Jewish filmfest features 8 movies

Eight films exploring topics ranging from family relationships to baseball and the Holocaust are featured in the ninth annual Temple Emanu-El Kirk Cashmere Jewish Film Festival, today through Feb. 20 at the Doris Duke Theatre at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The event is co-sponsored and curated by the Academy of Arts.

Films to be shown are:

» "Brothers," today at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 1 p.m.

» "The Yankles," tomorrow at 1 p.m., Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 1 p.m.

» "Anita," tomorrow at 4 p.m., Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

» "Off and Running" and "Ingelore," double feature tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at 1 p.m.

» "Seven Minutes in Heaven," Tuesday at 1 p.m., Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

» "Nora's Will," Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20 at 1 p.m.

» "Le Rafle," Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20 at 4 p.m.

The festival is named in memory of Kirk Cashmere, a Hawaii civil rights attorney who died in 2002.

An opening-night reception will be held today from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the theater. Da Spot will serve pupu courtesy of the James and Sally Zukerkorn Foundation, and the Pavilion Cafe will offer wine and beer for purchase.

Tickets for opening night are $10 for members and $12 for the general public. Purchase tickets in advance at honoluluacademy.tix.com. For more information, visit shaloha.com.