SFJFF46's ten Big Nights spotlight singular talents in filmmaking, expand the horizons of Jewish storytelling, and bring guests from around the world to the Bay Area. These marquee presentations are not to be missed.
In the 1980s, as pop music soars and AIDS spreads, 12-year-old Boaz discovers a shattering truth about his beloved father. Over the years, he struggles to mend their fractured relationship and restore their lost connection. Moshe Rosenthal ("Karaoke," SFJFF42 Opening Night) crafts a delicate, deeply human coming-of-age story.
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This year’s Freedom of Expression Award honors the multi-hyphenate artist Rachel Bloom. She will receive the Award at the Castro Theatre in conjunction with the documentary "Hollywood Does Abortion," which she appears in and Executive Produced.
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This experimental film explores the visual representation of the Holocaust through a montage of thousands of excerpts from film and television from 1938 to the present to critically examine how Holocaust imagery has been codified and reproduced in cinema across decades.
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A Palestinian Uber driver and a lost young Israeli cross paths during a series of taxi rides through Berlin, leading to unexpected moments that blend humor and heartache as their journeys unfold.
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Since the 1970s, depictions of abortion in film and television have both impacted and reflected shifting attitudes towards the procedure and those who choose it. This incisive documentary examines the undeniable impact that the American entertainment industry has had on that fight.
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From the dust storms of Oklahoma to the lox and bagels of Coney Island, discover a whole new side of Woody Guthrie that will forever change your view of one of America’s most celebrated songwriters and cultural icons.
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Anat, a schoolteacher, awaits her son Ido’s army discharge. When a new war erupts and she learns he has volunteered to fight, their bond fractures. Caught between a father destroyed by war and a son rushing toward it, Anat makes a radical choice just before Ido crosses into Lebanon.
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In this rhythmic psychological thriller, a lonely aspiring teen actress finds herself drawn to an acting teacher who pulls her into a web of desire and control, blurring the lines of seduction and obsession.
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Through three gripping true stories—a military reenactment that displaces an entire village, a staged police raid on a Palestinian family, and a tormented military props supplier—Netalie Braun probes the dangerous intersection of storytelling, propaganda, and state power in Israeli society.
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An immersive journey through the vibrant history of the Grossinger's Resort Hotel, a landmark of the Catskills—known as the Borscht Belt—that played a pivotal role in shaping Jewish American identity and culture.
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