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Our Bodies & Other Shames
Our Bodies & Other Shames
When a trio of estranged childhood friends receive devastating news, they reunite for one night in the Brooklyn of their youth, where they are haunted by their younger selves, who demand that the past come achingly into the present.
Sada
Sada
An Arab-Israeli kindergarten teacher defies expectations after her husband’s death by taking over the family coffee factory. Facing a conservative family, patriarchy, racism, and crime, she is determined to succeed and carve a new path.
Opening Night: Tell Me Everything
Opening Night: Tell Me Everything
In the 1980s, as pop music soars and AIDS spreads, 12-year-old Boaz discovers a shattering truth about his beloved father. Over the years, he struggles to mend their fractured relationship and restore their lost connection. Moshe Rosenthal ("Karaoke," SFJFF42 Opening Night) crafts a delicate, deeply human coming-of-age story.
Closing Night: We Met at Grossinger's
Closing Night: We Met at Grossinger's
An immersive journey through the vibrant history of the Grossinger's Resort Hotel, a landmark of the Catskills—known as the Borscht Belt—that played a pivotal role in shaping Jewish American identity and culture.
Encore Screening: We Met at Grossinger's
Encore Screening: We Met at Grossinger's
Encore screening added by popular demand. 'We Met at Grossinger's' is an immersive journey through the vibrant history of the Grossinger's Resort Hotel, a landmark of the Catskills—known as the Borscht Belt—that played a pivotal role in shaping Jewish American identity and culture.
The Wedding Entertainer (or The Tale of Moishe Badhan)
The Wedding Entertainer (or The Tale of Moishe Badhan)
To get the funds to marry off his own child, a disgraced Hasidic wedding-comedian must fight to reclaim his former glory in Gidi Dar’s hilarious caper.
The Wedding Entertainer: SFJFF46 Audience Award
The Wedding Entertainer: SFJFF46 Audience Award
Winner of the SFJFF46 Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. To get the funds to marry off his own child, a disgraced Hasidic wedding-comedian must fight to reclaim his former glory in Gidi Dar’s hilarious caper.
Centerpiece Narrative: Where To?
Centerpiece Narrative: Where To?
A Palestinian Uber driver and a lost young Israeli cross paths during a series of taxi rides through Berlin, leading to unexpected moments that blend humor and heartache as their journeys unfold.
Who Killed Alex Odeh?
Who Killed Alex Odeh?
The assassination of a beloved Palestinian American activist in Southern California ignites a 40-year quest for justice, revealing the roots of a dangerous political movement that thrives today.
21 Portraits
21 Portraits
Photographer Jeff Cohen uncovers 21 portraits shot in San Francisco 50 years ago and embarks on a poignant journey to reconnect with, and re-photograph, his aging subjects.
Looking for Mr. Israeli
Looking for Mr. Israeli
A personal essay about a self-questioning, tenacious American Jew who sets out to find a crush he saw only in a magazine fifty years ago, while wrestling with his evolving relationship to Israel.
Saba
Saba
Saba is a metaphorical animated short film, about life, our journey and the endless effort to get closure with the meaningful people in our life.

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