The Jewish Film Institute champions emerging and established filmmakers telling bold stories about Jewish life, culture, and identity through our Filmmaker Residency and Completion Grants programs. SFJFF45 is proud to showcase this dynamic group of films that received JFI support in their creation.
Noam Shuster-Eliassi grew up as the literal poster child for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before making a sharp pivot to stand-up comedy and political satire. But as the region descends further into devastating violence, she is now called to meet the moment—challenging her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.
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Fearing for her life, Israeli transgender pioneer Efrat Tilma fled the country as a teenager. Now in her seventies and a celebrated activist, she must fight for her freedom once again, as the country spirals into political and social regression.
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Mierle Laderman Ukeles’s 1969 manifesto declaring her acts of household maintenance as performance art launched a lifelong, revolutionary collaboration with the maintenance workers of museums, galleries, and cities.
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New York journalist Marisa Fox’s search for the secret past of her late Polish mother begs the question: What is the price of silence?
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Part love letter, part detective story, a white man raised in a Black family joins his cousin to unravel the tangled story of race, violence, and love that shaped their lives. Take part in a special Work in Progress screening.
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Part detective story, part heist film, The Stamp Thief investigates the tale of a Nazi who stole priceless stamp collections from Jews, then buried them in Poland—never to return.
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Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her generation. In her seventh decade of creativity, she ponders how such singular work can go on without her.
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