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And I Was There

As a young soldier, Eran Paz documented his unit members taking over Palestinian homes in the West Bank. Eighteen years later, he confronts his past and returns to where it all began.


Babi Yar. Context

Famed Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa creates a stunning document of the 1941 Nazi massacre of 33,771 Jewish men, women, and children over a two-day period in Kyiv, Ukraine.


Freedom of Expression Award: Sergei Loznitsa

JFI is proud to present the 2022 Freedom of Expression Award to Sergei Loznitsa, the director of "Babi Yar. Context ". Over the past 20 years, Ukrainian-born Loznitsa has produced a powerful body of award-winning documentary and narrative films that explore how “when memory turns into oblivion, when the past overshadows the future, it is the voice of cinema that articulates the truth.”


Bad Nazi, Good Nazi

The residents of a German village must decide whether to construct a memorial honoring the Nazi officer who saved the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman, the renowned Jewish musician featured in the Roman Polanski film "The Pianist."


Bernstein's Wall

Leonard Bernstein’s life journey defined his role as one of America’s most important musical figures, while fighting to create social change and inspire political activism.


Charm Circle

Nira Burstein’s documentary is a love song to her eccentric and sometimes mentally challenged family, who live in the gracious chaos of their Charm Circle New York City home in Queens.


Concerned Citizen

Neve Sha’anan, Tel Aviv: Ben and Raz are well-to-do “concerned citizens” planning to have a baby in the refugee neighborhood they live in (and gentrify) in this thorny Israeli satire.


The Crossing

After surviving a pogrom, 13-year-old Kyona and her younger brother Adriel flee, embarking on a suspenseful journey to cross the border to safety in this animated feature with glorious fairytale-like imagery.


The Faithful: The King, The Pope, The Princess

What does it mean to worship an image? This witty essay film takes us from Graceland to the Vatican to Kensington Palace over the course of 20 years to investigate three of the most photographed people of all time


Farewell, Mr. Haffmann

In this transfixing wartime drama starring Daniel Auteuil, a Parisian jewelry shop under Nazi occupation becomes the site of a volatile, domestic secret between three ordinary people.