Save the Date for the 23rd Annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival

Save the Date for the 23rd Annual Seattle Jewish Film Festival 
MARCH 10 - 18
APRIL 14-15
seattlejewishfilmfestival.org

NEW THIS YEAR: 
SJFF expands to the Eastside for two more days of great film! 
Stay tuned for additional programming details & press information.
Full schedule will be announced February 1. 
 

Now in its 23rd year, the Seattle Jewish Film Festival is an annual event and year-round international cinematic exploration and celebration of Jewish and Israeli life, culture, and history. Saluting Israel’s 70^th birthday, almost half of this year’s “isREEL Life”-themed festival features films from Israel, from student productions to award-winning, internationally acclaimed directors like 2008 SJFF REEL Difference Award recipient Eran Riklis. The festival also expands this year from nine to eleven days, with Eastside screenings April 14-15 featuring four additional films.

Every other year, SJFF bestows our REEL Difference Award to a distinguished filmmaker, producer, actor, or agent of arts change. This year's REEL Difference Award recipient is all four: Tiffany Shlain, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, internet pioneer, author, and public speaker. Shlain’s work deals with the intersection of popular culture, technology, and identity. Her films have inspired global social initiatives, such as Character Day.  

Highlights from this year's festival include the Opening Night Film & Festivities featuring Maktub by Director Oded Raz and critically-acclaimed documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. We also welcome Eran Riklis’s fifth film to our lineup, the psychological thriller Shelter, and the wonderful documentary Itzhak about legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman. This year’s LGBTQ film is the delicious The Cakemaker, and the Closing Night Centerpiece and Reception features REEL Difference recipient Tiffany Shlain giving an exhilarating tour of her acclaimed films, including performing one as “Spoken Cinema”—a new, interactive, documentary art form, featuring her narrating the film live on stage.

Seattle Jewish Film Festival (SJFF) is the largest Jewish event in the Pacific Northwest, one of the largest and longest-running film festivals in the Puget Sound region, and a vital cornerstone of the Stroum Jewish Community Center’s Arts+Ideas season programs. Central to the SJCC’s community-building mission, SJFF brings people together to showcase the vibrancy and diversity of global Jewish and Israeli life through cinema.

www.seattlejewishfilmfestival.org

Stroum Jewish Community Center (SJCC) inspires connections to build community and ensure Jewish continuity. Together we create outstanding programs, partnerships, and spaces that welcome everyone to learn, grow, and celebrate Jewish life and culture.

www.sjcc.org