The Jewish Film Institute is pleased to present A Light in the Dark as our Online Short of the Month for December 2023. This month’s film, directed by 2021 JFI Filmmaker in Residence Rebecca Pierce, follows a group of Israeli social activists as they fight against racial incitement in Tel…

The Jewish Film Institute is proud to feature 2023 Filmmaker in Residence Leigh Jurecka and her project A Night at the Stone Burlesk in our JFI Resident Spotlight for the month of November 2023. About the Film: When a filmmaker marries a former child magician, she finds herself entering an…

The Jewish Film Institute is pleased to present The Rock Collection as our Online Short of the Month for November 2023. This month’s film, directed by Mayer Adelberg, explores issues of grief and rememberance in a Jewish context that has universal meaning. …

The Jewish Film Institute is proud to feature 2023 Filmmaker in Residence Sergio Maza and his project Echoes of Foreign Films in our JFI Resident Spotlight for the month of October 2023. About the Film: From the 60s and for six decades, Dan and Toby Talbot, a Jewish couple from…

This week, JFI is proud to co-present Urban Adamah’s special Sukkot screening of The Route of The Citron (Etrog), by award winning filmmaker Izza Genini this Thursday 10/5 from 7–9pm at Urban Adamah in Berkeley! Register here.⁠ This groundbreaking 30-minute documentary short traces the ancient Jewish roots of the variety…

The Jewish Film Institute is proud to present De Castro as our online short for the month of October 2023, which corresponds with Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month. This month’s film, directed by Brazilian-Israeli filmmaker Fernando Silva, highlights the untold story of illegal adoptions between Israel and Brazil, raising complex…

The Jewish Film Institute is proud to feature 2023 Filmmaker in Residence Renée Wilson and her project The 13th Percent in our JFI Resident Spotlight for the month of September, 2023. About the Film: The 13th Percent is a personal documentary exploring filmmaker Renée Wilson’s unexpected discovery of her non-Jewish…

The Jewish Film Institute is proud to present Natives as our online short for the month of September 2023. Jewish Film Institute: Can you tell us about how you deftly crafted Rachel’s character as both a flawed person and someone we have empathy for? Jeremy Hersh: Thank you for…

SFJFF43 Welcomes Dozens of Local, National, and International Filmmakers to the Festival; Festival Award Winners and Completion Grantees…