15th Annual Jewish Israeli Film Festival comes to Greensburg

GREENSBURG, PA: The Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival (PJIFF), in conjunction with the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill University, will host a film screening of the film Nina’s Home at Carmike Cinemas in Greensburg on April 10, 2008, beginning at 7:00 p.m. 

Each year PJIFF selects a variety of films for screening at various venues in Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. Nina’s Home is the film chosen for the Westmoreland area. The film, set in 1944, tells the story of Nina, a woman who runs a “house of hope” established by the French government for Jewish children who survived in hiding. The children in hiding believed their parents would return to them, until children who survived concentration camps arrived, revealing the reality of the Holocaust.  Nina does all that she can to restore peace in the home and to help the children to resume normal lives.

Nina’s Home is a French film with English subtitles and runs about 107 minutes. Tickets can be purchased at the theatre and in the Activities Office located in Maura 223. Adult tickets are $8 general admission, $7 for seniors 65 and older, and $5 for students with a valid ID.  Seton Hill students can purchase advance tickets at the Activities Office for $2, thanks to a Seton Hill Government Association donation.

Following the film all are invited for discussion at Barnes and Noble Booksellers on Rt. 30 in Greensburg.  This event is open to all who wish to attend.

Van transportation will be provided to shuttle students to and from the theater and Barnes and Noble.  These shuttles will depart at 6:30pm in front of Lynch, for students who do not wish to attend the discussion following the film there will be a van departing straight from the theater. 

This event is sponsored by the Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival, The National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education, and the Seton Hill Government Association.  Please contact the NCCHE with any questions by calling 724-830-1033 or email at ncche@setonhill.edu.