March 2-17, 2024 | In Person + Virtually
Lights, Camera, Community! Spend opening weekend at SJFF! The 29th Seattle Jewish Film Festival kicks off on March 2 with Opening Night Film ONE LIFE, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter. Then join us again on Sunday, March 3 for an amazing, all-day lineup of in-person films, spotlights, special events, and guests.
Opening Night Film + Festivities
ONE LIFE
Sat Mar 2 • 6:30 pm doors/DJ/Dancing + 7:30 pm film
Grab truffle popcorn and a mocktail (or buy something stronger at AMC’s bar) and come early to shmooze and dance before the PNW premiere of this incredible, almost-forgotten true story starring Sir Anthony Hopkins + Helena Bonham Carter.
Sunday Brunch + Film
REMEMBERING GENE WILDER
Sun Mar 3 • 10 am brunch + 11 am film
Enjoy a delicious spread of homemade Jewish comfort food, local bagels, fixings, and dessert in the theater while listening to The KlezKatz before this star-studded, heartfelt tribute to Wilder’s comic genius.
Sephardic Spotlight
THE SECRET SABBATH
Sun Mar 3 • 1 pm
Hispanic people from Mexico and the U.S. disentangle family secrets and traditions, discovering how their Jewish ancestors were persecuted and forced to hide from the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico. Join us before the film for a Sephardic coffee klatch (echar lashon) with coffee, tea, and biscochos.
IRENA’S VOW
Sun Mar 3 • 3:30 pm
In occupied Poland, a nurse (Sophie Nélisse, THE BOOK THIEF) risks her life to shelter a dozen Jewish refugees from the Nazi war machine.
Israeli Cinema Spotlight
THE MONKEY HOUSE
Sun Mar 3 • 6 pm
A once-successful novelist tries to revive his fading career by launching a highly inventive plan. When a graduate student expresses interest in his work, he sees an opportunity for it to live on in ways neither could imagine, altering their lives forever. Set in the 1980s, this epic tale—the latest by legendary Israeli director Avi Nesher—is part literary mystery, part rambunctious comedy, and part Almodóvar melodrama. Nominated for 11 Ophirs (Israeli Academy Awards).