Jewish & Israeli Film Festival

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Aaron Weiner, Chair
Marcie Bachrach
Lauren Bowen
Alexa Fisher
Martha Geller
Evan Gildenblatt
Lauren Goldberg
Sam Greene
Erik Jensen
Margie Kessel
Amy Klein
Nina Paul
Dr. David Schmerler
Sharon Spiegel
Paul Spitz

Bad Shabbos (Dir. Daniel Robbins, 2024)
Full Support (Dir. Michal Cohen, 2024)
No Name Resturant (Dir. Peter Keller, Stefan Sarazin , 2023)
The Glory of Life (Dir. Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann , 2024)
Here Lived (Dir. Jane Wells, 2024)
We’ve Been Here Before (Short Film, Jacob Kornbluth)
Running on Sand (Dir. Ada Shafran, 2023)
06:30 (Dir. Alon Daniel, 2024)
TATTOOED4LIFE (Short Film, Kineret Hay-Gillor)
All About the Levkoviches (Dir. Ádám Breier, 2024)
Unspoken (Dir. Jeremy Borison, 2024)
Avenue of the Giants (Dir. Finn Taylor, 2023)
Sabbath Queen (Dir. Sandi Dubowski, 2024)
Ain’t No Back To A Merry-Go-Round (Dir. Ilana Trachtman, 2024)

Matchmaking (Dir. Erez Tadmor, 2022)
Barren (Dir. Mordechai Vardi, 2022)
Irena’s Vow (Dir. Louis Archambault, 2023)
Children of Nobody (Dir. Erez Tadmor, 2022)
Jerry’s Last Mission (Dir. Louisa Merino, 2021)
The Boy (Short Film, Dir. Yahav Winner, z”l, 2023)
The Catskills (Lex Gillespie, 2024)
Kinderland (Short Film, Amy Grappell, 2021)
The Holy Closet (Dir. Moran Nakar, 2022)
Paddling for Life (Short Film, Dir. Judy Herbstein, 2021)
Remembering Gene Wilder (Dir. Ron Frank, 2023)
GIADO – Holocaust in the Desert (Dir. Sharon Ada Yaish, Golan Rise, 2023)
Anne (Short Film, Dir. Desirée Abeyta, Adi Eshman, 2022)
Vishniac (Dir. Laura Bialis, 2023)
Stay With Us (Dir. Gad Elmaleh, 2022)
Less Than Kosher (Dir. Daniel AM Rosenberg, 2023)
The Story of Annettte Zelman (Dir. Philippe Le Guay, 2023)

One More Story (Dir. Guri Alfi, 2021)
The Conference (Dir. Matti Geschonneck, 2022)
On This Happy Note (Dir. Tamar Tal Anati, 2021)
Polonsky (Short Film, Dir. Ofir Trainin, 2022)
Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin (Dir. Jonathan Gruber, 2021)
Schächten – A Retribution (Dir. Thomas Roth, 2022)
1341 Frames of Love and War (Dir. Ran Tal, 2022)
Greener Pastures (Dirs. Matan Guggenheim and Assaf Abiri, 2020)
White Eye (Short Film, Dir. Tomer Shushan, 2019)
Rose (Dir. Aurélie Saada, 2021)
Not a Hero (Dir. Rubi Gat, 2021)
Marry Me However (Dir. Mordechai Vardi, 2020)
Periphery (Short Film, Dir. Sara Yacobi-Harris, 2021)
Farewell Mister Haffmann (Dir. Fred Cavayé, 2022)

