Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival

The Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival is an important component of Tapestry: Arts & Ideas from the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and is made possible by Marcus Theatre Department of the Marcus Corporation, the Shel and Danni Gendelman Endowment Fund, and the Sylvia and Robert Seinfeld Jewish Film Festival Endowment Fund.

For thousands of years, Jewish communities have shared wisdom, values, and experiences. Each fall, the JCC presents the Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival with in-person screenings at the Marcus North Shore Cinema and streaming options available for at home viewing.

Curated Festival

Our dedicated Film Festival committee works for many months viewing and discussing potential films. The committee then curates a diverse festival that showcases Jewish stories from across the globe, balancing time periods, locations, and topics. The committee only selects films that are not yet available via streaming in the United States.

International Stories

Our committee selects stories from throughout the world – Israeli stories, European stories, American stories, and all around the globe.

All films are presented with English captioning if English is not the primary language spoken in the dialogue.

Hybrid Viewing Options

While most of our festival-goers enjoy attending our in-person screenings at the Marcus North Shore Cinema, which provide an opportunity to engage with this content as a community, we also appreciate that most of our distributors are continuing to allow us to offer streaming options for those who need, or who prefer to watch the films at home.

Schedule

Sunday, October 27

7pm - Running on Sand

104 minutes | France, Italy | 2023

Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel, is about to be deported back to his home country. After dodging authorities at the airport, he is mistaken for a Nigerian soccer player, who is supposed to arrive at the same time. Aumari seizes the opportunity and benefits from the change of identity as the new key acquisitions for the team of ‘Maccabi Netanya’. Despite the absence of any soccer talent, he hides his identity and heals the divisions of his struggling team. A tender romantic bond with the charmingly unconventional daughter of the team owner grows. Nominated for the Israel Academy Award Best Film, this sweet film melds humor and heart.

Hebrew, English, Tigrinya with English Subtitles

Sponsored in part by the Shel & Danni Gendelman Endowment Fund

Shown in cooperation with the Israel Center of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation 

Tickets: $12

Buy Tickets

All films will also be available for streaming on Eventive November 4-10. $18 per household