Relive the 30th Pearl Anniversary Seattle Jewish Film Festival. Read key details, flip through the festival program, browse photos, and find a full list of feature-length films presented at the 2025 Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
Dates: March 22 – April 6, 2025
Venues: AMC Pacific Place, Gesa Power House Theatre (Walla Walla), Hillel UW, Majestic Bay Theatres, SIFF Uptown, Stroum JCC
Co-Chairs: Shari Basom, Janice Kaplan-Klein, Jessica Prince
Opening Night: MIDAS MAN
Closing Night: BAD SHABBOS
Full Lineup Details
Awards
Audience Choice Awards
• Best Narrative Feature (Tie): BAD SHABBOS and RUNNING ON SAND
• Best Documentary Feature: SHARI & LAMB CHOP
Films Screened
• A NICE JEWISH BOY (Le Dernier des juifs) – dir. Noé Debré, 2024, France
• ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE – dir. Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin, 2024, USA
• BAD SHABBOS – dir. Daniel Robbins, 2024, USA
• BEETHOVEN’S NINE: ODE TO HUMANITY – dir. Larry Weinstein, 202, Canada, Germany
• BLIND AT HEART (Die Mittagsfrau) – dir. Barbara Albert, 2024, Germany, Switzerland
• CARLA THE RESCUER – dir. Clement Lye, 2024, USA
• DEATH OF ZYGIELBOJM (Śmierć Zygielbojma) – dir. Ryszard Brylski, 2021, Poland
• FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – dir. Norman Jewison, 1971, USA
• IN THE MOUNTAIN’S SHADE (בצילו של ההר) (Short) – dir. Maya Kessel, 2023, Israel
• I SEE YOU (אני רואה אותך) (Short) – dir. Adam Weingrod, 2023, Israel
• JANIS IAN: BREAKING SILENCE – dir. Varda Bar-Kar, 2024, USA
• MAURICE’S BAR (Le Bar de Maurice) (Short) – dir. Tzor Edery, Tom Prezman, 2023, France, Israel
• MIDAS MAN – dir. Joe Stephenson, 2024, UK
• NEVER ALONE (Ei koskaan yksin) – dir. Klaus Härö, 2024, Finland
• PISCES (מזל דגים) (Short) – dir. Lee Dror, 2023, Israel
• PINK LADY (אישה ורודה) – dir. Nir Bergman, 2024, Israel, Italy
• RUNNING ON SAND (לרוץ על החול) – dir. Adar Shafran, 2023, Israel
• SABBATH QUEEN – dir. Sandi DuBowski, 2023, USA
• SHARI & LAMB CHOP – dir. Lisa D’Apolito, 2024, USA
• THE BLOND BOY FROM THE CASBAH (Le Petit blond de la casbah) – dir. Alexandre Arcady, 2023, France
• THE CITY (העיר הזו) – dir. Amit Ulman, 2023, Israel
• THE GLORY OF LIFE (Die Herrlichkeit des lebens) – dir. Judith Kaufmann, Georg Maas, 2024, Germany
• THE GUY WHO GOT CUT WRONG (Short)– dir. Dana Ben-Ari, 2024, USA
• THE MOST PRECIOUS OF CARGOES (La Plus précieuse des marchandises) – dir. Michel Hazanavicius, 2024, France
• THE SPEED OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US (מהירות של המרחק בינינו) (Short) – dir. Yuval Shapira, 2023, Israel, USA
• THE STRONGHOLD (המזח) – dir. Lior Chefetz, 2024, Israel
• TORN – dir. Nim Shapira, 2024, USA
• WAR BEFORE BEDTIME (מלחמה לפני השינה) (Short) – dir. Tehila Lapidot, 2024, Israel
• WELCOME TO YIDDISHLAND – dir. Ros Horin, 2024, Australia
