TJFF presents: Rule of Stone
Official Selection, 2024 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Official Selection, 2025 Thessaloniki International Film Festival In this incisive documentary, director Danae Elon (Winner of the 2017 David A. Stein Award for The Patriarch’s Room) explores the role that architecture has played aesthetically, ideologically and strategically in creating contemporary Jerusalem. By implementing a law that made… Continue Reading TJFF presents: Rule of Stone
TJFF presents: The Vanishing Soldier
Nominee – Best Film, Locarno Film Festival, 2023 “A tonally nuanced and emotionally complicated tale.” (ScreenDaily) Shlomi is an 18-year-old Israeli soldier who panics during a battle in the Gaza strip and goes AWOL. Despite several misadventures, he manages to evade the authorities, but things get even more complicated when his military superiors assume that… Continue Reading TJFF presents: The Vanishing Soldier
TJFF presents: The Heartbreak Kid
A special screening of the classic comedy from Elaine May. Charles Grodin delivers one of his best performances as Lenny Cantrow, a man certain that something better is just around the corner. Days after marrying his naïve, doting wife Lila (Jeannie Berlin), Lenny meets Kelly Corcoran (the legendary Cybill Shepherd), the sophisticated blond bombshell he… Continue Reading TJFF presents: The Heartbreak Kid
TJFF presents: Telling Israeli Stories on Film
A panel discussion about the global impact of October 7th, and the ongoing war, on the telling of Israeli stories on film. Panelists include TJFF2025 filmmakers Dani Rosenberg (Of Dogs and Men, The Vanishing Soldier); Danae Elon (Rule of Stone); and Development Producer and Script Editor Yotam Shazar (Come Closer, Pink Lady). Discussion moderated by Professor Ron… Continue Reading TJFF presents: Telling Israeli Stories on Film
TJFF presents: Come Closer
One of Variety magazine’s 2025 directors to watch, Tom Nesher’s debut film marks a bold new voice in Israeli cinema. The daughter of acclaimed filmmaker Avi Nesher, Tom proves to be an accomplished writer/director in her right with this semi-autobiographical drama that offers a poignant exploration of love, loss and resilience. Consumed by grief after her brother… Continue Reading TJFF presents: Come Closer
TJFF presents: The Other
Director Joy Sela’s inspirational documentary offers a rare note of optimism in a society that is deeply polarized by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Over the course of several years, Sela follows Israeli and Palestinian subjects working toward peace. Divided into two parts, before and after October 7, the film interviews bereaved parents, political leaders, artists and… Continue Reading TJFF presents: The Other
TJFF presents: Bliss
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2024. Eighteen years after starring together in Shemi Zarhin’s Aviva My Love, screen legend Sasson Gabay proves that he and Assi Levy have an enduring chemistry as they reunite for Zarhin’s latest film, Bliss. Sassi and Effi are a married couple juggling multiple jobs to repay the gambling debts of Sassi’s son. Despite their… Continue Reading TJFF presents: Bliss
TJFF presents: Happy Holidays
Official Selection, 2024 Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. This panoramic portrait of two families in Haifa, one Arab and the other Jewish, intricately balances multiple narrative threads by dividing the film into four chapters, each from the perspective of a different character. When Rami, a young man from a traditional Arab family, discovers… Continue Reading TJFF presents: Happy Holidays
TJFF presents: The Property
This award-winning and heart-warming film directed by Dana Modan (star of the TV hits Significant Other and Florentine) is adapted from her sister Rutu’s successful 2013 graphic novel. The story follows the emotional journey of Regina (played by comedy veteran Rivka Michael), a grieving Israeli mother who travels back to Poland with her granddaughter, Mika (Sharon Strimban) to… Continue Reading TJFF presents: The Property
TJFF presents: All I Had Was Nothingness
A critically-celebrated documentary straight from its premiere at Berlinale 2025. Claude Lanzmann spent 12 years creating Shoah (1985), a groundbreaking film that redefined Holocaust representation. 40 years later, filmmaker Guillaume Ribot explores 220 hours of unreleased footage. Lanzmann’s quest to capture the reality of the Holocaust led him to interview victims, witnesses, and perpetrators from all over… Continue Reading TJFF presents: All I Had Was Nothingness