GOLDA
In Person Only Sunday, February 11 at 4 p.m.
at Virginia Somerville Sutton Theatre & Lobby at Well-Spring
Stay after for a special Q&A with Jenny Kaiser and Victoria Milstein as they discuss Golda, She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots and share reflections from the Solidarity Mission to Israel.
Set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction. She must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, with millions of lives in the balance. Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world. Tickets available at mytjff.com
MATCHMAKING
Virtual Only Sunday, January 28 – Sunday, February 11
Moti Bernstein, a yeshiva student from a well-known and respected Ashkenazi family, reaches the age to begin dating to find his beshert. One of the best matchmakers in the Orthodox world sets up meetings with “the best of the best” among the ultra-Orthodox girls from Israel and abroad.
Moti is drawn instead to the only girl whom he will never be permitted to marry. Moti’s religious foundations are utterly shaken by this impossible situation, and he is forced to take an extreme step in order to succeed in bending the matchmaking system in favor of love. Tickets available at mytjff.com
GOY
In Person Only Sunday, February 4 at 4 p.m. at Virginia Somerville Sutton Theatre & Lobby at Well-Spring
A Jewish teenager is about to compete in the swimming nationals when a goy who works at a radio station invites her to a concert. The adventures and romance between these two will test their beliefs and family bond, her father will do whatever it takes to keep her away from him and preserve his family pure. Tickets available at mytjff.com
BARREN
Virtual Only Sunday, January 28 – Sunday, February 11
A childless young ultra-orthodox couple faces a crisis after a traumatic treatment for barrenness. When the difference between good and bad is unclear, the family must deal with unresolved secrets that raise fundamental questions about religion and faith. Tickets available at mytjff.com
SHE WOULDN’T
TAKE OFF HER BOOTS
In Person Sunday, January 28 at 4 p.m.,
at Virginia Somerville Sutton Theatre & Lobby at Well-Spring
Virtual Sunday, January 28 – Sunday, February 11
Our story shows one woman’s determination to sculpt the first Holocaust Memorial Monument in North Carolina commemorating the women and children of the Holocaust. Join us as we start a movement to educate the next generation of the dangers when people are marked as “other.” Tickets available at mytjff.com
MENASHE
In Person Only Wednesday, January 31 at 7:30 p.m. at Virginia Somerville Sutton Theatre & Lobby at Well-Spring
Within Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood. Tickets available at mytjff.com
ARRANGED
Virtual Only Sunday, January 28 – Sunday, February 11
ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn. Over the course of the year they learn they share much in common - not least of which is that they are both going through the process of arranged marriages. Tickets available at mytjff.com