About the Program
To celebrate forty-five years, SFJFF presents a special retrospective event honoring four and a half decades of Jewish storytelling through cinema. The program features a curated selection of rarely exhibited clips from the SFJFF archive. These groundbreaking works from the festival’s early years helped establish SFJFF as a preeminent platform for Jewish expression and identity on screen. In addition, key leaders and contributors from the festival’s history—including filmmakers and the festival’s founder—will share personal reflections and highlight the works they believe have made lasting contributions to the canon of Jewish film. This program offers an opportunity to reflect on the cultural impact of Jewish cinema, explore how film has shaped and reshaped Jewish identity, and celebrate SFJFF’s role in the ongoing evolution of the Jewish story.
