Festival Schedule
Join us for the Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival from November 1-5, 2023 at The New Vic Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara.
All Access Passholders are granted early admission to all shows. Times subject to change.
Wrings (almost absurdist) comedy from unfathomable atrocity. The grandson of a Nazi war criminal and a woman whose gr…
A group of Jewish Senior citizens celebrate the weekly Sabbath at the local Wendy’s fast food restaurant with Hebre…
The life and work of William Wolff, who is nearly 90, and perhaps the most unconventional rabbi in the world. A lesso…
We welcome all SBJFF Sponsors and All-Access Passholders to join us on stage at the New Vic Theatre for a special Sha…
Maktub (feature)
The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
The destiny of two small-time enforcers for a Jerusalem mob protection racket changes when they survive a suicide bom…
Coffee & Bagels
The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
All-Access Pass and Ticket holders are invited to enjoy coffee and bagels before the first film on Sunday. Sponsore…
A Palestinian boy who has a life-threatening immune disorder is caught in immigration limbo, which makes it impossibl…
Shorts Program
The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
An interesting mix of European and Israeli short films ranging from somber and heartfelt to irreverent and funny. Vis…
He has everything he could ever hope for, and then some: the perfect job at his father’s law firm, the perfect lovi…
The unlikely story of the (strong female) role that the Indian Jewish community played in the formative years of the …
My Cousin (short)
The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Jacob and Esau redux. Two sets of Israelis and Arabs have an ironic encounter as they set out on parallel missions of…
Part documentary/part reenactment, this movie tells the incredible story of four young Jews who survive the Third Rei…
The story of Bialystok Rabbi's granddaughter.
The triumphant story of Zuzana Ruzickova, who survived Nazi concentration camps and the terrors of the Communist regi…
The true story of the love between Eli Ben-Zion, son of the second president of Israel and Margalit, an aspiring actr…
A huge box office hit in Israel. An army buddy movie that combines comedy, romance, and music to create a film as hot…
A young Hasidic woman and a young black man start an unlikely relationship.
Jewish immigrants to Israel from Tajikistan, the Alaev Family are a multigenerational music act with offstage drama t…
Join us for a special program after the film as we end the Festival with the joyful sounds of FLOR De KANELA Sephardi…