Free Q&A Recorded with Filmmakers and Cast
Moshe Yehuda (Jos Laniado), a Hasidic Rabbi and amateur Hora dancer, enters a big televised Tango competition to save his Hebrew school from bankruptcy. There is only one problem: due to his orthodox religious beliefs, he is not allowed to touch a woman! At odds with his wife and five kids, the Grand Rabbi of his orthodox sect, and Moshe’s entire Hasidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Moshe is forced to ask a Catholic priest, a Muslim imam, and a Sikh holy man for advice. Together, they hash out a plan to help Moshe dance in the Tango contest “without sacrificing his sacred beliefs, setting in motion a fun, passionate dance movie. Heart-pumping and heartwarming, “TANGO SHALOM” tests the bonds of family and community, and the bounds of tolerance and faith.
Produced by Joel Zwick, director of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and Robert Meyer Burnett (“Agent Cody Banks” franchise), co-written by and co-starring Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning Joseph Bologna (“My Favorite Year”, Adam Sandler’s “Big Daddy”, “Lovers and Other Strangers”) and starring Golden Globe nominee Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”), Karina Smirnoff (20-season alumna of “Dancing With The Stars”), Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning Renée Taylor (Adam Sandler’s “The Do Over”, “The Producers”, CBS’ “The Nanny” now on HBO Max, “How to Be a Latin Lover”), Jos Laniado (Milcho Manchevski’s “Bikini Moon”), Claudio Laniado (“Mudbound”), Bern Cohen (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Judy Beecher (“Taken 3”, “Family is Family”, La Garconne ) and directed by Gabriel Bologna (co-writer of “Love is All There Is” starring Angelina Jolie, writer of HBO’s “The Elevator” starring Martin Landau, , director of “Boston Girls” starring Danny Trejo, and (“The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond”).
Awards:
Jaipur International Film Festival 2021. Won: JAIPUR CRITICS BEST FILM
Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021 Won: BEST COMEDY, BEST ACTOR Jos Laniado
Anatolia International Film Festival 2021 Nominated: Best Film, Editing, Costume Design, Poster
Toronto Film Channel Awards Festival 2021, Won: BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
New Delhi Film Festival 2021 Won: Special Jury Mention, feature fiction
Sponsored By Wendy Honig & Lesley Rich and Bernice & Edward Wenger
- Year2020
- Runtime115 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremierePalm Beach County
- DirectorGabriel Bologna
- ScreenwriterLaniado Brothers (Jos and Claudio), Joseph Bologna
- ProducerLaniado brothers (Jos and Claudio), Joseph Bologna, Gabriel Bologna, Zizi Bologna, Joel Zwick , Robert Meyer Burnett, Jordi Caballero
- CastLaniado brothers (Jos and Claudio) Judi Beecher , Renée Taylor, Lainie Kazan, Karina Smirnoff
- CinematographerMassimo Zeri
- EditorRobert Meyer Burnett
- Production DesignPeri Grabin Leong
- MusicZizi Bologna, Zoi Tiganouria
Free Q&A Recorded with Filmmakers and Cast
Moshe Yehuda (Jos Laniado), a Hasidic Rabbi and amateur Hora dancer, enters a big televised Tango competition to save his Hebrew school from bankruptcy. There is only one problem: due to his orthodox religious beliefs, he is not allowed to touch a woman! At odds with his wife and five kids, the Grand Rabbi of his orthodox sect, and Moshe’s entire Hasidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Moshe is forced to ask a Catholic priest, a Muslim imam, and a Sikh holy man for advice. Together, they hash out a plan to help Moshe dance in the Tango contest “without sacrificing his sacred beliefs, setting in motion a fun, passionate dance movie. Heart-pumping and heartwarming, “TANGO SHALOM” tests the bonds of family and community, and the bounds of tolerance and faith.
Produced by Joel Zwick, director of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and Robert Meyer Burnett (“Agent Cody Banks” franchise), co-written by and co-starring Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning Joseph Bologna (“My Favorite Year”, Adam Sandler’s “Big Daddy”, “Lovers and Other Strangers”) and starring Golden Globe nominee Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”), Karina Smirnoff (20-season alumna of “Dancing With The Stars”), Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning Renée Taylor (Adam Sandler’s “The Do Over”, “The Producers”, CBS’ “The Nanny” now on HBO Max, “How to Be a Latin Lover”), Jos Laniado (Milcho Manchevski’s “Bikini Moon”), Claudio Laniado (“Mudbound”), Bern Cohen (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Judy Beecher (“Taken 3”, “Family is Family”, La Garconne ) and directed by Gabriel Bologna (co-writer of “Love is All There Is” starring Angelina Jolie, writer of HBO’s “The Elevator” starring Martin Landau, , director of “Boston Girls” starring Danny Trejo, and (“The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond”).
Awards:
Jaipur International Film Festival 2021. Won: JAIPUR CRITICS BEST FILM
Montreal Independent Film Festival 2021 Won: BEST COMEDY, BEST ACTOR Jos Laniado
Anatolia International Film Festival 2021 Nominated: Best Film, Editing, Costume Design, Poster
Toronto Film Channel Awards Festival 2021, Won: BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
New Delhi Film Festival 2021 Won: Special Jury Mention, feature fiction
Sponsored By Wendy Honig & Lesley Rich and Bernice & Edward Wenger
- Year2020
- Runtime115 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremierePalm Beach County
- DirectorGabriel Bologna
- ScreenwriterLaniado Brothers (Jos and Claudio), Joseph Bologna
- ProducerLaniado brothers (Jos and Claudio), Joseph Bologna, Gabriel Bologna, Zizi Bologna, Joel Zwick , Robert Meyer Burnett, Jordi Caballero
- CastLaniado brothers (Jos and Claudio) Judi Beecher , Renée Taylor, Lainie Kazan, Karina Smirnoff
- CinematographerMassimo Zeri
- EditorRobert Meyer Burnett
- Production DesignPeri Grabin Leong
- MusicZizi Bologna, Zoi Tiganouria