Vancouver Jewish Film Centre

That's a wrap! We would like to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to our patrons, sponsors, and everyone who tuned in to watch our program from home this year. We would love to hear what your favourite titles were!

National Canadian Film Day April 21st - Free Films

A Film and Series of interest

Day 11: Closing Day of the 32nd VJFF

Our festival ends tonight at midnight! Don't miss our final LIVE Q&A today at 4pm PT with Beth Hawk, the director of BREAKING BREAD, which follows a group of Jewish and Palestinian chefs who take part in a unique food festival in Haifa. Available to pass holders at watch.vjff.org | Tickets available at vjff.org

All good things must come to an end: our festival concludes SUNDAY at midnight! Don't miss out on our amazing selection of globally acclaimed films, available to pass holders at watch.vjff.org including: Ophir (Israeli Academy Award) Winners and Nominees: PEACHES AND CREAM, THE ART OF WAITING, FLAWLESS, ASIA, GOLDA + more Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award: ... DOLCE FINE GIORNATA Documentary film festival favourites: KOSHER BEACH, THEY AIN’T READY FOR ME Official TIFF selection: SHIVA BABY Official Cannes selection: HERE WE ARE Take your pick from these critical darlings or watch them all! Tickets and passes are still available for purchase at www.vjff.org

Day 10: Perspectives of 2nd and 3rd Generation Shoah Survivors

Great News - New film now playing!

Join us as we partner with OpenDor Media for the online screening of the award-winning film Sustainable Nation. This hour-long documentary recently had its Canadian Premiere during our Film Festival in early March.

View the trailer for The Chosen. Screening 7:00 PM on March 8 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre, The Chosen is wrapping up the festival. #VJFF2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch

This 1981 classic film based on Chaim Potok’s 1967 novel of the same name, The Chosen does an excellent job of distilling the essence of the book into a Hollywood drama. Robbie Benson is admirably restrained here as an ultra-Orthodox Jew, and Barry Miller is equally convincing as his more liberal friend and story's narrator. Two iconic Oscar winning actors, Maximilian Schell and Rod Steiger, playing the roles of the boys’ fathers’ lead the cast. Director Jeremy Kagan’s presentation of sons and fathers whose loyalties and interests intersect in 1947 in unexpected ways offers us a fascinating glimpse at friendship and filial devotion in 1947 during a very specific cultural era. Get your tickets here. #VJFF2020 https://www.vjff.org/events/event/the-chosen/

View the trailer for Mrs. G. Screening 1:00 PM on March 8 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre. #VJFF2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAu6s6_YLD0

View the trailer for The Spy Behind Home Plate. Screening 3:30 PM on March 8 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre. #VJFF2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_rQixY-sQI

View the trailer for The Other Story. Screening 8:45 PM on March 7 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre. #VJFF2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0h4x3Zx4VQ

View the trailer for Young Abraham. Screening 11:30 AM on March 8 at the Norman Rothstein Theatre. #VJFF2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSpSiUKc5DM

Who was Moe Berg? The Spy Behind Home Plate is a documentary about Morris (Moe) Berg, an enigmatic Jewish catcher during baseball’s Golden Age. Berg grew up in an immigrant Jewish family in Newark, N.J., attended Princeton University and received a Law Degree from Columbia University during his off seasons. He played professional baseball from 1923 to 1939 for the Brooklyn Robins, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, and Boston Red Sox. Berg joined the O...ffice of Strategic Services to gather information for the United States war effort in Japan and Europe. Who is the Spy Behind Home Plate? Find out with us by clicking through for tickets. https://www.vjff.org/events/event/the-spy-behind-home-plate/

View the trailer for Incitement. Screening 6:45 PM tonight (March 5) at Fifth Avenue Cinemas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCsqevb0tOc

Incitement, a 2020 submission to the Academy Awards, depicts the lead-up to the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin through the worldview of his assassin, Yigal Amir. The film explores the murder, a defining moment in the volatile Israeli -Palestinian peace process. This topic has never been depicted in a feature film, until now. Israeli-American filmmaker Yaron Zilberman sets out to unearth the motivations that led to Rabin's death with a rigorous exac...ting gaze. Set in the year preceding the assassination, Zilberman's meticulously crafted period piece is embedded in the world of Amir, moving from his family home to his failed relationships to his political radicalization. #VJFF2020 Playing Thursday March 5. Get tickets here. https://www.vjff.org/events/event/incitement/

Emmanuelle Mayer’s directorial debut is a moving documentary portrait, pieced out of ten years of intimate footage. Emphasizing the profound gap between developing Africa and the West, the film contrasts male and female narratives and raises ideas of choice versus fate. Johnny and Therèse live in Israel, he believes in the future of Africa, he dreams of returning with modern fish farming techniques. Therèse sees little hope back home and is determined to create the best possi...ble future for their children, whatever the price may be. When their visas expire, tensions between the two arise. Tickets available here. #VJFF2020 https://www.vjff.org/events/event/a-fish-tale/