New Jersey Jewish Film Festival - Opening Film: Seven Blessings

Ayelet Menahemi
2023, 111 minutes

Hebrew, French, and Arabic with English Subtitles Marie reunites with her Moroccan-Jewish family for her wedding, forcing them to confront their past over the course of seven elaborate celebratory meals. This tragicomedy swept the 2023 Ophir Awards (Israel’s Oscars), winning Best Picture and nine others, and was Israel’s entry for the Best International Feature Oscar.

POST-SCREENING ZOOM Q&A with the co-writer and actress, Eleanor Sela, and producer, Ronen Ben Tal