Jewish Life

Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival

Adults 18+ Marcus North Shore Cinema
Sharing uniquely Jewish stories from across the globe.

see you at the movies

For thousands of years, Jewish communities have shared wisdom, values, and experiences. Each fall, the JCC presents the Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival with in-person screenings at the Marcus North Shore Cinema and streaming options available for at home viewing.

Program Benefits

Our dedicated Film Festival committee works for many months viewing and discussing potential films. The committee then curates a diverse festival that showcases Jewish stories from across the globe, balancing time periods, locations, and topics. The committee only selects films that are not yet available via streaming in the United States.

Our committee selects stories from throughout the world – Israeli stories, European stories, American stories, and all around the globe.

All films are presented with English captioning if English is not the primary language spoken in the dialogue.

While most of our festival-goers enjoy attending our in-person screenings at the Marcus North Shore Cinema, which provide an opportunity to engage with this content as a community, we also appreciate that most of our distributors are continuing to allow us to offer streaming options for those who need, or who prefer to watch the films at home.

a community effort

The Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival is an important component of Tapestry: Arts & Ideas from the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and is made possible by Marcus Theatre Department of the Marcus Corporation, the Shel and Danni Gendelman Endowment Fund, and the Sylvia and Robert Seinfeld Jewish Film Festival Endowment Fund.

Upcoming Events

Adult Arts & Culture

Multi-Day
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2024 Milwaukee jewish film festival

Adults (18+)
October 27 at 07:00pm

The Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival celebrates the quality, diversity and innovation of the Jewish filmmaking from around the world. Narrative or documentary, new or old, the Film Festival finds the highest quality films that speak to the Jewish experience, tell uniquely Jewish stories, or come from the finest Jewish filmmakers across the globe.

Jewish Education

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Jewish Film Festival: Running on sand

All Ages
October 27 at 07:00pm
Marcus North Shore Cinema

Celebrate the 27th year of the Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival! Our dedicated Film Festival Committee has worked for many months viewing potential films. They include thought-provoking films from France, Israel, Italy, and the Netherlands, and feature an array of themes speaking to Jewish traditions, culture, and history, as well as being relevant to modern day experiences. 

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