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San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

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
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
black and white image of a bearded man and long-haired woman talking to each other, with two other women and an ox cart in the background
Posted inCulture

S.F. Jewish Film Festival revs up at the drive-in (and on your couch)

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
The line for a San Francisco Jewish Film Festival screening in 2013 (Photo/from file)
Posted inTV & Film

Jewish Film Institute receives emergency grant from motion picture academy

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 18, 2020May 19, 2020
The Castro Theatre, traditional epicenter of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Photo/Courtesy JFI-Barak Shrama)
Posted inTV & Film

40th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival postponed

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 16, 2020April 16, 2020

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