SFJFF35 Announces Winner of 3rd Annual Film Movement Award for Achievements...
The annual short film award will go to Ed & Pauline, which screened at SFJFF35 preceding The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer
View ArticleJFI Announces 2015-16 Filmmaker in Residence: Melinda Hess
The 2015-16 JFI Filmmaker in Residence will be Melinda Hess, a Jewish artist, film editor and currently director and producer of documentary and hybrid interactive films
View ArticleSeptember’s Online Short: REVERENCE
JFI presents the SFJFF35 Official Selected short, Reverence, as it's Online Short of the Month for September. Click through to watch the film and read Q&A with the director.
View ArticleJFI on Demand: FAQ
Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask, about JFI on Demand, the new VOD service from the Jewish Film Institute.
View ArticleJFI on Demand additions for September: The Green Prince, El Critico, and more
JFI on Demand gets updated for September with four new additions. Click through for details and newly announced titles.
View ArticleOctober’s Online Short: WANDERING RABBI
JFI presents the SFJFF35 Official Selection Wandering Rabbi as it's Online Short of the Month for October.
View ArticleNovember’s Online Short: FELICE NEL BOX
JFI presents the Italian short film FELICE NEL BOX as its Online Short of the Month for November.
View ArticleJewish Film Institute completes three-year Audience Research Collaborative...
Read about the Jewish Film Institute's participation in the three-year Audience Research Collaborative and how it's making our audience experiences stronger.
View ArticleDecember’s Online Short: JEROME’S BOUQUET
An elderly woman's troubled walk to the bus is made better by the kindness of strangers she encounters along the way in December's Online Short from the Jewish Film Institute.
View ArticleJFI Board Member Jenni Olson added to SF Film Society’s “Essential SF List”
The Jewish Film Institute congratulates its Board Member Jenni Olson on her inclusion in the San Francisco Film Society's Essential SF List, honoring local cinematic luminaries.
View ArticleWoody Allen at 80: Top 10 Picks
We’re wishing a happy 80th birthday to Woody Allen! To celebrate the director, writer, actor and all-around filmmaker, JFI Programmer Joshua Moore has compiled a list of his 10 favorite Allen films....
View ArticleHappy Birthday to Kirk Douglas
Above: Kirk Douglas accepting the 2011 SFJFF Freedom of Expression Award at the Castro Theatre. The FOE Award honors the unfettered imagination and its contributions to a free, just, and open society....
View ArticleJanuary’s Online Short: THE MAKING OF A MENSCH (Tiffany Shlain)
JFI's first online short of 2016 is the newest short film from acclaimed filmmaker and influencer Tiffany Shlain. The post January’s Online Short: THE MAKING OF A MENSCH (Tiffany Shlain) appeared first...
View ArticleSundance Film Festival Day 1: Doing Things Differently
JFI Executive Director Lexi Leban is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival 2016. Follow her on the blog as we work to find the films that will shine a light on the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film...
View ArticleSundance Film Festival Day 2: #OscarsSoWhite
JFI Executive Director Lexi Leban is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival 2016. Follow her on the blog as we work to find the films that will shine a light on the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film...
View ArticleSundance Film Festival Day 3: The Power of Queer Cinema
JFI Executive Director Lexi Leban is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival 2016. Follow her on the blog as we work to find the films that will shine a light on the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film...
View ArticleSundance Film Festival Day 4: Docs for Days
JFI Executive Director Lexi Leban is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival 2016. Follow her on the blog as we work to find the films that will shine a light on the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film...
View ArticleSundance Film Festival Day 5: A Brave New World
JFI Executive Director Lexi Leban is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival 2016. Follow her on the blog as we work to find the films that will shine a light on the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film...
View ArticleSundance Film Festival Day 6: Jew(ish)
JFI Executive Director Lexi Leban is on the ground at Sundance Film Festival 2016. Follow her on the blog as we work to find the films that will shine a light on the 36th San Francisco Jewish Film...
View ArticleYidLife Crisis: The Double Date
The latest and greatest from our friends at YidLife Crisis features a blind date for Leizer with the perfect woman that turns into a battle of nebbish proportions. Starring Mayim Bialik. The post...
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