The Jewish Film Institute awarded $80,000 to six projects in 2025, its sixth granting cycle. The panelists for the 2025 grants cycle were Daniel Chalfen, Monika Navarro, and Ferne Perlstein.
In an era of corporate news media consolidation, where divisive voices incite racial violence and entertainment trumps facts, Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! take us to the frontlines in the battle for truth and independence in journalism in this feature documentary.
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After the death of her husband of fifty years, a life-affirming Jewish widow and the tightly-wound Chinese-American restaurateur who serves her family every Christmas find themselves drawn into an unexpected late-in-life romance.
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Earth Camp One tells the story of how the filmmaker lost five family members in a decade. We often want to break away from our families: what happens when they leave us?
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For decades, the fate of Yedida, the director’s lost aunt, remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, nurses from 1950’s children homes break their silence, revealing new details about one of Israel’s most painful and unresolved cases.
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The assassination of a beloved Palestinian-American activist in Southern California ignites a 40-year quest for justice, revealing the insidious roots of a dangerous political movement that thrives today.
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What happens when high art meet trash? Watch this first feature documentary about Mierle Laderman Ukeles, globally-renowned artist-in-residence at NYC’s Sanitation Department. Religiously observant, Ukeles’ humanistic approach to Jewish tradition inspires her largely secular work.
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