The Jewish Film Institute awarded $95,000 to six projects in 2026, its sixth granting cycle. The panelists for the 2026 grants cycle were Rachel Israel, Daniel Robbins, Dan Sturman, Sam Feder, and Miriam Cutler.
Our Home Is Not Of This World follows the invisible work of a medical examiner’s office in Texas that identifies people who die crossing the border, revealing its profound personal, legal and spiritual significance. Dr. Corinne Stern has been doing this vital work for more than 20 years and is now looking to retire, but the county government can’t seem to find anyone willing to replace her.
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A newly uncovered archive along with immersive animation traces Oliver Sacks' early career — revealing how an isolated young Jewish neurologist, shadowed by loneliness, learned to truly see his patients, and in doing so, began to see himself.
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A group of Palestinians and Israelis travel to Northern Ireland to learn how bitter enemies made peace. But as their homeland descends into deeper violence, they struggle to make peace amongst themselves.
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Gripped by a paralyzing fear for the fate of her future children, Naama returns to the same monument where an infidelity took place; there, her parents appear before her. When their conversation hits a dead end, she dares to imagine a new reality of communication and peace.
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Through two years of devastating war and intense protest, the diverse cast and crew of Tel Aviv's Opera persists, their art and individual stories reflecting a society torn between hope and despair, creation and destruction.
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Postmortem, a hybrid documentary film and theater project, is a boundary-pushing crime drama about an abused girl who didn’t tell her childhood secret—and the woman she becomes—who does.
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Varda never forgave her mother, Yehudit, for failing to love her. When her daughter Rotem discovers Yehudit’s hidden archive, she drags Varda into an unexpectedly funny, painfully honest three-generation conversation—insisting on a reconciliation only cinema can make possible.
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