Seattle Jewish Film Festival
The 31st annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival will be held March 14-29, 2026.
10 events found.
SJFF
Events
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Stroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United States
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THE SEA (הים)
FeaturedStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesWinner of five Israeli Academy Awards (Ophirs) and the country’s 2026 Oscar submission, THE SEA is 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.
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CHARLES GRODIN: REBEL WITH A CAUSE – Friday Matinee
Featured Endless OpportunitiesStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesThe sardonic wit and deadpan comedic perfection of actor Charles Grodin wasn’t his only gift. He spent much of his life dedicated to fighting for social justice causes.
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DEAD LANGUAGE (שפה זרה) – Israeli Spotlight
FeaturedStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesA chance encounter with a man at the airport sends Aya on an odyssey to reignite her spark. Based on an Oscar-nominated short.
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THE RING (הטבעת) – Israeli Spotlight
FeaturedStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesPopular Israeli comedian Adir Miller wrote, codirected and stars in this comic melodrama about a family’s trip to Hungary to discover the whereabouts of their matriarch’s fabled ring.
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MARATHON MOM – Kosher Flix + Bagels
FeaturedStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesWorking against many hurdles and societal expectations, ultra-Orthodox mother of five Beatie Deutsch dreams of running across the finish line as an Olympic marathoner.
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LABORS OF LOVE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF HENRIETTA SZOLD
FeaturedStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesHadassah founder and pioneering humanitarian Henrietta Szold inspired generations with her healthcare and education work on behalf of immigrants, the persecuted, and Jews and Arabs alike.
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AMONG NEIGHBORS
FeaturedStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesUniquely told through magical realism and animation, the last living witnesses of a small Polish town disclose stories of love, betrayal and survival.
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MY UNDERGROUND MOTHER
FeaturedStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesFreedom fighter, spy, femme fatale: Twenty years after her mother’s death, a journalist discovers a secret journal revealing her mother’s hidden past and harrowing, heroic life.
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THE STAMP THIEF
FeaturedStroum Jewish Community Center 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA, United StatesIn this historical whodunit, "Seinfeld” producer Gary Gilbert takes us on an entertainingly unique Holocaust hunt for buried treasure.
