The IIJS Summer Film Series begins this year with “Matchmaking,” the Israeli hit from director and co-writer Erez Tadmor. Join us online on Monday, June 17, at 12:00 PM for a virtual Q&A with the filmmaker and IIJS Film Series Coordinator Stuart Weinstock.

A box office hit in Israel and on the Jewish film festival circuit, Matchmaking tells the comic story of Moti Bernstein, the ideal yeshiva bucher and the perfect match for any Haredi Orthodox bride-to-be. While Moti seems to be on a path towards marriage with an exceptional match, his Ashkenazi world is thrown into turmoil when he falls in love with Nechama, a Mizrahi girl. When the matchmakers of his Haredi community refuse to pair him with Nechama, Moti seeks an unconventional solution to bridge the social gap between them.  (98 minutes; Hebrew with English subtitles)

Please register for the event below. You will receive an email with a link to watch the film at home on Friday, June 14th. This link will only be available until Monday, June 17th at 11:59pm EDT.

We will be hosting a Zoom Q&A session on Monday, June 17th at 12:00pm EDT with director and co-writer Erez Tadmor. You will receive a separate email with the Zoom link for the Q&A before the event.

Please email iijs@columbia.edu with any questions.

Erez Tadmor is an Israeli-born filmmaker working across genre lines with diverse short and feature-length films. His internationally-acclaimed films include: A Matter of Size (2009), Magic Men (2014), the Ophir-Award-winning Wounded Land (2015), The Art of Waiting (2019), and Children of Nobody (2022). His 2004 short film, Strangers, won the Audience Award for Short Films at the Sundance Film Festival.

Supported by the generosity of the Appel and Kaye families.

While all IIJS events are free and open to the public, we do encourage a suggested donation of $10.