Six of the best feature films and fan favorites from the 2026 Seattle Jewish Film Festival return for a special two-week streaming engagement, August 13-30!
Enjoy encores of this yearโs Audience Award winners: THE SEA, LABORS OF LOVE, and the Academy Award-nominated short BUTTERFLY, plus other crowd-pleasers, bonus shorts and recorded filmmaker Q&As with directors Jonah Feingold (31 CANDLES), Abby Ginzberg (LABORS OF LOVE) and Ballard Boyd (NIGHT SESSION). Best of Fest 2026 features six feature films, each paired with one of two shorts. Buy single tickets or a six-pack to watch it all!
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Best of Fest 2026 Feature Films + Shorts:
31 CANDLES (SJFF 2026 Sold-Out Closing Night Film)
Dir. Jonah Feingold | Narrative (Rom-Com) | USA 2025
To impress his Jewish summer-camp teen crush, Leo decides to finally have that bar mitzvahโin his 30s.
Plays with: NIGHT SESSION (short) BUY TICKETS >>
JINXED (aka PURE LUCK) (ืืื ืืชืืื)
Dirs. Hanan Savyon, Guy Amir | Narrative (Comedy) | Israel 2024
Comedy duo Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon strike comedy gold with this hilarious farce about two TV repairmen caught in the crosshairs of an Israeli mob hit.
Plays with: NIGHT SESSION (short) BUY TICKETS >>
LABORS OF LOVE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF HENRIETTA SZOLD (SJFF 2026 Audience Award Winner)
Dir. Abby Ginzberg | Documentary | USA 2025
Hadassah founder and pioneering humanitarian who inspired generations with her healthcare and education work on behalf of immigrants, the persecuted, and Jews and Arabs alike.
Plays with: BUTTERFLY (short, SJFF 2026 Audience Award Winner) BUY TICKETS >>
MATCHMAKING 2 (ืืืืจืื ืืืืื 2)
Dir. Erez Tadmor | Narrative (Rom-Com) | Israel 2024
Still searching for his soulmate, bachelor Baruch falls for his tough matchmaker bossโs daughter in this delightful and hilarious rom-com.
Plays with: NIGHT SESSION (short) BUY TICKETS >>
THE RING (ืืืืขืช) (SJFF 2026 Israeli Spotlight)
Dirs. Adir Miller, Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Narrative (Dramedy) | Israel 2024
Popular Israeli comedian Adir Miller wrote, codirected and stars in this comic melodrama about a familyโs trip to Hungary to discover the whereabouts of their matriarchโs fabled ring.
Plays with: BUTTERFLY (short, SJFF 2026 Audience Award Winner) BUY TICKETS >>
THE SEA (ืืื) (SJFF 2026 Audience Award Winner)
Dir. Shai Carmeli Pollak | Narrative (Drama) | Israel 2025
Winner of five Israeli Academy Awards (Ophirs), a tender, wryly comic and profound story about a Palestinian boy wandering through Tel Aviv on a quest to see the beach for the first time.
Plays with: BUTTERFLY (short, SJFF 2026 Audience Award Winner) BUY TICKETS >>