AJFF's Short Programs represent an international collection of narrative and documentary films, ranging from 40 to just a few minutes in length. Each program blends a variety of genres, styles, and subject matter.
Cinema Rex
About the Film
At a famed 1930s Jerusalem cinematheque, a Jewish boy and an Arab girl bond over their love of movies, in this nostalgic winner of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival Canal+ Family Award.
Genre
Narrative
Running Time
8 minutes
Only Bibi
About the Film
Encountering political graffiti at a bus stop, a concerned citizen stonewalled by bureaucracy takes the law into his own hands, in this sharp, irreverent social and political critique that is quintessentially Israeli.
Genre
Narrative
Running Time
13 minutes
A Father's Kaddish
About the Film
Sitting at his potter’s wheel to heal emotionally and honor his son’s memory, a grieving New England father shares his contemplative, meditative ritual of creating exquisite works of art born of love, tragedy and time.
Genre
Documentary
Running Time
31 minutes
The Book of Ruth
About the Film
In this intriguing, hypothetical “what if,” Tovah Feldshuh stars as a Jewish grandmother whose secret identity surfaces in a conversation with her granddaughter after a Passover seder.
Genre
Narrative
Running Time
14 minutes