Festival Schedule
Join us for the Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival from November 1-5, 2023 at The New Vic Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara.
All Access Passholders are granted early admission to all shows. Times subject to change.
We welcome all SBJFF Sponsors and All-Access Passholders to join us on stage at the New Vic Theatre for a special Ope…
This tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of the French Jewish writer Romain Gary, one of the most famous French nov…
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Menachem, a former front man for a rock band, is now religious, and a father to a six-year-old who is diagnosed with …
Home Made (short)
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Helena, who owns a restaurant, along with a stranger and a neglected young boy, build a fragile fantasy family.
On a mission of vigilante justice, a young woman, Lena, goes to extremes to seek reprisal against a suspected ex-Nazi…
Longing (feature)
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A middle-aged Israeli bachelor is forced to evaluate his life choices when he discovers his ex-girlfriend had given b…
Set in the politically troubled autumn of 1936 in Hungary, a world-weary reporter explores the seemingly unimportant …
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Vierges (feature)
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In Kiryat Yam, a small seaside resort in the north of Israel, everything seems to have stopped. Lana, 16, has vowed t…
A proud Jew and openly gay man in Nazi conquered Czech Republic, Freddy Hirsch defied the odds by providing sports tr…
Stamm (short)
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Loyalties are tested when a Jewish-American soldier stumbles into the foxhole of a Jewish-German soldier in the Battl…
Thousands of Syrian refugees reside in camps on the Greek island of Lesbos. Over half of them are children; Many have…
Two indefatigable Chassidic Rabbis go on a journey to find Jews in the outback of Australia. A lesson in heritage and…
Following the program, join us on stage at the New Vic for an Oneg Shabbat with challah and wine and food catered by …
Believed to have been lost until a copy was discovered in a Paris flea market in 2015, this silent gem
from 1924 wa…
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FREE Program: Open to the public.
HEADING HOME: The Tale of Team Israel (DOC)
Israel’s baseball team (!!!) …
Shorts Program
The New Vic Theatre
An interesting mix of European and Israeli short films covering the gamut of life’s experiences in a variety of wa…
Put on your dancing shoes and join us for a look back at the 1950s, when free-spirited Jewish dancers in New York fel…
Announcement of Judges awards (Ha’Seret Ha'Mitztayen) for best feature, documentary and short
Leona (feature)
The New Vic Theatre
A special film from Mexico. Leona a young Jewish woman from Mexico City finds herself torn between her family and her…
