2025 Jewish FilmFest

KEEP THE CHANGE tells the story of aspiring filmaker David who is mandated by a judge to attend a social program at the Jewish Community Center. David is sure of one thing: he doesn't belong there. But when he's assigned to visit the Brooklyn Bridge with the vivacious Sarah, sparks fly, and convictions are tested. Their budding relationship must weather Sarah's romantic past, David's judgmental mother, and their own preconceptions of what love is supposed to look like.

NEITHER DAY NOR NIGHT tells the story of a French family of Sephardic heritage living in the heart of the Ashkenazi community in Bnei Brak, Israel. The story centers at the struggle between the father, Shmuel, and his son's Talmud study headmaster - a conflict that will lead to tragic, unexpected results.

Inspired by true events. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, LOVE GETS A ROOM is the story of a Jewish stage actress who must make the gut-wrenching decision to follow her heart or to escape the Warsaw ghetto. Told in real time, the film is a romantic tale of love and survival in the face of evil.

Widening the historical lens, JEWS OF THE WILD WEST is a documentary that focuses on an under-explored aspect of Jewish history: the role that Jews played in Western American expansion, both in real life and in the movies. Through a tapestry of archival footage, photographs, and interviews, Amanda Kinsey's pioneering film entertainingly excavates the past through the stories of an array of people from known names like Max Aronson (the real "Bronco Billy Anderson") and Levi Strauss, to some you may not have heard about.