Persian Lessons (Dir. Vadim Perelman, 2020)
200 Meters (Dir. Ameen Nayfeh, 2020)
Paradise (Short Film, Dir. Asaf Saban, 2021)
Alone Together (Dirs. Kineret Hay-Gillor and Maya Tiberman, 2019)
Thou Shalt Not Hate (Dir. Mauro Mancini, 2020)
Masel Tov Cocktail (Short Film, Dirs. Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatzsch, 2020)
Kiss Me Kosher (Dir. Shirel Peleg, 2020)
With Slight Steps (Short Film, Dir. Guy Hodes, 2019)
Here We Are (Dir. Nir Bergman, 2020)
Tiger Within (Dir. Rafal Zielinski, 2021)
A Starry Sky Above the Roman Ghetto (Dir. Giulio Base, 2020)
With No Land (Dirs. Aalam-Warqe Davidian and Kobi Davidian, 2021)
Lune (Dirs. Aviva Armour-Ostroff and Arturo Pérez Torres, 2020)
Forgiveness (Dirs. Hanan Savyon and Guy Amir, 2019)
A Common Goal (Dir. Shuki Guzik, 2020)

A Cantors Head (Dir. Erik Greenberg Anjou, 2019)
A Jew Walks Into a Bar (Short Film, Dir. Jonathan Miller, 2018)
Sustainable Nation (Dir. Micah Smith, 2019)
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Dir. Caroline Link, 2019)
The Art of Waiting (Dir. Erez Tadmor, 2020)
Torch (Short Film, Dir. Odeya Rosenak, 2017)
Transkids (Dir. Hilla Medalia, 2019)
Asia (Dir. Ruthy Pribar, 2020)
Grey Zone (Short Film, Dir. Gal Sagy, 2019)
They Ain’t Ready for Me (Dir. Brad Rothschild, 2019)
Dina Malul Fights Back (Short Film, Dir. Amit Saragosi, 2019)
Honeymood (Dir. Talya Lavie, 2020)
My Name is Sara (Dir. Steven Oritt, 2019)
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance (Dir. Shari Rogers, 2020)

The Unorthodox (Dir. Eliran Malka, 2018)
Picture of His Life (Dir. Dani Menkin, Yonatan Nir, 2019)
Layam (Short Film, Dir. Assaf Machnes, 2018)
Those Who Remained (Dir. Barnabás Tóth, 2019)
The Spy Behind Home Plate (Dir. Aviva Kempner, 2019)
The Passengers (Dir. Ryan S. Porush, 2019)
I Have a Message for You (Short Film, Dir. Matan Rochlitz, 2017)
How to Swim (Short Film, Dir. Noa Gusakov, 2018)
My Playground (Short Film, Dir. Seth Friedman, 2019)
Gefilte (Short Film, Dir. Rachel Fleit, 2018)
Beneath the Ink (Short Film, Dir. Cy Dodson, 2018)
Love in Suspenders (Dir. Jorge Weller, 2019)
Aulcie (Dir. Dani Menkin, 2019)
Leona (Dir. Isaac Cherem, 2018)
Family in Transition (Dir. Ofir Trainin, 2018)
Working Woman (Dir. Michal Aviad, 2018)
The Mamboniks (Dir. Lex Gillespie, 2019)
Witness Theater (Dir. Oren Rudavsky, 2018)
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (Dir. Max Lewkowicz, 2019)

An Act of Defiance (Dir. Jean Van De Velde, 2017)
Budapest Noir (Dir. Éva Gárdos, 2017)
A Thousand Kisses (Short Film, Dir. Richard Goldgewicht, 2018)
Keep the Change (Dir. Rachel Israel, 2017)
Wendy’s Shabbat (Short Film, Dir. Rachel Myers, 2018)
The Last Suit (Dir. Pablo Solarz, 2017)
The Driver is Red (Short Film, Dir. Randall Christopher, 2017)
Winter Hunt (Dir. Astrid Schult, 2018)
Etgar Keret: Based on a True Story (Dir. Stephane Kaas, 2017)
Dear Fredy (Dir. Rubi Gat, 2017)
Shelter (Dir. Eran Riklis, 2018)
Who Will Write Our History? The Secret Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto (Dir. Roberta Grossman, Exec. Producer Nancy Spielberg, 2018)
The Invisibles (Dir. Claus Räfle, 2017)
When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience, and Hope (Dir. Rebecca Shore, 2017)
Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds: The Conductor Zubin Mehta (Dir. Bettina Ehrhardt, 2016)
Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel (Dirs. Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger, 2018)

