Documentary / USA / English / 75 minutes After the October 7 attacks, artists Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid launched the “Kidnapped from Israel” grassroots poster campaign in NY to raise awareness about the hostages taken by Hamas. Torn explores the motivations of activists putting up and tearing down the posters, revealing the complexities of ...
Documentary / USA / English / 80 minutes On January 15, 2022, an ordinary Shabbat morning at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, turned into a harrowing hostage crisis involving Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three others. Colleyville is a gripping real-life drama showcasing the resilience of the hostages and community while highlighting the complexities of ...
Romantic Comedy / Israel / Hebrew with English Subtitles / 110 minutes Israel’s biggest box office hit of the year, Matchmaking 2 , is the feel- good, long-awaited sequel to the beloved 2022 rom-com starring some of Israel’s brightest young talents. This tender, side-splitting celebration of clashing traditions and big-hearted characters follows a love-struck bachelor ...
Documentary / USA /English / 117 minutes In 1945, 10-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski made a 60-mile journey by foot from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Krakow in search of his family. Decades later, 250 cyclists retrace his path in a mission called Ride for the Living. This powerful documentary draws parallels between his experience and the cyclists’ ...
Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Seller in conversation with Tony Award-nominee Douglas Sills (Broadway's The Scarlet Pimpernel and HBO's The Gilded Age) A coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our time, Jeffrey Seller, one of the masterminds behind the Tony Award-winning musicals Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights , and Hamilton. _Theater ...
A Shabbat so good, we're doing it Thursday!Come for the wine, stay for the whodunit at 'Bad Shabbos' and bring an alibi. Begin your night with a strolling Shabbat-themed dinner in the Janice Charach Gallery, then make your way to the Berman Theater where the Jewish Film Festival will show Bad Shabbos , a ...
Comedy / USA / English / 84 minutes David and his fiancée Meg attend a Shabbat dinner at his mother’s house to introduce her Catholic parents to his Jewish family. When a turn of events leads to a frantic cover-up, the evening spirals into darkly comedic chaos. Uproariously funny with a cast featuring Emmy-winner Kyra ...
Drama / Israel, Hungary / Hebrew and Hungarian with English subtitles / 120 minutes Arnon Noble, a devout man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor, embarks on a journey to Hungary with his estranged daughter to seek a legendary ring that once saved her life. Written by and starring Ophir Award-winning ...
Biopic / UK / English / 112 minutes Witness the rise of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who catapulted The Beatles from a scrappy Liverpool band into global rock legends. The film details Epstein’s belief in The Beatles and the sacrifices he made to help them achieve fame. Midas Man features a star-making turn by ...