These narrative features shed light on the drama and comedy of Jewish life around the world
At 31, Leo Kadner begins studying for his bar mitzvah when he learns his former camp crush, Eva Shapiro, is in Manhattan working as a Torah tutor for kids.
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Aging, desire, and painful confrontation test a married couple in this tender, witty, and carefully observed drama.
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The life of the world’s first star of stage and screen, Sarah Bernhardt, is told in multiple acts, jumping through time as she recounts her relationship with the actor Lucien Guitry.
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Eid, an aspiring playwright from Rahat, balances a long-distance relationship with a married actress in Paris and his nuptial arrangements at home.
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Erin and Charlie escape to the desert to navigate a challenging and unexpected new phase of their relationship. Screens with the Freedom of Expression Award presentation to Daveed Diggs.
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Discover the rip-roaring true story of the “fifth Beatle”—legendary manager Brian Epstein. A story of one man’s radical faith in talent and the sacrifices he made to champion it.
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A stalled novelist struggles with a painful divorce and other vicissitudes of middle age in a poignant exploration of desire, meaning, and the elusive hope for renewal.
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A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor’s ravings about mass media for its own profit but finds his message difficult to control. Pair it with Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words about the famous screenwriter.
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Bati and Lazer have a seemingly perfect marriage and family, but they must renegotiate their desires when Lazer is blackmailed over an affair with his male study partner.
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A young couple is about to bring a child into their messy life. One unforgettable day of apartment hunting turns into a journey towards passion and home.
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Gur and Gaya run a delivery restaurant in their village home’s kitchen. A house demolition order disrupts the peace, cracks their relationship, and forces them to redefine the term “home.”
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Based on Rosella Postorino’s novel At the Wolf’s Table, a group of women are caught in a deadly game when they are forced by the SS to taste Hitler’s food for poison.
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Harry and Sally have known each other for years and are very good friends, but they fear that sex would ruin the friendship. Reprise screening – SFJFF 2011!
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After getting laid off, a thirty-something paralegal in New York starts babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters and falls for their mother, an actress in a rocky marriage.
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A struggling musician takes a last-resort job supervising misfits at her childhood Jewish summer camp. Counselors and campers alike must overcome their differences to save the camp.
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Hal, Harper, and their dad trace their family’s evolution, uncovering how their deep bond shapes—and complicates—their relationships with others.
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When Eden’s beloved brother suddenly dies, she takes desperate measures to fill the void. Once she discovers he had a secret girlfriend, these measures assume a passionate and dangerous twist.
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Iris and Isaac’s first romantic weekend getaway goes awry in a most unexpected way.
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