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For 50 years a family archive sat in the dark, until Rotem persuaded her mother Varda to watch her childhood anew. 8mm films were discovered as documentation of an amateur filmmaker, Varda's mother, who documented her life in Tel Aviv in the late 1960s. The films shed light on past memories mixed with the present and of mother-daughter relationships.
Joza’s humble appearance does not reveal his wild past. Now a tour guide in Jerusalem, once Israel's biggest cocaine dealer - he’s been constantly reinventing himself while making all the possible mistakes along the way.
On the morning of October 7th, renowned peace activist Vivian Silver was assumed to be abducted by Hamas from her kibbutz near Gaza. As Israel launches a devastating attack on the Gaza Strip, Vivian’s sons, and beloved Jewish and Palestinian friends, struggle to hold onto Silver's vision and hope for peace.
JFI's Pitch + Kvell is an annual, online pitch forum where the current cohort of Filmmakers in Residence pitch their documentary projects to industry leaders for feedback and advice. The forum is free to attend for all, with many filmmakers, professionals, and audience members joining from around the world to toast the Residents as they "graduate" from the program.
At this free online event, JFI's 2025 Filmmakers in Residence will present excerpts from their documentary works-in-progress as they pitch their projects to a panel of prominent film industry insiders for feedback on getting across the finish line.
Submissions are now being accepted for the 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Jewish Film Institute. SFJFF46 returns to the Bay Area in Summer 2026.
Celebrate JFI's Filmmakers-In-Residence, Sunday, December 5th from 1-3:30 PM, as the 2021 cohort presents their projects to industry leaders.
A film about filmmaker David Santamaria's Aunt Harriet, who was one of New York City’s first female cab drivers.
Yael Luttwak (SFJFF 2012 Filmmaker in Residence) returns home and turns her camera on her father, famed Department of Defense military strategist Edward Luttwak. The film offers a rare and complex glimpse of beltway politics through these political polar opposites.