Festival Calendar

In Morocco, Ziyara – the visit of the Saints – is a popular tradition shared by both Jews and Muslims. As part of a cinematic pilgrimage to her Jewish roots, director Simone Bitton embarks on a road trip across Morocco to meet with the Muslim guardians of the country’s Jewish memory.

As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux), Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances.

Serhiy, a Ukrainian surgeon, is captured by Russian forces in the conflict zone of Eastern Ukraine; while in captivity, he is exposed to horrifying violence. After his release, he returns to his middle-class apartment and tries to find a purpose in life by rebuilding his relationship with his daughter and ex-wife. 

A hybrid film about life under Myanmar’s terror regime in the aftermath of its military coup of February 1, 2021, as told through personal stories by a group of anonymous young Burmese filmmakers. Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival.

This documentary captures director Norman Jewison’s quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim puts us in the director’s chair, drawing on behind-the-scenes footage, never-before-seen stills, and original interviews.

An archival montage of late director Israeli and actress Ronit Elkabetz as told through the radical collection of her extraordinary wardrobe. A cinematic essay about the power of cinema, the power of clothes, and of one unforgettable woman standing for and embodying the deepest human desire for freedom and liberty.

A wild, zany parody of Israel in the early 1960s. Zohar is a new immigrant who opens a kiosk in the middle of nowhere. The absence of clients doesn’t deter Heffner from opening a competing business directly across the road. A new digital copy.

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation. Her husband, children, and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories.

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer," who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners. Recipient of the Best Actress Award at Cannes for Zar Amir Ebrahimi.