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.

Nov

2 2022

SBJFF Kickoff Reception & Toast

5:30PM - 6:30PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

 

Join us as we toast the opening of the Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival.

Nov

2 2022

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Song, a Journey + Special Guest

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

This feature-length documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his…

Nov

3 2022

Coffee and Bagels

9:15AM - 10:00AM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

 

Enjoy coffee and bagels from Jack's Bagels before the first film begins.

Nov

3 2022

Everybody's Sons

10:00AM - 10:55AM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

This touching and heart-affecting Israeli film tells the story of three lone soldiers from the Golani Brigade who wer…

Nov

3 2022

Documentary Shorts Program

12:00PM - 1:40PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

BY HIS WILL
Directed by Uriel Torten
Israel / 15 mins

SPACE TORAH
Directed by Rachel Raz
USA / 24 mins

PSAGOT RAMAL…

Nov

3 2022

The Man in the Basement

2:30PM - 4:30PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

In this taut psychological thriller, a benign real estate deal becomes a sinister standoff between a bourgeois French…

Nov

3 2022

Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life + Special Panel

5:00PM - 6:30PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life documents a community’s response to hate and antisemitism in the…

Nov

3 2022

The Dinner

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Emma and Gregory, Russian immigrants, are having a hard time adapting in Israel. They cross paths with Alon, an amate…

Nov

4 2022

Coffee and Bagels

9:15AM - 10:00AM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

 

Enjoy coffee and bagels from Jack's Bagels before the first film begins.

Nov

4 2022

Plan A

10:00AM - 12:00PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

PLAN A is based on the incredible true story of the Avengers. A group of Jewish vigilantes, men and women, who after …

Nov

4 2022

Wet Dog

1:00PM - 2:45PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Soheil is 15, when his Jewish-Iranian family moves to Wedding, one of Berlin’s multicultural, mostly Muslim, neighb…

Nov

4 2022

Love and Mazel Tov

3:30PM - 5:00PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Anne Braun is a young German Gentile woman with a crush on Judaism. She owns a bookstore in Munich specializing in Je…

Nov

5 2022

The Jews and The Blues + Special Performance

6:30PM - 7:45PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

The Jews and the Blues is a musical journey that along the way becomes something much more; created by Drew Stone, a d…

Nov

6 2022

Coffee and Bagels

9:15AM - 10:00AM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

 

Enjoy coffee and bagels from Jack's Bagels before the first film begins.

Nov

6 2022

Jews of the Wild West

10:00AM - 11:30AM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Western Jewish pioneers, those of the silver screen and real life, are a largely forgotten chapter in US history. And…

Nov

6 2022

The Jewish Jail Lady and The Holy Thief + Guest Panel

1:00PM - 2:00PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

An ex-con turned Rabbi. A nice Jewish girl who liked bad boys.

How can two individuals who hurt so many people and m…

Nov

6 2022

Farewell, Mr. Haffmann

3:00PM - 5:00PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Legendary French actor Daniel Auteuil stars as Joseph Haffmann, the owner and gifted jeweler of a humble shop in Pari…

Nov

6 2022

The Tiger Within + Awards

6:30PM - 8:00PM  

The New Vic Theatre
33 West Victoria Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

The unlikely friendship between Samuel, an elderly, lonely Holocaust survivor, and Casey, an angry 14-year-old runawa…