Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival

Spokane Area Jewish Family Services is thrilled to present the 21st annual Spokane Jewish Film Festival! SJFF 2025 will take place Jan. 25-26 and Feb. 1-2 in person and online Jan. 26-Feb. 1. We’ll kick off this year’s festival with an opening night reception and Zoom Q&A at the Magic Lantern Theatre, where all in-person screenings will take place. The virtual festival will include films we're screening online only!

We Should Eat

We Should Eat humorously touches on age-old familial irritations: kvetching, the intricacies of raising preteen daughters, existential dread -- and, of course, the perpetual struggle to figure out what to order for dinner.

Runtime: 9 minutes

Running on Sand

Aumari, a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel, is about to be deported back to his home country. After a spontaneous escape attempt at the airport, he is mistaken for a Nigerian striker, who is supposed to arrive at the same time. Aumari seizes the opportunity and benefits from his change of identity as the new key acquisition for Israel's Maccabi Netanya soccer team. Despite the absence of any soccer talent, Aumari tries to heal the divisions of his struggling team, while a tender romantic bond with the charmingly unconventional daughter of the team owner is growing.

Runtime: 104 minutes

Just the Tip

As a female filmmaker, the topic of male circumcision is not something Jessie Kahnweiler ever thought she’d be interested in, and as a Jew, she just assumed she would circumcise her child if she had a boy. But then she fell in love with a guy who isn't Jewish, and the issue -- well, it came up.

Runtime: 14 minutes