$50 | Cocktail Supper Catered by Corner Market

Does not include film Bad Shabbos.
Free for sponsors at the Supporting Cast level and above.

Reservations needed by October 8.

Daniel Robbins, Director, 84 minutes, USA, English, 2024, Comedy

This 'cringy' black comedy follows a Jewish familiy's Shabbat dinner that gets it all wrong!  David, the oldest son and his newly converted fiancee are joined by the quirky family including Mom (Kyra Sedgwick) and Dad (David Paymer) as they try to introduce their future daughter-in-law's parents to the joy of Shabbat dinner.   

When a dead body shows up on the premises it's a major effort for David to present his family as a normal Jewish family. It takes the help of the building's doorman played by Method Man.  

Steeped in Jewish ritual, some real - some made-up, this screwball comedy blends slapstick and satire to celebrate family relations.

Winner Audience Award as Best Feature - Tribeca Film Festival

Winner Best of Festival Feature - Cordillera International Film Festival

PRECEDED BY West Bank Story

Ari Sandel, Director, 21 minutes, English, US, 2004, Musical 

Academy Award  winner for Best Live Action short in 2006. 

As a special 25th Anniversary gift, The WannaBeatles will perform a mini concert from 6:15-7:00 preceding the film. Refreshments, wine, cheese, crackers, dips, and crudité will be served.

Free for all who attend the film Midas Man. 

No reservation needed.

Joe Stephenson, Director, 112 minutes, English, UK, 2024, Documentary

Meet Brian Epstein, frequently referred to as "The 5th Beatle", a visionary whose inventive mind and spirit transformed popular music, and in his short life lived a thousand lives.

Shaping the sound of a generation, Epstein's journey was a rollercoaster of ambition, passion and the relentlesss pursuit of success. While peeling back the curtain on the swinging 60s, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, as Epstein, shows us the mastermind behind The Beatles meteoric rise as he navigates unprecedented fame and his own personal demons. The story is complex and sensitive. The cast includes favorites Emily Watson and Eddie Marsan. 

Special Guest: Dennis Scott, Multiple Grammy-winning Performer, Composer, Songwriter and Producer.  Member of The WannaBeatles.

Child Care

Child care will be available for Midas Man, The Ring, and The Blond Boy from the Casbah at the JCC. 

Cost: $10 per child. Age range: 5 months to 10 years old.
Reservations needed 72 hours in advance.
Contact Alyssa at alyssa@nashvillejcc.org or call 615.356.7170 ext 1681.

To purchase tickets, please email Fran at fran@nashvillejcc.org

$20 per person for non-sponsors.

Includes film The Ring. Complimentary for sponsors above Cameo level.

Reservations are needed by Oct 16.

Adir Miller, Doron Paz, Yoav Paz, Directors, 2024, Hungary and Israel, Hebrew and Hungarian, Dramedy

Arnon Noble, a devout man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor, embarks on a journey to Hungary with his estranged daughter to seek a legendary ring that once saved her life.  Written and starring Ophir Award-winning actor and beloved stand-up comedian Adir Milller, The Ring is based on his own family's story of Holocaust survival.

It's a fish-out-of-water journey with Miller starring as the outspoken Israeli whose wisecracks and comedy move the story along.

Child Care

Child care will be available for Midas Man, The Ring, and The Blond Boy from the Casbah at the JCC. 

Cost: $10 per child. Age range: 5 months to 10 years old.
Reservations needed 72 hours in advance.
Contact Alyssa at alyssa@nashvillejcc.org or call 615.356.7170 ext 1681.

To purchase tickets, please email Fran at fran@nashvillejcc.org

Molly Bernstein/Philip Dolin, Directors,  98 minutes, USA, English, 2024, Documentary

The life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman are vividly illustrated in this penetrating biography, showcasing how his trailblazing graphic novel MAUS redefined the medium.  Deeply influenced by his Holocaust-surviving  parents and personal tragedies, Spiegelman's oeuvre boldly confronts the themes of trauma, historical memory, and identity with uncompromising honesty.

When Maus, Spiegelman's most famous work, was banned by a Tennessee school board, Spiegelman, a self proclaimed 'first amendment fundamentalist' re-entered the literary and national spotlight defending free speech and worked against book banning.

Special Guest: Seth Feman, Executive Director and CEO, Frist Art Museum Nashville.

Spiegelman's books will be available for sale in The Belcourt lobby by Parnassus Books.

Ronit Ifergan, Director, 73 minutes, Israel, 2024, Hebrew, Documentary

Director Ifergan and her husband Itzik relocated with their children from central Israel to Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the border with Gaza. Ronit captures the family’s ongoing confrontation with the constant threat, the kibbutz community’s fragile sense of security, the desire to remain in their homes along with constant fear for them and their children and brings to light the dilemma of whether to stay or leave—a question that takes on a chilling new significance after the events of October 7th.

