Bay Film Society Torrance, CA
08/24/18 Laemmle Music Hall Beverly Hills, CA
08/24/18 Tropic Cinema Key West, FL
08/28/18 The Grand Cinema Tacoma, WA
08/30/18 San Juan Int’l Film Festival San Juan, Puerto Rico
08/31/18 Laemmle Monica Film Center Santa Monica, CA
08/31/18 The Broad Theatre New Orleans, LA
09/04/18 Jacob Burns Film Center Pleasantville, NY
09/04/18 The JCC of Manhattan New York, NY
09/07/18 Osio Theater Monterey, CA
09/07/18 Cape Ann Cinema Gloucester, MA
09/08/18 Film Society of Summit Summit, NJ
/9/14/18 Metropolitan Hitchcock Theatre Santa Barbara, CA
09/14/18 Vancity Theatre Vancouver, BC, Canada
09/14/18 Oklahoma City Museum of Art OKC, OK
09/15/18 Wheeler Film Society Aspen, CO
09/16/18 Cinema Arts Center Huntington, Long Island, NY
09/17/18 Dietrich Cinema Tunkhannock, PA
09/18/18 Reel Pizza Cinerama Bar Harbor, ME
09/21/18 Lascaux Micro-Theater Buckhannon, WV
09/21/18 Cinematique of Daytona Daytona Beach, FL
09/21/18 Tallahassee Film Society Tallahassee, FL
09/21/18 Vickers Theater Three Oaks, MI
09/25/18 Naro Expanded Cinema Norfolk, VA
09/28/18 Lake Worth Playhouse Lake Worth, FL
09/28/18 Camelot Theatres Palm Springs, CA
09/28/18 Cinema Art (Lewes) Rehoboth Beach, DE
09/28/18 The Frida Cinema Santa Ana, CA
10/04/18 Image Out LGBT Film Festival Rochester, NY
10/05/18 Varsity Theatre Ashland, OR
10/05/18 TIFF Bell Lightbox Toronto, ON, Canada
10/05/18 Bryn Mawr Film Institute Bryn Mawr, PA
10/07/18 Crandell Theatre Chatham, NY
10/09/18 Cinema 320 Worcester, MA
10/11/18 Nashville Jewish Film Festival Nashville, TN
10/11/18 Heartland Film Festival Indianapolis, IN
10/12/18 Pickford Film Center Bellingham, WA
10/12/18 Way OUT West Film Festival Albuquerque, NM
10/14/18 Symphony Space New York, NY
10/14/18 Flatirons Food Film Festival Lafayette, CO
10/16/18 Ahrya Fine Arts by Laemmle Beverly Hills, CA
10/18/18 Broward County Jewish Film Fest Davie, FL
10/18/18 Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema Glencoe, IL
10/18/18 Milwaukee Film Festival Milwaukee, WI
10/24/18 The Nickelodeon Theatre Columbia, MO
10/27/18 Jewish Arts & Film Fest of Fairfield Cty Stamford, CT
11/03/18 Scottsdale Int’l Flm Festival Scottsdale, AZ
11/04/18 Beth Tzedec Congregation Calgary, AB, Canada
11/06/18 Aventura Arts & Cultural Festival Aventura, FL
11/08/18 Cornell University Cinema Ithaca, NY
11/11/18 Columbus Jewish Film Festival Columbus, OH
11/11/18 Bijou Theatre Lincoln City, OR
11/11/18 UJA Federation of Northern NJ Paramus, NJ
11/15/18 Congregation Sons of Israel Briarcliff Manor, NY
11/16/18 ByTowne Cinema Ottawa, ON, Canada
11/22/18 Image Nation Film Festival Montreal, QB, Canada
11/28/18 SUNY Purchase Purchase, NY
12/04/18 Focus on French Cinema SUNY Purchase Purchase, NY
01/12/19 Weinstein JCC Richmond, VA
01/16/19 Mobile Alabama Jewish Film Fest Mobile, AL
01/16/19 Tucson Jewish Film Festival Tucson, AZ
01/19/19 Worcester Jewish Comm Ctr Worcester, MA
01/26/19 Aultsville Theatre Cornwall, ON, Canada
02/01/19 Bakersfield Fox Theatre Bakersfield, CA
02/02/19 Ventura County Jewish Film Festival Ventura, CA
02/06/19 San Diego Jewish Film Festival La Jolla, CA
02/07/19 Denver Mizel JCC Denver, CO
02/10/19 Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Scottsdale, AZ
02/10/19 Urban Inst for Contemporary Arts Grand Rapids, MI
02/16/19 Greensboro Jewish Federation Greensboro, NC
02/16/19 San Antonio Jewish Film Fest San Antonio, TX
02/18/19 State Theatre State College, PA
02/21/19 Louisville Jewish Film Festival Louisville, KY
03/06/19 Jewish Federation of Sarasota Manatee Sarasota, FL
03/14/19 Roseland Theatre Onancock, VA
03/22/19 Jewish Comm Ctr of Greater Buffalo Getzville, NY
03/28/19 Temple Beth Sholom Roslyn, NY
04/02/19 Westchester Jewish Film Festival Pleasantville, NY
04/13/19 Columbia Jewish Congregation Columbia, MD
05/08/19 JCC – Greater Washington Rockville, MD

Synopsis

THE CAKEMAKER

Thomas, a young German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who has frequent business visits in Berlin. When Oren dies in a car crash in Israel, Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking for answers regarding his death. Under a fabricated identity, Thomas infiltrates into the life of Anat, his lover’s newly widowed wife, who owns a small Café in downtown Jerusalem. Thomas starts to work for her and create German cakes and cookies that bring life into her Café. Thomas finds himself involved in Anat’s life in a way far beyond his anticipation, and to protect the truth he will stretch his lie to a point of no return.

NYT CRITIC’S PICK!
“THE CAKEMAKER” believes in a love that neither nationality, sexual orientation nor religious belief can deter”
– Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times

Reviews

THE NEW YORK TIMES: CRITIC’S PICK!
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/movies/the-cakemaker-review.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES: CRITIC’S PICK!
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-the-cakemaker-review-20180628-story.html

THE FORWARD:
https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/404284/the-cakemaker-finds-eroticism-in-baking-and-grief/

THE SCHMOOZE: “Watch” pick for the week
https://forward.com/schmooze/404337/the-cakemaker-glow-and-three-identical-strangers-weekend-read-watch-do/

NPR:
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/624046119/in-the-cakemaker-grieving-is-baked-in

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY:
https://www.jta.org/2018/06/22/life-religion/cakemaker-gay-lover-straight-woman-long-man

JEWCY:
http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/jewcy-review-cakemaker

HAARETZ:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-director-reveals-recipe-for-success-on-the-cakemaker-1.6219156

THE JEWISH STANDARD:
http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-cakemaker/

GAY CITY NEWS:
http://gaycitynews.nyc/loves-ingredients/

SLANT MAGAZINE:
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/the-cakemaker