WINNER: TWENTY-ONE (21) "AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS"
at ALL 21 OF ITS COMPETITIVE FESTIVALS TO DATE!
75 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS TO JEWISH FILM FESTIVALS IN 2019-20
( = 1/2 of ALL Jewish Film Festivals in the world in '19-'20! )
Early '19 FESTIVALS
DATES
HONORS
THE AWARDS
PALM BEACH
PHOENIX
CHARLOTTE
BOCA RATON
CHICAGO
PITTSBURGH
TAMPA BAY
HONOLULU
ROCKLAND County
WESTCHESTER
NEW JERSEY
NEW HAMPSHIRE
DETROIT
WILMINGTON, NC
PASSAIC, NJ
LOS ANGELES
SCHENECTADY
ST. LOUIS
WINNIPEG (CANADA)
DAYTON
WESTHAMPTON
QUAD CITIES (Iowa)
TEL AVIV
JERSEY SHORE
SÃO PAULO (Brazil)
DALLAS
Feb. 4-5, 2019
Feb. 10-11
Mar. 3
Mar. 15
Mar. 16-17, 2019
Mar. 18
Mar. 19
Mar. 20
Mar. 31
Apr. 5
Apr. 6
Apr. 14
May 5
May 5
May 9
May 9
May 19
June 2
June 7
June 27
June 29
July 1
July 22
July 28
Aug. 14
Sept. 4, 2019
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WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FILM," Audience Choice Award
** Chicago RETURN ENGAGEMENT in 2020! ***
WINNER, "BEST NARRATIVE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FILM," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST OF THE FEST," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST NARRATIVE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST IN FEST," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE" and "BEST PERFORMANCE"
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
2019-20 Season, PART I
Sept. 10, 2019
Sept. 19
Sept. 22
Oct 2
Oct. 27
Oct. 30
Nov. 2
Nov. 2
Nov. 3
Nov. 7
Nov. 8
Nov. 8
Nov. 10
Nov. 10
Nov. 13
Nov. 15
Nov. 20, 2019
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WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST IN FEST," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST NARRATIVE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
---> ** Philadelphia: RETURN ENGAGEMENT in 2020! **
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
WINNER, "BEST FEATURE," Audience Choice Award
'19-'20 Season, PART II ("Virtuals", ENCORES, FINALES)
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** PHILADELPHIA **
ARLINGTON Hts. (CHICAGO)
BRIDGEPORT, CT
PORTLAND, MAINE
MARBLEHEAD, MA
EDMONTON, Canada
NEW ORLEANS
NAPLES, FLA
SACRAMENTO
SÃO PAULO (Brazil)
CHARLESTON, S.C.
CHATTANOOGA, TN
Jan. 19, 2020
Feb. 2, 2020
Feb. 9, 2020
Feb. 8 & 19, '20
Feb. 9, 2020
Feb. 13, 2020
Feb. 17, 2020
Feb. 20, 2020
Feb. 23, 2020
Mar. 1, 2020
Mar. 1, 2020
Mar. 6, 2020
Mar. 7, 2020
Mar. 15, 2020
POSTPONED
Mar. 8, 2020
Mar. 14, 2020
JULY 16-18
APR 19, 2020
JUNE 28-30
POSTPONED
May 17, 2020
May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020
POSTPONED
POSTPONED
JUNE, 2020
JUNE 11-16, '20
JUNE 6, 2020
AUG 16-19, 2020
SEPT. 6-10, 2020
OCT, 20-24, 2020
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ENCORE
MOBILE moved to February 9
** Philadelphia: RETURN ENGAGEMENT, Feb. 2020!
** HALIFAX: RETURN ENGAGEMENT, Feb. 23, 2020!
** DALLAS: RETURN ENGAGEMENT, Mar. 1, 2020!
---> ** Chicago: RETURN ENGAGEMENTS in 2020! **
POSTPONED, date T.B.A.
FINAL in-person EXHIBITION...... for now
ONLINE, w/ZOOM TALKBACK (Sat., 7/18, 8pm PST)
ONLINE, w/ZOOM TALKBACK
ONLINE, w/ZOOM TALKBACK (Tues, 6/30, 7pm)
POSTPONED, date T.B.A.
"VIRTUAL" online, May 18, 2020 w/ZOOM @ 2pm
"VIRTUAL" online, May 17, 2020 w/ZOOM @ 7pm
"VIRTUAL", May 3, 'w/ZOOM Talkback @ 10pm MST
Sacramento: ZOOM live =6/16, 7pm PST
Sao Paulo (AUGUST, '20 ENCORE)
** INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST FROM L.A. ** Houston & Charleston VIRTUAL w/ZOOM
FINALE: Final ZOOM live, 10/22, 7pm EST
THE LONGEST-RUNNING ONE-WOMAN SHOW IN BROADWAY HISTORY
IS NOW A FILM.
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OFFICIAL TRAILER: "Golda's Balcony, The Film" (2019)
OPENING
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2020
TORONTO
JEWISH FILM
SOCIETY
FESTIVAL
AUDIENCE
FAVORITE!
2019
VICTORIA, BC
JEWISH FILM
FESTIVAL
"CENTERPIECE
SELECTION!"
2019
WESTCHESTER
JEWISH FILM
FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
2019
QUAD CITIES, IA
ISRAELI FILM
FESTIVAL
SOUTH
AMERICA
PREMIERE!
2019
SAO PAOLO
JEWISH FILM
FESTIVAL
CLOSING
NIGHT!
2019
LONG BEACH, CA
JEWISH FILM
FESTIVAL
OPENING
NIGHT!
