Producer Laura LeeLun (Double Happiness) expected to attend
This lively program features: Nathan Silver’s (Between the Temples, SFJFF 2024) Carol & Joy, featuring Carol Kane and her exuberant, 98 year old mother Joy; Alexander Saul’s Snipped, a comedy following a recent Jewish convert and his adult bris; and Double Happiness by Shari Albert, a 2025 JFI Grantee.
Carol & Joy
Nathan Silver, United States, 2025, 39 minutes, English
A portrait of Kane and her 98-year-old mother Joy, an active music teacher, former dancer, and lifelong Francophile who live together on New York’s Upper West Side.
Snipped
Alexander Saul, Denmark, 2025, 14 minutes, Danish w/ English subtitles
A Jewish convert. A Muslim doctor. One holy snip - and a whole lot of tension.
Double Happiness
Shari Albert, United States, 2025, 17 minutes, English
After the death of her husband of 50 years, a life-affirming Jewish widow and a tightly-wound Chinese restaurateur who serves her family every Christmas, find themselves drawn into an unexpected late-in-life romance.