Hummus! The Movie (Dir. Oren Rosenfeld, 2016)
Ben-Gurion, Epilogue (Dir. Yariv Mozer, 2016)
The 90-Minute War (Dir. Eyal Tadmor, 2017)
Home Port (Dir. Erez Tadmor, 2016)
The Gravedigger’s Daughter (Short Film, Dir. Shira Gabay, 2016)
Scaffolding (Dir. Matan Yair, 2017)
Across the Waters (Dir. Nicolo Donato, 2017)
Bye Bye Germany (Dir. Sam Garbarski, 2017)
And Then She Arrived (Dir. Roee Florentin, 2017)
The Law (Dir. Christian Faure, 2015)
Amor (Dir. Raphaël Rebibo, 2016)
Against Reinheitsgebot (Short Film, Dir. Adam Souriano, 2016)
My Hero Brother (Dir. Yonatan Nir, 2016)
Big Sonia (Dirs. Leah Warshawski and Todd Soliday, 2016)

Mr. Predictable (Dir. Roee Florentin, 2016)
Fever at Dawn (Dir. Péter Gárdos, 2015)
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? (Dirs. Tomer Heymann and Barak Heymann, 2016)
A Heartbeat Away (Dirs. Tal Barda and Noam Pinchas, 2016)
The Last Mentsch (Dir. Pierre-Henry Salfati, 2014)
Broken Branches (Short Film, Dir. Ayala Sharot, 2014)
Persona Non Grata (Dir. Cellin Gluck, 2015)
Moos (Dir. Job Gosschalk, 2016)
Mr. Gaga (Dir. Tomer Heymann, 2015)
Wounded Land (Dir. Erez Tadmor, 2015)
Time to Say Goodbye (Dir. Viviane Andereggen, 2015)
Hannah Cohen’s Holy Communion (Short Film, Dir. Shimmy Marcus, 2012)
A.K.A. Nadia (Dir. Tova Ascher, 2015)
On The Map (Dir. Dani Menkin, 2016)

Remember (Dir. Atom Egoyan, 2016)
Look At Us Now, Mother! (Dir. Gayle Kirschenbaum, 2015)
Victor “Young” Perez (Dir. Jacques Ouaniche, 2014)
In Search of Israeli Cuisine (Dir. Roger M. Sherman, 2015)
Serial (Bad) Weddings (Dir. Philippe De Chauveron, 2014)
The Seder (Short Film, Dir. Justin Kelly, 2011)
Les Héritiers/Once in a Lifetime (Dir. Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, 2014)
Rock in the Red Zone (Dir. Laura Bialis, 2014)
Fire Birds (Dir. Amir Wolf, 2015)
Is That You? (Dir. Dani Menkin, 2014)
Operation Sunflower (Dir. Avraham Kushnir, 2014)
Hill Start (Dir. Oren Stern, 2014)
Oriented (Dir. Jake Witzenfeld, 2015)
Special Event – On Movies: A Conversation with Film Critic Leonard Maltin

Peace After Marriage (Dirs. Bandar Albuliwi and Ghazi Albuliwi, 2013)
The Green Prince (Dir. Nadav Schirman, 2014)
Aftermath (Dir. Władysław Pasikowski, 2013)
24 Days (Dir. Alexandre Arcady, 2014)
Dancing in Jaffa (Dir. Hilla Medalia, 2013)
Bethlehem (Dir. Yuval Adler, 2013)
Zero Motivation (Dir. Talya Lavie, 2014)
The Third Half (Dir. Darko Mitrevski, 2012)
Snails in the Rain (Dir. Yariv Mozer, 2013)
Above and Beyond (Dir. Roberta Grossman, 2014)
Glue (Short Film, Dir. Michal Lavi, 2012)
Little Horribles: Minibar (Short Film, Dir. Amy York Rubin, 2013)

Summer Cinema Series:
Above and Beyond (Dir. Roberta Grossman, 2014)
Apples from the Dessert (Dirs. Arik Lubetzky and Matti Harari, 2014)
Dough (Dir. John Goldschmidt, 2015)

