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Special Preview
The U.S. and the Holocaust
Monday, July 25 | 7:30 PM | Castro Theatre
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Sarah Botstein, 2022, Documentary Series, USA, 45 minutes (excerpt), English
Extended conversation with Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, moderated by Michael Krasny.
The role of the United States before, during, and after one of the greatest humanitarian crises in history is explored in this three-part documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein.
Centerpiece Documentary
Bernstein’s Wall
Saturday, July 23 | 2:30 PM | Castro Theatre
Local S potlight
My Name is Andrea
Saturday, July 23 | 5:25 PM | Castro Theatre
Pratibha Parmar, 2022, Documentary Hybrid, USA, 90 minutes, English, West Coast Premiere
Director Pratibha Parmar and producer Shaheen Haq expected to attend
My Name Is Andrea is the story of controversial feminist writer and public intellectual Andrea Dworkin, who offered a revolutionary analysis of male supremacy, sexism, and rape culture with iconoclastic flair.
Centerpiece N arrative
Farewell, Mr. Haffmann
Saturday, July 23 | 8:30 PM | Castro Theatre
For the complete lineup visit sfjff.org
Douglas Tirola, 2021, Documentary, USA, 105 minutes, English Director Douglas Tirola expected to attend Leonard Bernstein’s life journey defined his role as one of America’s most important musical figures, while fighting to create social change and inspire political activism.
Jews in Shorts: Narrative Program I
Tuesday, July 26 | 1 PM | Albany Twin
These powerful works of fiction pack an emotional punch and share one thing in common: the legacy of the Holocaust. These short films artfully capture how the past haunts the present.
Fred Cavayé, 2022, Narrative, France, 116 minutes, French w/ English subtitles, North American Premiere
In this transfixing wartime drama starring Daniel Auteuil (Caché), a Parisian jewelry shop under Nazi occupation becomes the site of a volatile, domestic secret between three ordinary people.
Sergei Loznitsa & Babi Yar. Context
Sunday, July 24 | 11:30 AM | Castro Theatre
Sergei Loznitsa, 2021, Documentary, Netherlands, Ukraine, 121 minutes, English subtitles, Bay Area Premiere
JFI is proud to present the 2022 Freedom of Expression Award to famed Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, director of Babi Yar. Context. This illuminating documentary creates a stunning document of the 1941 Nazi massacre of 33,771 Jewish men, women, and children in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Next Wave S potlight
Simchas and Sorrows
Friday, July 22 | 5:30 PM | Castro Theatre
Genevieve Adams, 2022, Narrative, USA, 116 minutes, English and Hebrew w/ English subtitles, West Coast Premiere
Director Genevieve Adams expected to attend
A quirky comedy about a former Catholic school girl turned atheist who wrestles with an unplanned pregnancy, a proposal, and pressure from her future in-laws to convert to Judaism.
Remember This
Sunday, July 24 | 2:50 PM | Castro Theatre
Jeff Hutchens, Derek Goldman, 2022, Narrative, USA, 95 minutes, English, World Premiere
Actor David Strathairn, directors Jeff Hutchens and Derek Goldman expected to attend
The brilliant David Strathairn (Lincoln, Nomadland) gives a mesmerizing one-man performance as Jan Karski, a WWII Polish resistance fighter, whose testimony was emotionally given in Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah.
To the End
Saturday, July 23 | 11:30 PM | Castro Theatre
Rachel Lears, 2022, Documentary, USA, 95 minutes, English, Bay Area Premiere Director Rachel Lears and producer Sabrina S. Gordon expected to attend
The story of four remarkable young women of color, including U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, fighting for a Green New Deal and a historic shift in U.S. climate politics.
Jews in Shorts: Documentary Program I
Wednesday, July 27 | 5:45 PM | Albany Twin These eclectic and potent documentary shorts each display unique moments of love and loss. From a street name used to memorialize the death of a child to actors performing as a Sephardic immigrant at a museum, these films capture the impact of the past on the present.
Jews in Shorts: Narrative Program II
Thursday, July 28 | 3:15 PM | Albany Twin Relationships, romantic and familial, are the glue that binds these superb narrative shorts together. Set in homes, synagogues, and horse stables, these films showcase love affairs that have run their course, diametrically opposed sisters, overbearing parents, and absent ones.
Jews in Shorts: Documentary Program II
August 1–7 | JFI Digital Screening Room
In their own way, each of these short documentaries presents subjects who are trying to make the world a fairer and more equitable place.
Opening Night
Karaoke
Thursday, July 21 | 6:30pm | Castro Theatre Moshe Rosenthal, 2022, Narrative, Israel, 103 minutes, Hebrew w/ English subtitles, West Coast Premiere
Actor Lior Ashkenazi expected to attend Meir and Tova are an Israeli married couple, prematurely aged by their semi-retired life of banal comfort. When a sexy bachelor moves into the penthouse, all their routines will be gleefully upended.
Opening N ight Party
Thursday, July 21 | 8:45pm | The Randall Museum
199 Museum Way, San Francisco, CA 94114
Following Karaoke, the party continues nearby at The Randall Museum. Get your karaoke on, nosh on tasty treats, and sip on refreshments from from our festival partners. Outdoor and indoor spaces provided.
