The 25th “Silver Screen” Anniversary of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival, scheduled for March 19-29, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic after Gov. Jay Inslee announced the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order on March 23, 2020.
From June 16 – July 2, SJFF was one of the first festivals in the country to go virtual with a full lineup of streaming films, interactive Zoom conversations with filmmakers and special guests, a virtual comedy show, a Yiddish singalong, conversations with Reel Difference award recipients, and a Closing Night mixologist who taught us how to make a 25th anniversary cocktail from the comfort of our home bars! You can view the original festival program and virtual postcard to view a full list of the in-person and streaming 2020 Seattle Jewish Film Festival, and the myriad ways we pulled off an early online festival with creative online engagement.
Dates: June 16 – July 2
Venues: Virtual
Opening Night: Picture of His Life
Closing Night: Latter Day Jew
Full Lineup Details
Films Screened
• Ask Dr. Ruth – dir. Ryan White, 2019, USA
• Aulcie – dir. Dani Menkin, 2019, USA, Israel
• Breaking Bread – dir. Beth Elise Hawk, 2020, USA
• Crescendo – dir. Dror Zahavi, 2019, Germany, Israel, Italy
• Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles – dir. Max Lewkowicz, 2019, USA
• Forgiveness (Mechila) – dir. Guy Amir, Hanon Savyon, 2019, Israel
• Golda – dir. Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, Shani Rozanes, 2019, Israel, Germany
• Golden Voices – dir. Evgeny Ruman, 2019, Israel
• Incitement (Yamin Noraim) – dir. Yaron Zilberman, 2019, Israel
• I Was Not Born A Mistake – dir. Rachel Rusinek, Ayal Ben Moshe, 2019, Israel, USA, Canada
• In Your Eyes – dir. Barak Heymann, 2018, Israel
• Latter Day Jew – dir. Aliza Rosen, 2019, USA
• Leona – dir. Isaac Cherum, 2018, Mexico
• Lyrebird (The Last Vermeer) – dir. Dan Friedkin, 2019, USA
• Mrs. G – dir. Dalit Kimor, 2019, Israel
• Picture of His Life – dir. Dani Menkin, Yonatan Amirt, 2019, Israel, USA, Canada
• Shalom Taiwan – dir. Walter Tejblum, 2019, Argentina
• The Ancient Law (Das Alte Gesetz) – dir. E.A. Dupont, 1923, Germany
• The Final Hour – dir. Caglar Malli, 2019, UK
• The Keeper – dir. Marcus H. Rosenmuller, 2019, UK, Germany
• The Passengers
• The Rabbi Goes West – dir. Amy Geller, Daniel Peary, 2019, USA
• The Spy Behind Home Plate – dir. Aviva Kempner, 2019, USA
• Those Who Remained – dir. Barnabas Toth, 2019, Hungary
