sHOWTIMES:
*The Picturehouse - Friday, 5 September, 7.15pm (The Picturehouse Explores)
The Picturehouse - Monday, 8 September, 7.15pm
The Picturehouse - Wednesday, 10 September, 7.15pm

synopsis:
At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings -- as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing -- accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.

*THE PICTUREHOUSE EXPLORES: Noodle with Director Ayelet Menahemi.
Official movie screening is followed by discussion with the Director. 9pm at The Picturehouse Lounge, Level 5, The Cathay.
To Reserve your attendance, email thepicturehouse@cathay.com.sg

sHOWTIMES:
The Picturehouse - Saturday, 6 September, 7.15pm
The Picturehouse - Tuesday, 9 September, 7.15pm

synopsis:
The Band’s Visit tells the story of a police band from Egypt and their journey to a gig in Israel. However upon arrival to Israel they experience some miscommunication which leads them to the wrong city in the desert. Inn desperation two of the musicians accept an invitation from a sexy café owner to bunk at her residence, another musician has a night out with the local wall-flower at a roller disco which turns into a comedy of errors meanwhile the remainder of the band room with a local family only to experience some conflict and tensions between the two cultures.

sHOWTIMES:
The Picturehouse - Thursday, 4 September, 7.15pm

synopsis:
Rebecca, a young American lady who has been living in Jerusalem for a while, suddenly breaks off her engagement with Julio, her Israeli fiancé. In a state of emotional shock she gets into a taxi and asks the diver to take her anywhere she likes but away from the place where she broke up. Although reluctant, Hanna, the driver lets her accompany her to Jordan's Free Zone where she is to meet "The American", her husband Moshe's Palestinian business partner. Once there, they realize "The American" is not there but a Palestinian woman named Leila offers them, after much bickering with Hanna, to take them to the oasis where "The American" lives....
The films stars Natalie Portman and Cannes Best Actress winner, Hana Laszlo.

sHOWTIMES:
The Picturehouse - Sunday, 7 September, 7.15pm

synopsis:
From the director of Time of Favor (winner of six Israeli Academy Awards, including Best Picture, 2000), comes Campfire, a story of one woman’s personal journey, but also a portrait of a movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East. The year is 1981. Rachel Gerlik, a 42 year-old widowed mother of two beautiful teenage daughters, wants to join the founding group of a new religious settlement in the West Bank. The problem is that the settlement’s acceptance committee won’t approve her unless she remarries and demonstrates that she and her daughters can meet the group’s religious and ideological standards. When Tami, her youngest daughter, is accused of seducing some boys from her youth movement, Rachel is forced to weigh her allegiances. Only Yossi, a 50 year-old bachelor and the new man in Rachel’s life, can show Rachel that living as an outcast is not as bad as it seems