This screening is part of the 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Encore Series at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, November 14–15. Click here to purchase a series pass.
This collection of shorts hits close to home. Join Bay Area filmmaking legends and JFI alumni to celebrate the stories, histories, lives, and new works of these hometown heroes.
Looking for Mr. Israeli, Dan Wohlfeiler, USA
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.
A Grain of Truth, Vivian Kleiman, USA
Through a disturbing journey into wartime Denmark, A Grain of Truth dismantles a cherished childhood myth—the Legend of the Yellow Star and the escape of Jewish Danes —revealing a far more complex history, one that holds acts of remarkable courage alongside troubling moral compromises.
Born Kicking, Lauretta Molitor, Asali Echols, USA
Queer photographer Jill Posener’s fearless compulsion to document provides us with intimate views of radical feminist London, Bay Area 90s lesbian culture, and contemporary unhoused East Bay communities. A lifelong rebel, she has always felt “at odds”, and now contemplates where she may fit for her final chapter.
Older Than Israel (Working Title), Sari Gilman, USA
Through a series of conversations filmed before October 7, 2023, filmmaker Sari Gilman talks to her father about how his sense of belonging to Judaism has eroded because of Israel.
Programmer's Note: The remarkable talent of Bay Area filmmakers shines through in our From the Bay shorts program, one of the first programs to sell out at SFJFF46. We're thrilled to bring these incredibly rich films back for another screening, celebrating the immense talent coming out of our own Bay Area community.