Thursday, July 28
1:00 PM Albany
The Narrow Bridge
3:15 PM Albany
Thursday, July 21
6:30 PM Castro Karaoke Opening Night
8:45 PM Opening Night Party The Randall Museum
Friday, July 22
12:00 PM Castro The Forgotten Ones
2:30 PM Castro
Shouting Down Midnight
5:30 PM Castro
Simchas and Sorrows Next Wave Spotlight
8:35 PM Castro Perfect Strangers
Saturday, July 23
11:30 AM Castro
Sunday, July 24
11:30 AM Castro Babi Yar. Context Freedom of Expression
Monday, July 25
11:15 AM Castro
The Faithful: The King, The Pope, The Princess
2:30 PM Castro
Bernstein’s Wall Centerpiece Documentary
5:25 PM Castro
My Name is Andrea Local Spotlight
8:30 PM Castro
Farewell, Mr. Haffmann Centerpiece Narrative
Friday, July 29
1:00 PM Albany
A Reel War: Shalal preceded by Rothschild 16
3:05 PM Albany
The Crossing preceded by The Record
Bad Nazi, Good Nazi preceded by I will take your shadow 8:30 PM
PM Albany
Haute Couture
Jews in Shorts: Narrative Program II
6:00 PM Albany
Summer Nights preceded by Herd
8:15 PM Albany
Lost Transport preceded by Family Photo
The Restless Hungarian
6:00 PM Albany
Where Life Begins
8:45 PM Albany
Take the A Train
Saturday, July 30
12:20 PM Albany
Charm Circle preceded by Cohabitation
3:05 PM Albany Tantura
6:00 PM Albany Schächten
8:45 PM Albany
More Than I Deserve
Sunday, July 31
11:30 AM Albany
Speer Goes to Hollywood
2:00 PM Albany
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life
4:45 PM Albany
The Man in the Basement
7:45 PM Albany
Let it Be Morning Closing Night
2:50 PM Castro
Remember This Center Stage
5:50 PM Castro Haute Couture
8:45 PM Castro
Concerned Citizen
2:00 PM Castro
Love & Stuff Free Screening
4:35 PM Castro
The Man in the Basement
7:30 PM Castro
The U.S. and the Holocaust Special Preview
For those who prefer an at-home viewing experience, SFJFF42 offers the following programs in the JFI Digital Screening Room from August 1–7, 2022.
Closing Night
Let It Be Morning
Sunday, July 31 | 7:45pm | Albany Twin
Eran Kolirin, 2021, Narrative, Israel/France, 101 minutes, Hebrew and Arabic w/ English subtitles
Director Eran Kolirin expected to attend
A wedding brings a middle-class Palestinian businessman and his family back to the small Arab village where he grew up. An unexpected military lockdown forces him to reassess his past and confront his future.
Castro Theatre
July 21–25
429 Castro Street San Francisco
JFI S upported Films
JFI champions emerging and established filmmakers telling bold stories about Jewish life, culture, and identity through our Filmmaker Residency and Completion Grants programs. SFJFF42 is proud to showcase five films that received JFI support in their creation.
I will take your shadow
My Name is Andrea
A Reel War: Shalal
Remember This Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life
Awakenings: S tories O f Transformation
What moves us from a space of inertia to action, in our lives and in the world? Who do we become when we pass the point of no return? These films ask those questions, and leave it to the audience to come up with the answers.
Alegría Karaoke Let It Be Morning
More Than I Deserve Perfect Strangers Where Life Begins
The Randall Museum
July 21
Opening Night Party
199 Museum Way San Francisco
Albany Twin July 26–31
1115 Solano Ave Albany
Present Tense: Contested H istories
Questions of whose stories become the popular narrative, and whose remain hidden from view, are frontline conversations in communities around the world. These films reexamine commonly accepted truths with a fresh lens, unearthing aspects of the past that illuminate our present reality.
The Forgotten Ones
My Name is Andrea
A Reel War: Shalal
Tantura
The U.S. and the Holocaust
JFI Digital Screening Room
August 1–7 watch.jfi.org
Radiant Truths: Seeing Beyond Ourselves
What if, instead of being threatened by perspectives that challenge our own, we embraced the possibility that they have something to teach us? These films embody the idea of “multiple truths” by sharing a multiplicity of (sometimes contradictory) ideas and experiences.
Bad Nazi, Good Nazi Charm Circle
The Narrow Bridge
On This Happy Note
Haute Couture The Therapy
June 28: JFI Members pre-sale
June 30: General public sales
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This pass gives you priority entry to every moment of SFJFF42, including Big Nights, regular screenings, streaming films, and any additional ticketed events (some exceptions may apply).
Streaming Pass $99 $129
Valid for all SFJFF42 streaming titles in the JFI Digital Screening Room, August 1–7, 2022 (per household).
Next Wave Pass $45
Valid for all SFJFF42 events, including Big Nights, regular screenings, streaming films, and any additional ticketed events (some exceptions may apply).
10-Flix Ticket Package $135 $155
These can be redeemed for up to ten regular screenings, Centerpiece films, and streaming titles.10-Flix can be redeemed online or at any Festival Box Office.
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