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JFI WinterFest hosts a special presentation by Israeli filmmaker Barak Heymann featuring unvarnished and deeply humanizing excerpts from twenty years of his life’s work documenting the complex realities facing Israelis and Palestinians.
The Jewish Film Institute and Marin Jewish Community Center celebrate the best Jewish films of the year with a selection of highlights from the 43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
In Barry Avrich’s adoring portrait of Canada’s first Jewish female Supreme Court Justice, Rosalie Abella chronicles her childhood as an immigrant and her storied career, which made her a human rights hero.
Recipient of a JFI completion grant, Bay Area director Cady Voge follows a young Honduran family from their treacherous border crossing to their deep connection with a Jewish community in West Seattle.
The 44th San Francisco Jewish FIlm Festival returns July 18 – August 4 to San Francisco and Oakland. Early Bird Festival Passes are now on sale through June 17, when prices increase.
Join us in kvelling over JFI’s 2024 Filmmakers in Residence as they receive feedback on their projects from industry experts at the fourth annual Pitch + Kvell, hosted by JFI Director of Filmmaker Services Marcia Jarmel. This event is free with registration via Zoom.
Whether you're planning to apply or want ideas for how to make your project stand out, you can join one of our upcoming Info Sessions about the 2025 Completion Grant applications with JFI's Director of Filmmaker Services Marcia Jarmel.
Applications for the 2025 JFI Completion Grants are open from January 10 through February 21, 2025.
Famed Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa creates a stunning document of the 1941 Nazi massacre of 33,771 Jewish men, women, and children over a two-day period in Kyiv, Ukraine.
JFI is proud to present the 2022 Freedom of Expression Award to Sergei Loznitsa, the director of "Babi Yar. Context ". Over the past 20 years, Ukrainian-born Loznitsa has produced a powerful body of award-winning documentary and narrative films that explore how “when memory turns into oblivion, when the past overshadows the future, it is the voice of cinema that articulates the truth.”