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Beautiful, Powerful, Mysterious Nature
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Waters rise, winds roar, fires burn and the earth shakes…. Mother Nature certainly has our attention! What better time for our annual series Focus on Nature (Oct 5-30) during which we explore her power, her beauty, her mystery, and how we humans impact planet Earth. Groundbreaking (no pun…) films [...]
Dame Judi: Queen of the Screen
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Dench, now 82….”remains the world’s most formidable pixie, and in Victoria & Abdul she’s in her element….” (Variety) It’s 1887 and the long-reigning Queen Victoria, old, fat, and, lonely has just about given up on life when Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) a young Indian Muslim clerk journeys to London [...]
Fall Media Arts Lab Courses for Adults
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel Join the JBFC’s creative community, learn from supportive faculty, and take advantage of our state-of-the-art equipment and resources. Register now—space is limited. Course highlights include: FILM STYLE AND FORM: THE ART OF CINEMATOGRAPHY 8 Mondays: Sept. 25–Nov. 20 from 10:30 am–1:30 pm Cinematographers, otherwise known as Directors of Photography [...]
Contemporary Arab Cinema, a Week of Provocative Films and Engaging Conversations
By Lina Matta, curator of Contemporary Arab Cinema I never understood the tipping point that could start or end a war. I was 13 when civil war broke out in Lebanon and in the States when it “ended” 15 years later. How one day’s murderous hate could become tomorrow’s coexistence still mystifies me. Our Opening [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction for Family Programs
All tickets $5 starting in April
Big Screen, Big Movies: A Celebration of the Cinema Epic
Now Showing through April 20
Jewish Film Festival 2025
Apr. 23–29: Tickets on Sale Now