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.
Sponsor and festival pass holders are invited to a reception to celebrate the opening of the Santa Barbara Jewish Fil…
The movie follows young Anna Kemper (a spectacular performance by Riva Krymalowski) as her family flees Germany in 19…
Coffee and Bagels
The New Vic Theatre
Enjoy some coffee and bagels before the films begins.
Director Dani Menkin has captured the essence of Israel’s heartwarming, headstrong, and always hopeful history, and…
Forgiveness
The New Vic Theatre
Two hapless criminals pray to a Higher Power to get their lives in order. Bad luck, incredible coincidences and sheer…
A lyrical story of the healing power of love in the midst of national conflict, loss and trauma, all seen through the…
Incitement
The New Vic Theatre
This film details the year leading up to the assassination of Israel's Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin from the point o…
Coffee and Bagels
The New Vic Theatre
Enjoy some coffee and bagels before the films begins.
Lebanese Ibrahim Yassin was destined to follow in his father’s footsteps as a farmer and shepherd, but fate had som…
In 1940, Jeanne Reichenbach leaves her husband and child to save the man she always loved: Leon Blum, the famous Fren…
Carl Laemmle
The New Vic Theatre
The extraordinary life story of Carl Laemmle, the German-Jewish immigrant who founded Universal Pictures, and saved o…
Finding comedy in dire situations is a tightrope this movie walks successfully. Salem (winner Venice Film Festival Be…
The first film by the creators of the acclaimed Yiddish web series “YidLife Crisis!” Follow Jamie and Eli as th…
Tovah Feldshuh recreates 100 years of Jewish history playing 45 different characters, including Ben-Gurion, Moshe Day…
Shorts Program
The New Vic Theatre
Order subject to change.
Stu
A profile of Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat and his remarkable life and career. Featu…
Announcement of 3rd annual Ha’seret Ha’mitzuyan Excellence Awards for best feature, documentary and short
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