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Meow

The search for her lost cat changes the path of a Hasidic girl’s world.

MERV

Simon is unexpectedly summoned to his grandmother’s house to meet her new boyfriend, Merv. The man he encounters there upends his understanding of love, loss, and Chinese takeout.

Metallic Blues

Two bumbling used-car dealers in Israel hatch a scheme to sell a shiny blue limousine in Germany and make a profit. A comic, touching road movie starring the brilliant Mutt-and-Jeff duo Avi Kushner and Moshe Ivgy as buddies with big dreams but even bigger problems.

Metamorphosis

Renowned Russian theater director Valery Fokin has transformed Kafka’s The Metamorphosis into an eerie and stunningly beautiful film. Evgeny Mironov, whose physical mimicry is phenomenal, turns in an unforgettable perform-ance as Gregor Samsa—the middle-level clerk who awakes one morning to find he has changed into a monstrous insect. Metamorphosis is a breathtakingly shot, arrestingly intelligent adaptation of one of the great stories of modern literature.

Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is | 2:30pm pst

In 1970, Michael Tilson Thomas was considered the great young hope of American classical music. Oscillating between performance and the personal, Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is offers an intimate look at an exceptional artist who continues to blaze his own trail.

Midas Man

Discover the rip-roaring true story of the “fifth Beatle”—legendary manager Brian Epstein. A story of one man’s radical faith in talent and the sacrifices he made to champion it.

Milena

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The Milky Way

Desperate to support her first baby, offbeat musician Tala takes up a job at the “Milky Way” - a breast milk bank.

The Milky Way

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Mina Tannenbaum

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Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw

WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw has always defied expectations. In her youth she seemed destined for trouble having been born to alcoholic parents. But she worked out her frustrations on the basketball court and grew up to become an iconic figure in women’s basketball, revered by some as “the female Michael Jordan.” Her struggle and her subsequent advocacy around mental illness issues embody the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, repairing the world through one’s actions.

The Miracle of Intervale Avenue

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Miriam

The girl chosen to be the first Bat Mitzvah of her Orthodox community schemes to skip Hebrew lessons and pursue her one true passion: skateboarding.

Mirror Image

Israeli filmmaker Danielle Schwartz negotiates with her family to tell the story of a mirror taken from a Palestinian village in the Nakba.

Mish Mish

Shortly after the death of his unique uncles, Didier Frenkel descends to the basement of their shared home and finds a treasure: an ancient animated archive from Egypt starring Mish-Mish Effendi, the Arabic equivalent of Mickey Mouse. His uncles have kept this surprising chapter in their lives under cover.Didier begins restoring the films and unveils the story of the rise and fall of these pioneers of Arab animation. Surprisingly, Didier’s mother strongly opposes the project.

Misha and the Wolves - (Castro)

Misha and the Wolves is the dramatic tale of a woman whose Holocaust memoir took the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher – who turned detective – revealed an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.

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Miss Universe 1929-Lisl Goldarbeiter, A Queen in Wien

Lisl Goldarbeiter was a beautiful Viennese teenager who became Austria’s first—and only—Miss Universe. Her Hungarian cousin Maritz Tenczer had followed her to Vienna with two equal obsessions: his movie camera and Lisl. SFJFF Freedom of Expression Award winner Peter Forgacs weaves together Tenczer’s vivid memories and the precious home movies of his gorgeous cousin into an eloquent film about the power of unrequited love across time.

Moise

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Molly's Pilgrim

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Mom, I Didn't Kill Your Daughter

Lior and Yuval were both born as women, but throughout their lives they identified as male. Yuval underwent gender transition years ago; Lior is just starting out on this journey, in Orna Ben Dor’s superb documentary.

Monk in Pieces

Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her generation. In her seventh decade of creativity, she ponders how such singular work can go on without her.

Monk in Pieces

Meredith Monk–Jewish-American composer, performer, and director–is one of the unsung creative geniuses of our time. Featuring interviews with Björk and David Byrne, Monk in Pieces illuminates Monk’s wildly original vocabulary of sound and imagery.

The Monkey House

Nominated for 11 Israeli Academy Awards, this comedic character study finds a desperate author and a feisty wannabe actress embroiled in a complicated charade.

Monsieur Batignole

Who can blame Edmond Batignole, a small businessman, for trying to get by in 1942 in Paris? When a Jewish child asks him for help, Batignole can no longer keep his head in the sand. Gérard Jugnot finds just the right tone in this bittersweet tale of innocence lost, which becomes taut as a thriller when an ordinary man suddenly faces extraordinary choices.

Montana Oysters

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The Monument

Gripped by a paralyzing fear for the fate of her future children, Naama returns to the same monument where an infidelity took place; there, her parents appear before her. When their conversation hits a dead end, she dares to imagine a new reality of communication and peace.

The Moon is Jewish

The Moon Is Jewish, a stunning documentary about a Polish soccer hooligan who converts to Orthodox Judaism, will rattle and move you. Raised Catholic, Pawel used to get his kicks beating up minorities, but now relishes quiet, contemplative Shabbats with his family. Y-Love is a poignant portrait of a struggling Black, gay, Orthodox Jewish hip-hop artist who seems most at ease spouting rhymes on a Jerusalem stage, surrounded by adoring, religious fans. [MINIGUIDE 72/70]

Moos

Awkward but lovable single gal Moos is a young Jewish Dutch woman who has devoted the last seven years of her life to caring for her father after the death of her mother. When she finds herself suddenly entangled with two love interests at once, she has more to worry about than a new career on the road to independence. Will she follow the advice of her family or venture out on her own path?

More Alive Than Dead

The legacy of Sigmund Freud is a slippery subject indeed. Whatever your views on the founder of psychoanalysis, there is no denying his incalculable influence on science, art, culture and even language. More Alive Than Dead explores opinions on Freud over the years with a sense of humor accompanied by hilarious animation. Experts assess his influence on psychoanalysis, neurology, literature, the LGBT community, the economy and feminism. In other words, just about everything.

More Precious Than Gold

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Moscow on the Mediterranean

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Moses vs. Godzilla

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The Mossad

Utilizing first person accounts, leading figures in Israel’s intelligence community reveal their successes and failures.

The Most Precious of Cargoes

During a war that plagues everything around, a lumberjack's wife finds an abandoned baby girl. This meeting transforms the lives of the couple and those whose destinies intertwine with that of the child.

Mother Stayed There

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