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Potluck and Short Film Festival

WHAT: Share tasty potluck dishes and great company with your Circle of Friends. Then, settle in for our Short Film Festival, featuring acclaimed movies and lively group discussions after each one.

WHEN: Sunday, November 9, 2025, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

WHERE: Riverdale Temple Ballroom

Short Film Festival Movies:

The Silent Child
A deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate. The film is inspired by real events. Winner, Academy Awards – Best Live Action Short Film, 2018.

Viewer Rating: The film explores difficult themes but is unrated.

Please Hold
A young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice." Nominee, Academy Awards – Best Live Action Short Film, 2022; Winner, Palm Springs International Short Fest –Special Jury Award, 2021.

Viewer Rating: Includes crude language.

Mum’s Hairpins
In a haunting wartime drama in Nazi-occupied Ukraine, a Jewish boy, Yasha, flees invaders through a devastated landscape. He carries a box with his mother's hairpins – the only thing left from his family. Winner, BAFTA/LA Student Film Award – Best Live Action, 2020; Winner, European Cinematography Awards, January Award, Best Editing, 2020.

Viewer Rating: Contains some violent material.

Please register below and let us know what potluck dish you plan to bring. As the date approaches, we’ll confirm numbers and adjust if there are any duplicate items.

For more information: Email Martin Woolf at martinwoolf72@gmail.com.