www.desertspace.org/film_festival/index.html.
January 11
First Time I Was Twenty
The debut film from writer-director Lorraine Levy is a coming-of-age tale about a teenaged Jewish girl in 1960s Paris. 7 p.m.
January 12Strange Fruit
This documentary follows the development of the classic titular Billie Holiday song, written by a Jewish schoolteacher. 7 p.m.
Live and Become
A Christian Ethiopian refugee must conceal his identity and adjust to a new life in Israel. 9 p.m., free.
January 14
39 Pounds of Love
A documentary about a severely disabled Israeli man who makes a road trip across the U.S. to fulfill a lifelong dream. 1 p.m.
The Syrian Bride
A young woman from the Golan Heights betrothed to a Syrian man faces issues of politics and family on the road to her wedding. 4 p.m.
Isn't This a Time
Concert film of a 2003 tribute to legendary folk promoter Harold Leventhal, with performances by Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Peter, Paul and Mary and more. 7 p.m.
January 15
Little Heroes
A group of children embark on a journey through the wilderness of Israel. 1 p.m., free.
Olga
Biopic about German revolutionary Olga Benario Prestes, who spent time in Brazil before being deported back to Nazi Germany. 4 p.m.