Saturday, March 21, 2020 | 05:00pm - 06:40pm | AMC Pacific Place 11

About: Film-dubbing stars find quirky ways to make a living as Soviet immigrants in Israel.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 | 06:30pm - 08:00pm | SIFF Cinema Uptown

About: The first Muslim Arab to win Israel’s MasterChef makes social change through food.
Special Event: Hummus Tasting 
Special Guest Intro: Joel Gamoran

Saturday, April 04, 2020 | 09:30pm - 11:10pm | Regal Bella Bottega

About: Film-dubbing stars find quirky ways to make a living as Soviet immigrants in Israel.

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 16, 7pm - ends June 18, 7pm (48 hrs)
About the Film: World-renowned National Geographic wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum journeys to capture his most elusive subject.
Zoom Event (Thurs. June 18, 7pm): Director Dani Menkin and photographer, film subject Amos Nachoum, producer Yonatan Nir, and composer Chris Gubisch. Menkin will also be honored with SJFF's 2020 REEL/REAL Difference Award and our first Golden Or Juried Prize.

Wednesday, June 17, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 17, 7pm - ends June 19, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: A Sephardic woman voyages across Europe to unearth her roots and ancestral language. Followed by an echar lashon (coffee klatch) with biscochos.
Zoom (Sun June 21, 1pm): Dir. Ҫağlar Malli (Istanbul), Producers Cem Kitapci and Kem Kemahli (London); moderated by UW Professor and Sephardic Studies Chair Devin Naar.

Friday, June 19, 2020 | 01:00pm - 01:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 19, 1pm - ends June 21, 1pm (48 hrs*)
About: Yiscah Smith’s transition from an Orthodox rabbi to a woman brought her back to Judaism and to Israel, after a ten-year sting in Seattle.
Zoom (Sun. June 21, 12 pm): Film subject Yiscah Smith (from Israel)
*48 hr window ensures those who observe shabbat can watch before the Zoom.

Saturday, June 20, 2020 | 07:00pm - 10:15pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 20, 7pm - ends June 22, 7pm (48 hour window)
About: Can Israeli and Palestinian music students achieve harmony?

Sunday, June 21, 2020 | 12:00pm - 12:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 21, 12pm - ends June 23, 12pm (48 hrs)
About the Film: Sports and spy craft collide in this double-header documentary about major leaguer Moe Berg.
Zoom Event (Sun, June 21, 11am): Sunday Brunch Klez Katz! virtual klezmer show. Join us with your self-made brunch to eat and dance together before the film.

Sunday, June 21, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 21, 7pm - ends June 23, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: A young survivor finds an unlikely father figure in post-war Soviet Hungary.

Monday, June 22, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 22, 7pm - ends June 24, 7pm
About: The struggle of Ethiopian Jews to survive and immigrate to Israel against all odds.
J-Stream Café + Cocktails Zoom (June 24, 7pm): Drink recipes provided then join the post-film community-convening Zoom conversation with other filmgoers and TBD.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 23, 7pm - ends June 25 7pm (48 hrs)
About: The reign and volatile legacy of Israel’s first (and only) female prime minister.

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:40pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 23, 7pm - ends June 25, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: The unlikely story of a Holocaust survivor who became a swimwear mogul (Gottex).

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 | 01:00pm - 01:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 24, 1pm - ends June 26, 1 pm (48 hrs)
About: What makes this quintessentially Jewish musical speak to everyone?
Zoom: J-Stream Café. Join Pamela Lavitt for a community-convening conversation about the history of FIDDLER in literature, on screen and Broadway.

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 24, 7pm - ends June 26, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: A young woman is torn between her Syrian Jewish family and forbidden love.

Thursday, June 25, 2020 | 08:30pm - 08:30pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 25, 8:30pm - ends June 27, 8:30 pm (48 hrs)
About: A psychological thriller chronicling the radicalization of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin.

Friday, June 26, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 26, 7pm - ends June 28, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: A gay, ex-Mormon, cancer-surviving comedian prepares for his bar mitzvah.
Zoom Cocktail Comedy Show (Sun. June 28, 7:30pm): Mix up a cocktail/mocktail (recipe provided) then enjoy film subject and standup H. Alan Scott's rousing storytelling comedy show. A "reel" happy hour!

Saturday, June 27, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 27, 7pm - ends June 29, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: True story of a German POW who became a legendary goalie for Manchester City.

Monday, June 29, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 29, 7pm - ends July 1, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: Backstories of Israel’s surprisingly diverse YouTube stars.
Zoom (Wed, July 1, 7:30pm): Director Barak Heyman (from Israel) - to be confirmed

Monday, June 29, 2020 | 07:00pm - 07:00pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 29, 7pm - ends July 1, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: Meet the new Frisco Kid: a charismatic Chabad rabbi who moved from Brooklyn to Bozeman, Montana.
Zoom (Wed, July 1, 6pm): Film subject Rabbi Chaim Bruk.

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 | 08:30pm - 08:30pm | Now Streaming!

NOW STREAMING! June 30, 7pm - ends July 2, 7pm (48 hrs)
About: A rabbi must save his Buenos Aires community in Taiwan.
Zoom: J-Stream Café Happy Hour (Thurs, July 2, 5pm). Mixologist TBD teaches you how to make a special Shalom SJFF cocktail/mocktail. So belly up to the "5pm somewhere" virtual bar, say shalom to SJFF's streaming 25th anniversry...and you'll still have time to watch/finish the film, feelin' a little happier!

Sunday, March 14, 2021 | 07:00pm - 09:00pm | The Paramount Theatre

POSTPONED: RESCHEDULED FOR SJFF 2021 (FINGERS CROSSED!)
About: STG + SJFF present a special Jewish edition of "Silent Movie Mondays" with a live ensemble.
Special Guests: Original live score performed by world-renowned klezmer violinist/composer Alicia Svigals and pianist/composer Donald Sosin (co-composers) with clarinetist Laura DeLuca. Post-film discussion with film scholar Cynthia Walk.