Our 14th annual celebration of next-generation Jewish filmmakers from across the globe features seven short films from the United States, Israel, and France. Thank you to our prestigious jury: Ryan Hughes, Rebekah Oden, and Lani Weil!

Followed by a conversation with FreshFlix filmmakers!

For information on these and other festival guests, click here. 

Come to Lehrhaus from 5:00-6:30PM before the FreshFlix program for screening of How to Make Challah with filmmaker Sarah Rosen. Registration is required. Light refreshments and an exclusive festival cocktail are included with registration for this separate event. 

Bad Jew Good Girl (Annika Chavez and Lucy Grebin, 12 min)
Laurel, a non-practicing Jew, is alone in her apartment on Yom Kippur.

The Eighth Day (Jonah Weinstein, 12 min)
Two gay Jewish husbands are forced to reveal that they have something very different in mind for their son: no circumcision.

How To Make Challah (Sarah Rosen, 12 min)
In 1975, Jane filmed her 97-year-old immigrant grandmother baking challah. In 2022, Jane’s niece films her baking challah for the first time. A personal film about what passes on to the next generation and what is left behind.

I Missed You at Synagogue (Hanan Brandes, 12 min)
When Carmel, a religious boy, finds his best friend Ido at his house with his heart broken from a recent breakup, Carmel feels things he doesn’t dare to admit.

Kiss My Ass (Arielle Goldman, 15 min)
Anna gets her first abortion accompanied by the ghost of her quirky Ukrainian great-grandmother.

The Story of Jacob (David Foley, 7 min)
A 27-year-old man prepares for his adult bar mitzvah with the help of his unhinged rabbi.

Via Dolorosa (Rachel Gutgarts, 10 min)
Between drug addiction, first discoveries of sexuality, and a permanent state of war, the filmmaker searches for her lost youth by wandering the streets of Jerusalem during Yom Kippur.