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  

Wednesday, October 30 

7pm - Seven Blessings

108 minutes | Israel | 2023

Seven Blessings won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actress and more in the Israel Academy Awards. Marie, traveled from France to Israel to marry her true love. Her excited Moroccan family prepares the custom of “Seven Blessings, a week of festive meals honoring the marriage. Marie has also come to open old wounds. Between intoxicating meals, secrets, lies and wounds are revealed. Who should apologize, who should be thanked? The week of joy, many languages and errors and misinterpretation, turns the week into a sad tale of family custom, crimes, forgiveness and loss.

Hebrew, Arabic, French, and French Moroccan with English subtitles

Tickets: $12

Buy Tickets

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