This year’s San Francisco Jewish Film Festival presents a record-breaking program of over 60 films from 17 countries. Celebrating the very best in independent Jewish cinema and featuring an a-z spectrum of films, this year’s SFJFF includes stimulating in-depth discussions, new special events and additional screenings. Look forward to special guests Y-Love, Judy Blume, Elliot Gould and others, exclusive live Skype interviews with filmmakers, live performances by Bay Area artists Vetiver and La Peche Quintet, and parties that celebrate a 2012 Music Spotlight. The Festival runs July 19-August 6 with venues in San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Palo Alto and San Rafael. The Castro screening is up first with the following show times!
Music Man Murray: Tuesday July 24 at 4:10
Ben Lee: Catch my Disease: Tuesday, July 24th at 9:05
The Other Son: Tuesday, July July 24th at 6:15
Ameer Got His Gun- Wednesday, July 25th at 1:35
My Neighborhood: Wednesday, July 25 at 1:35
Just 45 Minutes from Broadway: Wednesday, July 25th at 8:50pm
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir: Wednesday, July 25th at 3:45pm
A.K.A Doc Pomus: Thursday, July 26th at 8:15pm with live concert featuring Vetiver, The Fruit Bats, and Sonny and the Sunsets
Harbour of Hope: Thursday, July 26th at 11:10 am
For screening times for all shows, in all locations please click here.
To get a pair of FREE tickets to one of the CASTRO screenings, email sfbgpromos@sfbg.com with the title as “Jewish Film Festival” and include your name in the message along with what movie you would like to attend. This promo is good while supplies lasts.
San Francisco/Castro: July 19-26
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco: July 28-29
Palo Alto: July 28-August 2
Berkeley: July 28-August 4
San Rafael: August 4-6
Oakland: August 3 & 6