THE SACRAMENTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE LINEUP FOR ITS 24th FESTIVAL

In-Theater and Virtual
March 1 through 21, 2023
The Sacramento Jewish Film Festival, a program of the Jewish Federation of the Sacramento Region, will present 37 films from around the world, including feature films, documentaries, comedies, and shorts.

Our 24th festival will be primarily virtual, but we will present several films in-person. The Festival will be presenting 27 feature films and 10 short films virtually over a period of 21 days from March 1 to March 21. This year, the viewing period of each feature film will be 7 days. The short films will be available throughout the entire festival.

Our festival promises to amuse, entertain, inspire, and educate. We will offer a wide variety of films and related experiences: dramas, documentaries, and comedies, as well as live and pre-recorded Zoom chats with filmmakers. We will be presenting films from 12 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United States.

We will open on Wednesday, March 1, at the Tower Theatre on Broadway with three films.

·        Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen
·        America
·        Farewell, Mr. Haffmann

For a special treat, we will be joined by the Israeli filmmaker of America - Ofir Raul Graizer - who will lead a discussion after his film.

For those of you who prefer an at-home viewing experience, we will be streaming these three films virtually from March 8 through March 14.

We are thrilled that the Crocker Art Museum will be partnering with our festival this year. Our closing day films will be held in their auditorium on Sunday, March 19. More information on these films will be available in forthcoming newsletters.

In today’s newsletter, we will focus on America. It’s not to be missed!
2022, Drama, 127 minutes
An audience favorite at the Jerusalem and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals, this film took home the Best Actress Prize at the Jerusalem Film Festival for the stunning performance of Ethiopian-Israeli actress Oshrat Ingedashet.


"Engrossing... Michael Moshonov, a veteran of many movies including A Borrowed Identity, The Flood, and Lost Islands, has never been better, (and) Oshrat Ingadeshet lights up every scene in which she appears. Just when you think you have figured out where it’s going, Graizer steers his characters in a different direction, something that was also true in "The Cakemaker."
- Hannah Brown, The Jerusalem Post

"A colorful, affecting Israeli melodrama... should resonate warmly with the same audience that made "The Cakemaker" an arthouse sleeper."
- Guy Lodge, Variety

"A visually radiant melodrama, Graizer’s sophomore feature has a novelistic sprawl and an intimate bent... There’s more than a hint of Almodóvar in this tale, though Graizer’s compositional eye and authorial voice stand out all on their own."
- Ben Croll, The Wrap
Please visit our website for a complete list of the feature and short films to be presented (including trailers).

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The Sacramento Jewish Film Festival will be celebrating its 24rd season in 2023, bringing the community together for entertaining, provocative, and educational films.

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