The Michiana Jewish Film Festival offers superb, cutting-edge, and award-winning films from around the world to the Michiana region, facilitating a multifaceted exploration of Jewish identity, community, culture, and history.

Film Schedule:

5:30 PM - Never Alone

Directed by Klaus Härö
With Satu Tuuli Karhu, Ville Virtanen, Ragnar Halmann
Drama, 85 minutes, DCP
In English and Swedish, Yiddish, Finnish, German, and Swedish with English subtitles

Never Alone tells the gripping story of Jewish refugees seeking safety in Finland during WWII. As Nazi influence grows, the Finnish-Jewish businessman Abraham Stiller (Ville Virtanen) risks everything to protect the refugee community. This powerful film showcases courage, resilience, and the fight for hope amidst overwhelming adversity. From the celebrated director Klaus Härö, known for Oscar-shortlisted The Fencer and Golden Globe-nominated My Sailor, My Love, comes a powerful true story of resilience and defiance. Based on actual events during World War II, Never Alone shines a light on the plight of Jewish refugees seeking sanctuary in Finland and the unwavering hero who risked everything to protect them.

8:00 PM - Yaniv

Directed by Amnon Carmi
With Catherine Curtin, Christine McBurney, Scott Zimmerman
Comedy, 85 minutes, DCP
In English

Preceded by a Short Film: The Father, The Son, and The Rav Kalmenson (2023)

A high school teacher in the Bronx loses funding for the school musical and convinces his fellow statistics teacher—secretly a recovering gambling addict—to help him cheat at an underground card game run by the Hasidic Jewish community. The plan goes awry with mounting consequences, but help comes at an unexpected time from the least likely people.

Location: Browning Cinema

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