Join Us Next Week for the First Film in
Tikvat Israel's 6th Annual Israeli Film Festival
Saturday, January 8, 2011
7:45 - 10:30 pm*
A Matter of Size (Sipur Gadol)
 Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up with dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (341 lbs.), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle, he discovers the world of Sumo, where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through the restaurant owner Kitano (132 lbs.), a former Sumo coach in Japan, he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos." Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant--they first have to earn their spurs.
A Matter of Size is a comedy about a 'coming out' of a different kind--overweight people learning to accept themselves.
*[Program includes light refreshments and moderated discussion following the film. Admission per person, payable at the door, is $10 for TI members and $12 for nonmembers. Let us know you are coming: RSVP here, or call the TI office (301-762-7338) or email adulted@tivkatisrael.org.]
Watch the official U.S. trailer for A Matter of Size here.
Read the Washington Post review from the film's screening at the Avalon Theater this past summer here.
Winner of 3 Israeli Academy Awards!
Winner of 8 Film Festival Audience Awards!
- San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
- Washington Jewish Film Festival
- Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival
- Detroit Jewish Film Festival
- Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival
- Seattle Jewish Film Festival
- Rockland County Jewish Film Festival
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
 "A Matter of Size" is
distributed in North America
by Menemsha Films
... and join us for the second film in our series, Dear Mr. Waldman, on Saturday evening, January 22. Watch your email for details.
~ The Tikvat Israel Israeli Film Festival is sponsored by the Adult Education Committee ~
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