Boulder Jewish Film Festival

Sunday, October 26
12 & 3:30 PM

Yaniv Card Party in the Diary Arts Lobby
2 - 3:30 PM

Monday, October 27
12 PM

In this cheeky, high-spirited first film from Amnon Carmi, a high school teacher in the Bronx loses funding for the school musical and decides to win the money playing in an underground card game run by the Hasidic Jewish community, an improbable plan that goes hilariously awry. A hoot! (85m)

Sunday, October 26
6:30 PM

Saturday, November 1
12:30 pm & 3:30 pm

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd (“The Queen’s Gambit”) stars in this lively, nostalgic biodrama as the charming, visionary “fifth Beatle” Brian Epstein, an entrepreneur who discovered, managed, and championed the Fab Four on their meteoric rise, while battling his own demons as a gay man from a wealthy, disapproving family in the swinging ‘60s. Behind-the-scenes story of the Beatles. (112m)

This year, the festival offers two separate collections of short films from up-and-coming filmmakers, featuring narrative, documentary, and animated films from around the world. Sure to sell out quickly, the popular shorts programs are curated by Judith Dack and the Shorts Selection Committee. (94m)

Much more than a showbiz bio of a beloved actor, comedian, and talk show host known for his dry wit and deadpan delivery, which captivated audiences in films such as “The Heartbreak Kid” and “Midnight Run,” this heartfelt tribute also pays homage to a remarkable humanitarian who devoted his later years to freeing wrongfully convicted prisoners. Heartwarming and endearing. (93m)

Directed by James Freedman

Tuesday, October 28
12 PM

Sunday, November 2
6:30 PM

This unique, hypnotic blend of fiction film and documentary follows a teenage girl who returns to her devastated kibbutz to look for her dog, lost in the recent terrorist massacre of October 7, encountering real-life survivors as she wanders a landscape scarred by horror, searching for a shred of hope. Healing from trauma. (82m)

Technion 10²

One hundred years ago, a modest science and technology program opened on Mount Carmel in Haifa. Today, the fabled Technion is one of the leading technological research institutions in the world, having played a vital role in the start-up nation’s scientific and technological achievements. The making of modern Israel. (77m)

This year, the festival offers two separate collections of short films from up-and-coming filmmakers, featuring narrative, documentary, and animated films from around the world. Sure to sell out quickly, the popular shorts programs are curated by Judith Dack and the Shorts Selection Committee. (104m)

Famed Israeli actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director Adir Miller portrays the son of an ailing Holocaust survivor who embarks on a sentimental journey with his estranged daughter to recover the ring that miraculously saved his mother’s life in World War II. Poignant and popular drama. (122m)

This timely documentary explores the infamous German filmmaker’s controversial artistic legacy and her complicity in glorifying the Nazi regime through her formidable talent, offering a disturbing and highly relevant portrait of profound self-delusion and evasion of responsibility. When art becomes propaganda. (115m)

The first feature film to be co-directed by an Iranian and an Israeli filmmaker, this stunning sports drama and suspenseful political thriller follows a female Iranian judoka willing to risk all to win the gold medal at the World Judo Championships, even if it means defying the Supreme Leader. Important and timely. (105m)

American historian Jonathan Petropoulos forms an uneasy relationship with his sly-as-a-fox subject, an unrepentant player in the international art world who evaded punishment for stealing countless masterpieces from prominent Jewish families during World War II. Full of shocking surprises. (120m)

In this polished, high-concept, and all-too-relevant crime thriller – a fictional genre film inspired by the Poway shootings – a rabbi in the American west takes up arms to defend his community after a fatal attack devastates his congregation. This stylized Hasidic Western is sure to provoke strong reactions. (94m)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of “Maus” revolutionized comics by exploring dark, complex themes, his life and work having been shaped by his Holocaust-survivor parents and inspired by MAD magazine’s irreverent satire. Portrait of a fascinating and influential artist. (98m)

Swedishkayt: Yidlife Crisis in Stockholm - 
Closing Night with Reception at 5 PM

In this entertaining and eye-opening Yiddish-inflected escapade, popular Canadian comedy duo Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman travel to Sweden for a performance, unearthing an incredibly rich hidden treasure trove of Jewish culture. Who knew? (77m)