Holding Liat

(Dir. Director Brandon Kramer)

After Liat Beinin Atzili is kidnapped on October 7th, her Israeli-American family faces their own conflicting perspectives to fight for her release and the future of the places they call home.

In partnership with Nefesh

Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse

(Dirs. Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin)

Legendary artist Art Spiegelman rocked the world when he transposed his parents into mice to tell their Holocaust survival story in his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel, Maus. Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse chronicles Spiegelman’s irreverent life and work including his extraordinary partnership with wife Françoise Mouly and his checkered evolution through the world of underground comics.

In partnership with the Skirball Cultural Center and Holocaust Museum LA 

Ada – My Mother the Architect

(Dir. Yael Melamede)

Despite being one of Israel’s most important architects, Ada Karmi-Melamede remains largely unknown in the public sphere. Now her daughter- a former architect- sets out to tell the story of this most unusual role model, against the backdrop of the turbulent country Ada is rooted within.

In partnership with Ikar and the A-Frame Theater at the Wende Museum’s Glorya Kaufman Community Center

Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire

(Dir. Oren Rudavsky)

With unique access to Elie Wiesel’s family and his personal archives, Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire (working title) explores the known and unknown Elie Wiesel through his private and public life: his passions, his conflicts, and his legacy.

In partnership with Museum of Tolerance, LA Jewish Film Festival, Sinai Temple, and Wilshire Boulevard Temple

All God’s Children

(Dir. Ondi Timoner)

In an unprecedented attempt to heal centuries of racism and antisemitism and combat the rising tension in their Brooklyn communities, activist Rabbi Rachel Timoner and Baptist Reverend Robert Waterman team up to unite their congregations. As their faith is shaken, both congregations struggle not to let their differences drive them apart.

In partnership with Temple Israel of Hollywood

Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round

(Dir. Ilana Trachtman)

Trailblazing Black students, lefty Jewish suburbanites, and a carousel: Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round shares the untold story of the first organized inter-racial civil rights protest in America.

In partnership with the Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles, Challah and Soul, LA Civil Rights, Wilshire Blvd Temple, HODG, and Southern Christian Leadership Conference in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day