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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

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
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival co-directors Deborah Kaufman and Janis Plotkin in 1991 on the balcony of the Castro Theatre. (Photo/File)
Posted inCulture

Why S.F. is home to the world’s oldest, longest-running Jewish film fest

Peter L. Stein by Peter L. Stein July 22, 2021July 4, 2022
Ali Suliman as Mustafa in “200 Meters.”
Posted inCulture

Review: Palestinian father knows best in ‘200 Meters’ … or does he?

by Michael Fox July 16, 2021July 15, 2021
Documentarian Debra Chasnoff (right) with wife Nancy Otto in “Prognosis: Notes on Living.”
Posted inFilm

‘Prognosis’: S.F. documentarian turns camera on herself as she battles cancer

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 12, 2021
Meir Gerner plays a version of himself in “Africa.”
Posted inTV & Film

Review: An Israeli’s anxiety over aging comes out of ‘Africa’

by Michael Fox July 9, 2021July 9, 2021
From “A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,” which includes moments of animation, music and ritual.
Posted inCulture

Avant-garde film says ‘Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,’ in its own eccentric way

Mira Fox by Mira Fox and Forward July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
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
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

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