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Browse through the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival's current and archival films and media here. Use the search tools at left to search by director, title, country, year or tag, or to explore films from the festival's archive, 1981 - present.
Showing: Upcoming Films & Archive Films, Searching in Title. Search tag "Marriage"
- 51 Birch Street
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Veteran filmmaker Doug Block had every reason to believe his parents’ 54-year marriage was a good one, so he’s unprepared when, just a few months after his mother’s death, his father Mike announces that he’s moving to Florida to live with his former secretary. Spanning 60 years and three generations, Block’s superbly crafted documentary about his parents’ marriage eloquently shows what can happen when we question our most fundamental assumptions about family.
- Be Fruitful and Multiply
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How do ultra-Orthodox women really feel about bearing and raising 10, 12, even 16 children? Be Fruitful and Multiply profiles four women in New York and Israel in a compelling look at the responsibilities and joys of procreation.
- Campfire
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Best Picture, 2004 Israeli Academy Awards. Rachel, a recently widowed mother of two rebellious teenage girls, hopes to start a new life by joining a religious settlement in the West Bank. But she must first win over the community’s leader, who is threatened by her independence. A nuanced, moving drama.
- Cemetery Club, The
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Meet a vital group of octogenarians who gather weekly in the Mount Herzl National Cemetery in Jerusalem. For over two decades, the group has engaged in deliberations on art, politics, philosophy, the foundation of the state of Israel, Israeli-Palestinian relations, poetry and love. Tali Shemesh’s mesmerizing documentary provides an unforgettable view of a generation that survived the worst and dreamed of a new beginning for themselves and the generations to come.
- Chicks in White Satin
- Four Short Films about Love
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These documentary vignettes provide a rare window on coming of age. As we prepare to make our own way in the world, what draws us closer to the people we love? What pulls us apart?
- Gil and Moti Wedding Project, The
- Gorgeous!
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Gorgeous!, a romantic comedy set in the City of Lights, celebrates the au courant Parisian woman. Its breathtaking femmes spout witty, rat-a-tat-tat dialogue crackling with energy. The entire film vibrates with their smarts, charm, guile and not an insignificant amount of sex. Isa, Lйa, Alice and Nina are nobody’s fools as they stare down traditional gender roles, the tax system, the beauty business and the institution of marriage.
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Gorgeous!, a romantic comedy set in the City of Lights, celebrates the au courant Parisian woman. Its breathtaking femmes spout witty, rat-a-tat-tat dialogue crackling with energy. The entire film vibrates with their smarts, charm, guile and not an insignificant amount of sex. Isa, Lйa, Alice and Nina are nobody’s fools as they stare down traditional gender roles, the tax system, the beauty business and the institution of marriage.
- Grand Role, Le
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When a famous Hollywood movie director (Peter Coyote) arrives in Paris to film The Merchant of Venice in Yiddish, an unemployed actor nearly lands the part of Shylock. When his beloved wife falls ill, he must convince her that he is playing the lead. It’s the role of a lifetime in this comedy with tears.
- Keep Not Silent
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Keep Not Silent reveals the clandestine lives of three women, all of them pious, Orthodox Jews, and all of them lesbians. A stunning, compassionate documentary.
- Love Iranian-American Style
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She’s smart and articulate, funny and vivacious... and she’s tall. So why, at 25, isn’t she married yet? Cultural anthropology does a screaming loop the- loop in Love Iranian-American Style, a fearless autobiographical look at the filmmaker’s lovelorn life.
- Mazel Tov: Lesbian and Gay Weddings
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Get ready to sing "simon tov and mazel tov" at two Jewish lesbian weddings in the U.S. and a gay Jewish wedding in Rotterdam. Local filmmaker Bonnie Burt’s My Sister, My Bride, Academy Award-nominated Chicks in White Satin, and The Gil & Moti Wedding Project will have you heading for the chuppah!
- My Sister, My Bride
- Sisai
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In this emotional, eye-opening documentary, Ethiopian-Israeli director David Gavro introduces us to his adopted younger brother Sisai and invites us on an extraordinary journey to find the father that Sisai has never known. In San Francisco and Berkeley, followed by panel discussions as part of Spotlight On: Ethiopian Jews and Jews of Color.
- Three Mothers
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The multigenerational saga of beautiful but troubled triplets, Flora, Yasmin and Rose. Following them over 60 years from Egypt to Israel (and interspersed with haunting songs), this intimate drama reveals the sisters coming to terms with long-buried secrets, exploring how even the closest relationships—sisterhood, motherhood, marriage—can be both tender and vicious. Starring Gila Almagor and nominated for nine Israeli Academy Awards.
