29th Annual Denver Jewish Film Festival
On behalf of all of us at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center (MACC), Jewish Community Center of Denver (JCC), and this year’s Film Selection Committee, we would like to welcome you to the 29th Annual Denver Jewish Film Festival. This year, although there will be opportunities for some virtual screenings, we are emphasizing community connection through in-person showings. We aim to bring to you the very best in Israeli and Jewish cinema from around the world with this year’s exciting lineup.
Schedule:
5:00 PM - 6:20 PM: 2025 DJFF Shorts Collection
2025 DJFF Shorts Collection (80 min)
Sponsored by Mark Goldstei
Arie and I Changing Things
Director: Ori Shmueli
Ori persuades his grandfather, Arie, to make a film together, but Arie tries to convince Ori to be socially active instead through past stories - that shed light on Arie himself
16 Minutes
Drama- Short, Hebrew, Israel 2024
Neseh
Director: Shmuel Elmaleh
Mickey’s son is getting married today – at the winery that he himself has owned and cherished for decades. For 24 years Mickey has preserved a special barrel of wine to open for this occasion. But minutes before the ceremony, the rabbi who is the kosher supervisor at the winery witnesses a non-Jew touching the wine, thus rendering it “Neseh” – forbidden to all Jews. Mickey wants to serve the wine anyway (who’s to know?), but the supervisor is going to make damn sure it doesn’t leave the cellar.
10 Minutes
Drama-Short, Hebrew, Israel 2023
Over My Dead Body
Director: Meital Cohen Navarro
When a young Jewish Persian-American woman tells her parents that her fiancé is Muslim, they make her choose between him and them
25 Minutes
Drama- Short, English, Persian, USA 2024
The Eighth Day
Director: Jonah Weinstein
Noah and Jonah are gay Jewish husbands and new parents to a baby boy. When Noah and Jonah's parents arrive at their home expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, Noah and Jonah are forced to reveal that they had something very different in mind for their son: no circumcision
11 Minutes
Comedy-Short, English, USA 2023
The Source of All Beauty
Director: Rachel Lévy
Yaeli, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish young woman, carries a terrible secret that may destroy all her chances of future happiness. David, a brilliant and eligible yeshiva student, seems interested in meeting Yaeli, but her father, in an attempt to protect her from pain and humiliation, refuses to give his permission for the two young people to meet.
19 Minutes
Drama-Short, Hebrew, Israel 2023
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM: We Will Dance Again
We Will Dance Again
Sponsored by The Hon. James and Paula Breese
Director: Yariv Mozer
A minute-by-minute retelling of the Supernova Music Festival Massacre, which took place on October 7th.
90 minutes
Documentary, Hebrew, English, Israel, USA, UK 2024
Tickets:
10 Pack Pass: $140
All Access Pass: $250 (Includes All VIP Experiences)
Individual Tickets: $18
Student/Senior Tickets: $15
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