Atlanta Jewish Film Festival returns to Merchants Walk Cinema

The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival began Wednesday and continues through Feb. 21, and for the first time in several years the Merchants Walk Cinema in East Cobb is among the venues for screenings and other events.

Ten screenings will take place at Merchants Walk (1301 Johnson Ferry Road), including three on Thursday and another on Friday, as part of the 60-film AJFF, which began in 2000.

The others will take place on Saturday and Sunday, including “Israel Swings for Gold,” the story of the Israeli baseball team’s participation in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

It will be the world premiere for the 75-minute film, which will be shown at 11 a.m. at Merchants Walk, and whose showing there and two other venues at the festival is being sponsored by the Atlanta Braves.

Since there was no media due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Israeli players shot their own videos that formed the core of the film, a sequel to a 2017 film chronicling Israel’s run in the World Baseball Classic.

Other films to be shown at Merchants Walk include “Hummus Full Trailer,” with a storyline described as a “zany gangster comedy caper” that features “a mix-up in Haifa links a cesspit of nutty Middle East sorts.”

In “Remember This,” actor David Straitharn plays a World War II hero Jan Karski, a Polish Catholic diplomat who warned about Nazi atrocities that fell on deaf ears.

The full schedule of screenings at Merchants Walk and other venues, as well as ticket purchases, can be found by clicking here.

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