Retrospective Films

Two films at this year's Festival are archival screenings of enduring narratives. Don't miss them!

SFJFF 2017 has been transferred to the JFI Film Archive

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

Haunting in its relevance for today’s refugee crisis, this star-studded 1976 film evokes the hopes and fears of a people uprooted from their homes en route to a promised land on the MS St. Louis, the ship that brought 937 Jews escaping Germany on the eve of the Shoah in 1939 to the shores of Cuba, where they are forbidden to disembark (only to then be similarly rejected by the United States and Canada)

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Avanti Popolo

Avanti Popolo

In this compelling and comical saga, two Egyptian soldiers are stranded in the Sinai Desert at the end of the Six-Day War in 1967. Their journey in search of safety and precious water is a testament to human solidarity and the absurdity of war. Exquisitely restored for the film’s 30th anniversary, Avanti Popolo has long been regarded as one of the most important films in the history of Israeli cinema.

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SFJFF37 Palo Alto Pass

$175 Members / $195 General Public

Attending SFJFF37 on the Peninsula? The Palo Alto Pass offers priority access to all films over six days of screenings at the CineArts Theatre at Palo Alto Square.

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