The Jewish Film Institute is pleased to present “Moshe & Amira” as the Online Short of the Month for April 2022. Read a short interview with director Eliot Gelberg-Wilson below. About the Film: When a Jewish boy and a Muslim girl’s families meet for the first time, an unexpected incident…

The Jewish Film Institute is pleased to present A Father’s Sonata as the Online Short of the Month for March 2022. Read an interview with director Tamir Faingold below. About the Film: 55-year-old Noah, has a passion for classical music, a job that wears him down, and an old piano…

About the short: A young Jewish immigrant in San Francisco has a life-changing encounter with a neighbor that leads to a life full of music. The Violin Upstairs charts the true history of the filmmaker’s violin, from its birth in 18th-century Austria, to its existence in modern day San Francisco…

I got my Jewish education not by sitting in shul, but in theaters during JFI programs. JFI has given me a greater appreciation of our traditions, history, art, humor… and shaped what it means to be Jewish… — Audience Member jfi’s impact 2018–2020: a sneak peak JFI champions bold films and filmmakers that expand, evolve and…

From Former JFI Filmmaker in Resident, Yoav Potash This evocative short film combines a live musical performance by Saul Goodman’s Klezmer Band, filmed during the Covid-19 pandemic, with rare archival footage of prewar Jewish life in Europe. The film…