The Yellow Ticket (Dirs. Eugen Illés and Victor Janson, 1918)
Eagles (Dir. Dror Sabo, 2012)
Kaddish For A Friend (Dir. Leo Khasin, 2011)
The Zig Zag Kid (Dir. Bal Vincent, 2012)
Besa: The Promise (Dir. Rachel Goslins, 2012)
The Ceremony (Dir. Avi Weissblei, 2013)
Ameer Got His Gun (Dir. Naomi Levari, 2011)
Cupcakes (Dir. Eytan Fox, 2013)
Once Upon a Bench (Short Film, Dir. Alexandra Torterotot, 2012)
The Bris (Short Film, Dir. CJ Johnson, 2010)
Welcome and…Our Condolences (Short Film, Dir. Leon Prudovsky, 2012)

Summer Cinema Series:
For a Woman (Dir. Diane Kurys, 2013)
Kaddish For A Friend (Dir. Leo Khasin, 2011)
Run Boy Run (Dir. Pepe Danquart, 2013)

Hava Nagila (Dir. Roberta Grossman, 2012)
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Dir. Thierry Binisti, 2011)
Cap or Kippah (Short Film, Dir. Susanne Engels, 2012)
Numbered (Dirs. Uriel Sinai and Dana Doron, 2012)
Just the Two of Us (Dir. Tzipi Baider, 2011)
Life in Stills (Dir. Tamar Tal, 2012)
Advice and Dissent (Short Film, Dir. Leib Cohen, 2002)
Orchestra of Exiles (Dir. Josh Aronson, 2012)
Blank Bullet (Dir. Haim Bouzaglo, 2010)
Mabul (The Flood) (Dir. Guy Nattiv, 2011)
Starring David (Short Film, Dir. Ester Gould, 2010)
The Day I Saw Your Heart (Dir. Jennifer Devoldère, 2011)

Summer Cinema Series:
Life in Stills (Dir. Tamar Tal, 2012)
My First Wedding (Dir. Ariel Winograd, 2011)
Portrait of Wally (Dir. Andrew Shea, 2012)

Salsa Tel Aviv (Dir. Jorge Weller, 2011)
Seltzer Works (Short Film, Dir. Jessica Edwards, 2010)
Blood Relation (Dir. Noa Ben Hagai, 2009)
Tasnim (Short Film, Dir. Elite Zexer, 2010)
Melting Away (Dir. Doron Eran, 2011)
The Debt (Dir. Assaf Bernstein, 2007)
La Rafle (The Roundup) (Dir. Roselyne Bosch, 2010)
Naomi (Dir. Eitan Zir, 2010)
Nicky’s Family (Dir. Matej Miná, 2011) 
Three Promises (Short Film, Dir. Edward Serotta, 2011)

Summer Cinema Series:
Melting Away (Dir. Doron Eran, 2011)
Arab Labor (TV Series, Dir. Roni Ninio, 2007)
This is Sodom (Dirs. Adam Sanderson and Muli Segev, 2010)

100 Voices: A Journey Home (Dirs. Matthew Asner and Danny Gold, 2010)

An Article of Hope (Dir. Daniel Cohen, 2010)

Anita (Dir. Marcos Carnevale, 2009)

Berlin ’36 (Dir. Kasper Heidelbach, 2009)

Seven Minutes in Heaven (Dir. Omri Givon, 2008)

The Matchmaker (Dir. Avi Nesher, 2010)

The Yankles (Dir. David R. Brooks, 2009)

Wedding in Galilee (Dir. Michel Khleifi, 1987)
Echoes of Conflict (Dir. Gur Heller, 1991)
Hamsin (Dir. Daniel Wachsmann, 1982)

Noa at Seventeen (Dir. Isaac Zepel Yeshurun, 1982)
Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer (Dir. Thorold Dickinson, 1955)
Kazablan (Dir. Menahem Golan, 1973)
My Michael (Dir. Dan Wolman, 1975)