Family: Oys and Joys

I Love You More  2024    8 minutes    English     Lucas Press   A Jewish mother and daughter navigate difficult conversations about religion, expectations, and the depths of one’s love. The Eighth Day 2023   11 minutes   English   Jonah Weinstein When Noah and Jonah’s parents arrive at their home expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, the couple is […]

Bad Shabbos

NOTE: The Scottsdale showing is at 8:00 PM on Saturday. Preceded by a different short film in Scottsdale,  Chandler and Peoria. In Chandler (Sunday, Feb 16, 3 PM)No Harm Done   2023   16 minutes      French w/subtitles      Sarah Stern  A week after giving birth, Mila faces her son’s circumcision, a tradition […]

Avenue of the Giants

Preceded by a short film. Out of Sight  2023   8 minutes     Hebrew w/subtitles    Tamar Dadon-Raveh Set in 1946, two European Jewish girls meet aboard a ship on its way to Israel and share stories of their survival in hiding during the Holocaust.

999: The Forgotten Girls

Preceded by a short film by a local artist. The Golems of Ostrolęka (2024)   9 minutes    English     Jacob Adler  Rabbi Yitzchak Białystok is the first to succeed in creating a Mechanical Golem, a fully autonomous robot made of iron and steel, designed to defend the shtetl’s inhabitants from pogroms.