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As part of a special initiative supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the wake of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements, SFJFF38 shines a spotlight on women behind and in front of the lens shaping today’s social discourse and revolutionizing the way women are presented in film.
JFI Next Wave is a community of discerning, Bay Area film lovers as well as a platform for the showcase of emerging and established filmmakers whose work explores modern life and identity through a Jewish lens, often dealing with subjects like, art, music, travel, social justice and more.
Today's national conversation and political moment has inspired a powerful revolution of filmmakers applying their trade to the moment’s most pressing issues. Environmentalism, corporate accountability, scientific creativity, legal injustice and online privacy are just some of the pressing issues raised in these buzzed-about docs.
The films in this sidebar, pulled together from the 1920s, post-War period and late 20th century, challenge the false narrative that portrays Austria as the original “victim” of Hitler’s imperialist expansion, despite that country’s documented complicity with the Nazi war machine.
These stories spotlight compelling personal and cultural narratives that locate the grey areas in all of us and beg the question: #WhatsYourISH? This cross-sectional, thematic grouping includes uplifting musical stories, improbable friendships formed on the sports field and complicated questions of identity and belonging.
JFI is proud to highlight three major organizational partnerships bringing Bay Area arts communities together, including co-presented programs with the Museum of the African Diaspora, the San Francisco Silent Film Festvial and the Film Noir Foundation.
SFJFF38 is proud to showcase several films from past and present Bay Area filmmakers or which celebrate the vibrancy of local communities and contribute to the strong tradition of independent filmmaking thriving here today.
SFJFF38 is pleased to showcase award-winning and critically acclaimed films from around the world each year in the Bay Area. These Festival titles have already garnered national and international acclaim at premier film festivals.
Don't miss the twenty stellar short films in this year's program, each of which tells a big story. All narrative shorts compete for the SFJFF Film Movement Award and all documentary shorts compete for the juried Best Short Documentary Award, the winner of which is eligible for the Academy Award in Documentary (Short Subject).
Devour these standout titles that celebrate the printed page, either through profiles of celebrated writers or adaptations that breathe new life into well-loved or lesser-known stories.