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Oys and Joys: Narrative Shorts
Oys and Joys: Narrative Shorts
Through a variety of styles and modes, these filmmakers imagine and reimagine Jewish life - its beauty, its challenges, and its edges - in this program of short fiction films.
A Photographic Memory | Artist Spotlight
A Photographic Memory | Artist Spotlight
In this intimate, genre-bending documentary, filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed attempts to piece together a portrait of her late mother after discovering her archive of work.
Physician, Heal Thyself
Physician, Heal Thyself
World renowned addiction expert Gabor Mate’s polarizing ideas are explored through the story of his life and personal evolution.
Porcelain War
Porcelain War
Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey find and create beauty amid the destruction of war in this striking documentary.
Reality Bites: Documentary Shorts
Reality Bites: Documentary Shorts
These nonfiction short films take up the task of witnessing and documenting reality, which is so often stranger than fiction. True stories and documentary gems populate this program.
The Return from the Other Planet
The Return from the Other Planet
The real-life story of the mysterious author who reinvented himself as Ka-Tzetnik and created a body of influential works based on his imprisonment at Auschwitz.
A group of three white people, one woman and two men, are sitting indoors. The woman and younger man are in motorized wheelchairs. The woman has cropped brown hair, red glasses, and is wearing a red blouse covered by a purple shawl. The younger man is wearing a checkered button down shirt, blue jeans, and sneakers. The older man is wearing a checkered button down shirt and khakis. All three individuals are smiling and appear to be in conversation.
The Ride Ahead | East Bay Closing Night
Turning 21 and disabled, Samuel Habib wants to date, leave home, go to college. Can a community of disability activist rebels help him follow his dreams?
Running On Sand
Running On Sand
When a young Eritrean refugee at risk of deportation from Israel is mistaken for the new foreign player of a struggling soccer team, his survival depends on the team’s success.
Sabbath Queen | Closing Night
Sabbath Queen | Closing Night
From drag-queen rebel to rabbi, Amichai Lau Lavie radically reinvents religion and ritual and establishes a God-optional, artist-driven, pop-up experimental congregation.

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Special Presentations
SFJFF44's Big Nights honor stories big and small, illuminate the diversity of Jewish experiences, champion freedom of expression, and delight with their wit and charm.
JFI Supported Stories
The Jewish Film Institute champions emerging and established filmmakers telling bold stories about Jewish life, culture, and identity through our Filmmaker Residency and Completion Grants programs. SFJFF44 is proud to showcase this dynamic group of films that received JFI support in their creation.
Next Wave Films
SFJFF44's Next Wave selections address the complicated, conflicting, and empowering elements of contemporary life, Jewish identity, and expression through a showcase of remarkable stories that touch on art, social justice, relationships, politics, and more.
Ruins & Ruminations
These nuanced, pre-October 7th films by Israelis, Palestinians, and international collaborative teams offer unique perspectives that help to contextualize the current crisis in Israel and Gaza.
Documentary Features
These non-fiction films train their lens on vital stories, in the Jewish community and beyond, that pull focus on the issues that define our times.
Narrative Features
These narrative features shed light on the drama, and comedy, of Jewish life around the world.