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Jay Rosenblatt is the director of the documentary short "When We Were Bullies," which has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Posted inCulture

S.F. filmmaker’s documentary on bullying incident nominated for Oscar

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 15, 2022February 16, 2022
From “Charlatan,” playing at this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inTV & Film

S.F. Jewish film fest roars back into Castro — and online, too

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 2, 2021July 6, 2021
A still from the musical "A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff," one of many films screening at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival this year.
Posted inFilm

Madoff musical, Holocaust revenge and Saul Bellow at 2021 S.F. Jewish Film Festival

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 24, 2021July 21, 2021
Jay Rosenblatt, program director at the Jewish Film Institute, discusses films with the youth jury for the 2019 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy JFI)
Posted inFilm

New JFI fellowship for teens into films and changing the world

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 18, 2021
Philippe Tlokinski as Stan Ulam in "Adventures of a Mathematician."
Posted inFilm

Ethics and science and the Manhattan Project in ‘Adventures of a Mathematician’ 

by Michael Fox February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Alessandro Gassmann (right) in “Thou Shalt Not Hate.”
Posted inCulture

WinterFest brings new Jewish cinema home for a long weekend

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 18, 2021
A scene from "The Vigil."
Posted inTV & Film

‘The Vigil’: An ex-Hasidic man’s harrowing night with the dead

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 4, 2021February 4, 2021
Canadian actor and comic Howie Mandel in the new documentary “Howie Mandel: But, Enough About Me.” (Photo/Courtesy JFI)
Posted inCulture

Jewish Film Institute marks 40th anniversary with 8 nights of films for Hanukkah

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 27, 2020November 30, 2020
Liz Garbus at the premiere of "Lost Girls" in Park City, Utah, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Joe Scarnici-Getty Images for Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’ director Liz Garbus on learning the Jewish tradition of activism from her famous father

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier, JTA and J. Staff September 22, 2020September 30, 2020
a black and white illustration of an old woman doing a crossword
Posted inTV & Film

Jewish Film Institute announces completion grants to ‘secure the future of Jewish storytelling’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 14, 2020

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