Special Guest Ronit Ifergan in a recorded interview special for NJFF

Nir Bergman, Director, 106 minutes, 2024, Israel and Italy, Hebrew, Drama

In an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem, Bati has a seemingly perfect life. She is happily married to Lazer and the young couple have three children. But their world starts to crumble when Lazer is blackmailed and Bati discovers his secret affair with his male study partner. Desperate to protect her family and keep the man she loves, she supports Lazer as he attempts to “cure” his homosexuality, while uncovering her own true desires.

Pink Lady is a touching, provocative and uplifting film which follows one woman's courageous journey of self-discovery, faith and liberation.

Winner Best Director Award - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024 

Alexandre Arcady, Director,  126 minutes, 2023, French, Algerian, Dramedy 

Filmmaker Antoine Lisner travels to his birthplace, Algiers, with his young son who is the same age he was when his family was forced to flee during the fight to free Algiers from France, to present his new film: an account of his childhood in mid-20th century Algeria during the country’s civil war. As he wanders through the city, the filmmaker immerses us in the moments of happiness, laughter, and tears of his childhood – spent between school, friends, and his Jewish family. Growing up in the final moments of Algeria’s pre-independence period, life was idyllic in what was often referred to as the Paris of the Mediterranean.

It’s a memory of times and places in North Africa and the Middle East when multiculturalism flourished—an epoch before fervid nationalists and religious extremists began to impose monocultures on the lands they ruled.

2024 Winner Best Film, Stony Brook Film Festival 

Child Care

Child care will be available for Midas Man, The Ring, and The Blond Boy from the Casbah at the JCC. 

Cost: $10 per child. Age range: 5 months to 10 years old.
Reservations needed 72 hours in advance.
Contact Alyssa at alyssa@nashvillejcc.org or call 615.356.7170 ext 1681.

To purchase tickets, please email Fran at fran@nashvillejcc.org

Complimentary to Senior Members of the JCC

Join us at The Well (near the AMC) for DeSano pizza prior to the film. 

$20 per person for non-sponsors.

Does not include film Everything's Kosher.
Reservations are needed by Oct 27.

Adam Fried, Michael Harrigan, Directors, 78 minutes, USA, 2024, English, Documentary  

A divorced, Jewish father from Chicago, finds himself living in Germany to be with his only daughter.  He won't abandon her like his own father did to him.  He decides to open up a Jewish Deli in a small town known for Anti-Semitism and was a beehive of Nazi activity during WWII. What could go wrong?

Along the way, he attempts to reconnect with family, friends and his faith.

Peace, Love & Pastrami

Nominated Best International Film and Best Documentary, L'Hiff Barcelona International Film Festival. 

To purchase tickets, please email Fran at fran@nashvillejcc.org

Oren Rudavsky, Director, 2024, 87 minutes, English, Romanian, Hebrew, US, Documentary

Offering an intimate and unprecedented look into the life and legacy of Elie Wiesel, one of the most profound voices of our time. With exclusive access to Wiesel’s family and personal archives, the film delves into the passions, struggles, and enduring impact of a man who became a powerful voice for human rights. 

The film traces Wiesel’s journey from his childhood in Sighet, Romania—a close-knit Jewish community devastated and destroyed in the Holocaust—to his emergence on the world stage, where he became a beacon of universal human values. Though he identified as a simple storyteller, Wiesel’s narratives grappled with profound questions of faith, justice, and humanity. His story is not one of easy answers but of deep inquiry, reminding us that sometimes the questions we ask are more important than the answers we seek.

Wiesel's books will be available for sale in The Belcourt lobby by Parnassus Books.

Dana Modan, Director, 2024, 110 minutes,  Israel & Poland, Hebrew, English and Polish, Dramedy/Romance

In this romantic dramedy, Regina and her granddaughter Mika embark on a journey to Poland to reclaim their family property seized during World War II, but their quest quickly unravels when Regina unexpectedly decides to abandon the mission entirely, leaving Mika lost and confused. 

To complicate matters further, an irritating distant relative reappears at every turn. Mika finds herself falling for a charming young tour guide who writes graphic novels, they are spending time together that doesn't involve looking at monuments! Regina seizes the opportunity to pursue her own hidden agenda, finding her long-lost love from whom she was separated seventy years ago. 

Nominated for 4 Israeli Academy Awards
Winner Best Narrative, Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2025

PRECEDED BY Cut Off

Director Sophie Rimler, 2025, USA, English 

Special Guest: Gina Hecht, Actor and Producer

Join us for ice cream from Moosic City Ice Cream Truck on the Belcourt patio.

Free for all who attend the film The Property. 

No reservation needed.