MJFF Celebrates Launch of the 2019 Festival Season
Thanks to all of the friends, supporters, and staff who gathered to celebrate the launch of the 2019 Festival on Wednesday, Feb 6, 2019, Special
Thanks to all of the friends, supporters, and staff who gathered to celebrate the launch of the 2019 Festival on Wednesday, Feb 6, 2019, Special
Award-winning director Iris Zaki enters the heart of Tekoa, an Israeli settlement in the West-Bank, sets up a table in front of the cafe and
In this selection of shorts focused on women, we see both the inner and outer worlds that women deal with on a daily basis. From
In 1986 when Austrian activists were protesting against Kurt Waldheim, filmmaker Ruth Beckermann was both protester and reporter, capturing confrontations between activists and Waldheim supporters.
Over one winter’s day in Nazareth, father Abu and son, Shadi ( real-life father and son actors Mohammed and Saleh Bakri) visit friends and family
The year is 1983 and Yaakov Cohen, the owner of a Jerusalem printing press, is tired of being pushed around. It seems that he was
In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders chose to
Looking for animation, documentaries, drama, and comedy all in one program? Each year a group of MJFF volunteers watches countless shorts and picks the best
In the small, traditional, Israeli town of Nahariya, one family is in for a big change. Their lives transform completely after their father reveals that
Reuben already has a complicated relationship with Gadi, his special needs son he abandoned in childhood. When Gadi, 35 loses his mother Reuben becomes’ Gadi’s
This charming and touching documentary celebrates the life work of Miriam and Rudi Weissenstar, who first opened the doors of Tel Aviv’s world renowned Photo
Broken Branches is an animated documentary about loss, family and hope. Michal Rechter was only 14 years old when, on the eve of the Second
Romance finds us in the strangest places. When Ella’s best friend Tami dies suddenly in an elevator accident, the only thing she can think of
Who knew? Shalom Bollywood tells the tale of the nice Jewish girls who became icons of Indian cinema from the early 20th century to the
This classic,Yiddish language silent film uncovers the richness of literary giant, Sholem Aleichem. Based on his series of stories featuring the character Menakhem Mendl, JEWISH
Wilfrid Israel’s remarkable story has been nearly lost to history. Before the onset of WWII, Israel owned Berlin’s largest department store and was reportedly one
