Join us for a celebration of Jewish culture, heritage, and storytelling through film at the Northern Nevada Jewish Film Festival! Experience powerful narratives, compelling documentaries, and thought-provoking discussions with filmmakers.

Schedule

Sunday May 18, 2025

Wendy’s Shabbat

Featured Speaker Abby Myers, Producer

Sunday Morning

10 minutes 

Heartwarming documentary about retirees in Palm Springs who have Shabbat dinners at Wendy’s.

The Property 

Sunday Morning

Israel, Poland | Feature | 2025 | 108 min. 

Director: Dana Modan | Producers: July August Productions, Deadline Productions

Nominated in 4 Categories, Israeli Academy Awards 2024

Official Selection, Haifa International Film Festival

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. Regina unexpectedly decides to abandon the mission entirely, leaving Mika lost and confused. To complicate matters further, an irritating distant relative keeps appearing at every turn.  Just as Mika finds herself falling for a charming tour guide, Regina seizes the opportunity to pursue her own hidden agenda: finding her long-lost love, from whom she was separated seventy years ago. Based on the award-winning graphic novel by Rutu Modan, The Property stars beloved actress Rivka Michaeli and has been nominated for 4 Israeli Academy Awards.

Watching Walter

Featuring Speakers Mitch Yapko, Executive Producer

Sunday Afternoon

18minutes

When a random customer drops off a gold pocket watch for repair, the watch sets off a series of haunting memories for an elderly watchmaker and Holocaust survivor.

Midas Man

Sunday Afternoon

Menemsha Films

Comedy

English

112 Minutes

MIDAS MAN is the emotional, heartfelt, and often funny story of how the Jewish Epstein (in a star-making turn by Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, The Queens Gambit) discovered four scruffy lads in Liverpool who were going nowhere and turned them into a global phenomenon that changed popular culture forever.

Tickets: Full Day $40 | 1/2 Day $20

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