NJFF Archives

Over 20 years of our festival we’ve had the pleasure of showing some of the best in Jewish film. Many thanks to the directors, producers, actors, and artists who helped to enhance the NJFF experience over the years.

  • 1618

    Jews of the Wild West

    Greener Pastures

    The Man in the Basement

    The Levys of Monticello

    American Birthright

    Betrayed

    Song Searcher

    Persian Lessons

    iMordecai

    Shepard: The Story of a Jewish Dog

    The United States of Elie Tahari

    Neighbors

    March ‘68

    Love & Mazel Tov

  • Kiss Me Kosher My Name is Sarah

    Bully. Coward. Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn

    Irmi: The Live and Times of Irmi Selver

    Howie Mandel: But Enough About Me

    Tango Shalom

    Love it was Not

    Thou Shalt Not Hate

    The One and Only Jewish Miss America

    Powder Keg

    Sublet

    A Starry Sky Above the Roman Ghetto

    Shtetlers

    Soros

    Golden Voices

  • When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

    Syndrome K

    Crescendo

    Aulcie

    Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

    The Rabbi Goes West

    Dispatches from Quarantine

    They Ain’t Ready for Me

    Carl Laemmle

    Mrs. G

    The Passengers

    Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance

    The Crossing

    Picture of His Life

    Winter Journey

    Nowhere In Africa

  • Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles

    Sefarad

    King Bibi: The Life & Performances of Benjamin Netanyahu

    The Other Story

    Rescue Bus 300

    My Polish Honeymoon

    Above the Drowning Sea

    Extra Innings

    The Unorthodox

    Shoe Laces

    Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel

    Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz

    The Tobacconist

    Tel Aviv On Fire

  • 1945

    Budapest Noir

    The Cakemaker

    The Catcher Was A Spy

    GI Jews : Jewish Americans in World War II

    The Impure

    Itzhak

    Kosher Love

    The Last Suit

    Love, Gilda

    Promise at Dawn

    The Samuel Project

    Shalom Bollywood: The Untold Story of Indian Cinema

    The Testament

    The Untameable Kirk Douglas

    Wendy’s Shabbat

    Who Will Write Our History

  • Loving Henri

    Harmonia

    Bye Bye Germany

    The 90 Minute War

    The Women’s Balcony

    Fanny’s Journey

    The History of Love

    The Kind Words

    Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank

    Keep Quiet

    Scandal In Ivansk

    Body and Soul: An American Bridge

    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

    Monsieur Mayonnaise

    The Exception

  • To Life

    Fever at Dawn

    Molos

    Remember

    Rock In The Red Zone

    The Last Laugh

    Surviving Skokie

    Theo Bikel: In the shoes of Sholem Aleichem

    Fran vs God

    Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

    On The Map;

    The Bentwich Syndrome

    Labyrinth of Lies

    The Pickle Recipe

  • Dough

    Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent

    Look At Us Now, Mother

    Very Semi-Serious

    The Outrageous Sophie Tucker

    Felix et Meira

    The Art Dealer

    Hill Start

    Chagall-Malevich

    Mom and Dad: I Have Something To Tell You

    Apples From the Desert

    Once In A Lifetime

    24 Days

    My Italian Secret

    Deli Man

  • The Return of the Violin

    Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love

    Aftermath

    It Happened in Saint Tropez

    Peace After Marriage

    The Other Son

    The Go Go Boys

    The Jewish Cardinal

    Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story

    The Lady in Number 6

    The Sturgeon Queens

    Under the Same Sun

    Magic Men

    Little White Lie

    Above & Beyond

  • Zaytoun

    Fill the Void

    Closed Season

    Putzel

    The Chosen

    Jews & Money

    The Other Son

    When Comedy Went to School

    Defiant Requiem

    Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

    The Attack

    Paris Manhattan

  • Hava Nagila (The Movie)

    Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom

    Gei Oni

    The Day I Saw Your Heart

    This is Sodom

    David

    Berlin 36

    In Heaven Underground

    Dressing America: Tales from the Garment Center

    Brothers

    Portrait of Wally

    Little Rose

    AKA Doc Pomus

    The Cake Lady

    Student film Competition Winner: A Wonderful Life

  • Bride Flight

    In Search of Memory

    Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness

    The Names of Love

    Polish Bar

    Strangers No More

    The Matchmaker

    LaRafle

    Vidal Sassoon: The Movie

    Crime After Crime

    Jewish Soldiers in Blue and Gray

    Mabul

    Jews in Toons

    *Student film Competition Winner The Scent of Strawberries

  • Saviors in the Night

    The Life and Times of Hank Greenspun

    The Infidel

    Holy rollers

    Inside Hana`s Suitcast

    Anita

    Ahead of Time

    Jews and Baseball

    For My Father

    Protektor

    A Small Act

    The Yankles

    *Student Film Competition Winner Yizkor

  • Seven Minutes in Heaven

    Mary & Max

    Blessed is the Match: The life and Death of Hannah Senesh

    Sixty Six

    Lemon Tree

    Lady Kul El-Arab

    Holy Land Hardball

    As Seen Through These Eyes

    Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg

    Lost Islands

    At Home in Utopia

    A Matter of Size

    *Student film Competition Finalist Song of David

  • Strangers

    The Little Traitor

    Beaufort

    Children of the Sun

    Noodle

    Jerusalem Cuts

    The Champagne Spy

    Praying In Her Own Voice

    Aviva, My Love

    *Student Film Competition Finalists Neila: Klein Miriam`l;Roads;Zohar

  • Wondrous Oblivion

    Unsettled

    Three Mothers

    Making Trouble

    Orthodox Stance

    Just an Ordinary Jew

    So Long Are You Young

    Crossing the Narrow Bridge

    The First Time I turned Twenty

    Student Film Competition Winner: Dolls and Houses

  • Live and Become

    A Journey of Spirit

    The Ritchie Boys

    Everything Is Illuminated

    The Rape of Europa

    The Forgotten Refugees

    The Jews of Iran

    From Shtetl to Swing

    Local Call

  • Paper Clips

    The Great Dictator

    Israel`s Soldiers: Killers, Aggressors or Defenders

    Mechina: A Preparation

    Another Road Home

    Berlin`s Jewish Museum : A Personal Tour with Daniel Libeskind

    Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    Le Tango des Rashevski

    Go For Zucker

  • Promises

    Monsieur Batignole

    From Manna to Manischewitz- Jewish People and their Food

    Hot Bagels: the Hole Story

    Gefilte Fish

    Kosher Cop

    Divine Food

    The Wax and the Wicks

    Divan

    My Architect: a Son`s Journey

    Focus

    Only In America

    Thunder in Guyana

    James’ Journey to Jerusalem

    Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi

  • Nowhere in Africa

    Gloomy Sunday

    My Terrorist

    The Holy Land

    Short Subjects

    Obsessed with Jews

    The Worst Jewish Football Team in the World

    The Collector of Bedford Street

    Black Hats and Short Skirts

    Advice and Dissent

    A Good Uplift

    Yellow Asphalt

    A Trumpet in the Wadi

    The Nazi Officers Wife

    Kinky Friedman: Proud to be an Asshole from El Paso

  • Exodus 1947

    The Komediant

    Train of Life

    Mah-Jongg: The Tiles that Bind

    Shalom Yàll

    From Swastika to Jim Crow

    Divided We Fall

    Time of Favor

  • The 3 Little Wolfs

    Peace of Mind: Coexistence Through the Eyes of the Palestinian and Israeli Teens

    All My Loved Ones

    Left Luggage

    The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

    A Letter Without Words

    Silence