2020
CALGARY
JEWISH FILM
FESTIVAL
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
2019
MOBILE
JEWISH FILM
FESTIVAL
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Press Kit
T H E F I L M
TOVAH FELDSHUH recreates 100 years of Jewish history playing 45 different characters (including Ben-Gurion, Moshe Dayan, Holocaust survivors, Israeli soldiers and, of course, GOLDA MEIR herself), in one of the greatest acting performances of the last 50 years—now captured on film for all time, in this brand new motion picture, "GOLDA'S BALCONY, THE FILM" here in 2019-2020. Never has the whole Jewish century been dramatized with such heart, dazzle, and sheer jaw-dropping artistry, than in this 85-minute movie which has become, perhaps, the 'Cinderella Film' of the
2019-20 Jewish Film Festival season.
In this final masterpiece (brilliantly directed by SCOTT SCHWARTZ) by WILLIAM GIBSON, author of "The Miracle Worker," the rise of GOLDA MEIR from Russian schoolgirl to Prime Minister of Israel is one of the most thrilling and amazing stories of the 20th Century. In GOLDA’S BALCONY, THE FILM (2019), her life has been transformed into a cinematic event of overwhelming power and inspirational triumph.
While perhaps ‘a film of a play,’ this new work nevertheless plays like a film. Like the recent high-definition video shoot of Broadway smash HAMILTON, this multi-camera, kinetically-edited version of Golda’s Balcony is likely to be the standard motion picture version of this Golda-bio-drama for years to come. In addition, the film's astonishing winning streak of
TWENTY (21) "AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARDS"
at all 21 of its COMPETITIVE FESTIVALS TO DATE
on the 2019-20 Jewish Film Festival circuit suggests that audiences
from Los Angeles to Chicago to Boston to Hong Kong & São Paulo
all agree: GOLDA'S BALCONY, THE FILM is a "must-see,"
and an extremely satisfying motion picture experience. (Also, the movie's Official Selection to literally half of the Jewish Film Festivals in the world in 2019-20 (fully 75 out of the 150 mounted that season) has made it, in the minds of many Festival Directors and Audiences, quite possibly one of the more important Jewish Films of this, or any, time.)
As a play on Broadway and Off, Golda’s Balcony sold out over 500 performances, becoming the longest-running, one-woman show in Broadway history. TOVAH FELDSHUH’s galvanizing, TONY-Award Nominated rendition of Golda has been so dramatically edited and filmically ‘put together’ here, that audiences who may have originally adored the performance from the upper tiers on Broadway may now ‘get up close and personal’ to Tovah’s marvelous work: her face, her expressions... and the subtlety and unprecedented brilliance of her Golda Meir (and the other 44 characters she plays!).
Former HADASSAH PRESIDENT JUNE WALKER perhaps put it best: “Run, don’t walk, to Golda’s Balcony, to spend an emotional hour and a half with one of the great women of history. Jews especially will be touched, but people of all faiths will marvel at this triumph: it is not to be missed!”
REVIEWS &
TESTIMONIALS
"Tovah Feldshuh's performance is brilliant. Everyone should see Golda's Balcony, it's a miracle!"
—ELIE WIESEL, 1986 Nobel Prize Laureate
"I came, I saw, I was conquered! Golda's Balcony is an extraordinary event, bringing Golda, Israel and the Jewish people to life. Everyone should see it!"
—ABE FOXMAN, Dir., Anti-Defamation League
"Run, don't walk, to Golda's Balcony to spend an emotional hour and a half with one of the great women of history. Jews especially will be touched, but people of all religions will marvel at this spectacular performance. It is a triumph, and not to be missed!"
—JUNE WALKER,
National President, HADASSAH
"Golda's Balcony is an absolute must! This amazing show enables the audience to experience and relive the critical events from Israel's founding through the Yom Kippur War!"
—MALCOLM HOENLEN, Vice Chair, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
"PERFECT! Golda's Balcony is the perfect merging of script, actress, character! There's enough humor and drama here for a much longer show, but the 86 minutes never feel long, just perfect!"
JOHN SIMON,
New York Magazine
"Ms. Feldshuh gives such a fiercely committed performance that she does more than just resurrect Golda Meir: she embodies an entire country!"
—NEIL GENZLINGER, The New York Times
“MARVELOUS! Ms. Feldshuh's marvelous portrayal of Golda Meir will remain in your mind long after the show has ended! A fascinating film!”
—MICHAEL KUCHWARA, Associated Press
"****1/2!
INSPIRING!
MOVING!
REMARKABLE!
—ELYSA GARDNER, USA Today
“STUNNING! You must see this show! It's the most extraordinary, stunning evening in the theater that I've seen in a long time!
Go see it!.”
—JOAN HAMBURG,
WOR Radio
“POWERFUL! A timely, incisive, powerfully-varied portrait of a remarkable woman, Golda Meir! 'Excellence' you might say, is a synonym for being TOVAH!”
—ADAM FELDMAN, TIMEOUT, New York
"A 90-MINUTE MIRACLE!" DON'T MISS IT!!"
—LIZ SMITH
“A TRIUMPH! If we could find a way to hook Ms. Feldshuh to an electric generator, New York would never have a blackout again! A personal triumph!”
—MICHAEL FEINGOLD,
Village Voice
“A POWERHOUSE! Ms. Feldshuh is strong, kindly, fierce, decent, willful and generous as Golda! A handsomely crafted, tough-minded story!"
—LINDA WINER, Newsday
“COMMANDING! Tovah Feldshuh gives a commanding performance as a strong-willed politician, while capturing the humanity of the woman!”
—MARILYN STASIO,
Variety
“FASCINATING! Tovah Feldshuh gives a blazing performance, less an impersonation than a heroic concept! A tight-knit story of war and peace!"
—CLIVE BARNES,
New York Post