Jew Town (virtual)

After his mother-like figure Sarah Cohen passed away, Thaha Ibrahim dedicates his life to the legacy of Sarah Aunty”s embroidery shop in Kochi, India, where the once robust Jewish community is now dwindling.
WHY WE LIKE THIS FILM: A touching story from a part of the world with few Jews today. One non-Jewish man keeps alive the Jewish heritage of his area.

Presented as Part Of 2024 Virtual Festival Shorts

Judy-ism (virtual)

While at her wedding cake tasting, Judy, a self-proclaimed ''Jew-ish'' woman, tastes a piece of Jewish apple c...
11 min | Emily Lerer | | Southwest premiere | English
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Lion of Zion (virtual)

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33 min | Mike Musikanto | | Texas premiere | English, Russian
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Los Ultimos Judios de Guantanamo (virtual)

There are a little over 200,000 people who live in Guantanamo, roughly 50 of whom are Jewish. In 1991, the Cub...
13 min | Yael Bridge | | Southwest premiere | Spanish | English subtitles
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Seeds for Change (virtual)

''''Recent reports from the United States government are telling us that we have a limited amount of time to t...
20 min | Mike O''Krent | | World premiere | English
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The Golem (virtual)

A new spin on a classic Jewish folktale, this Hanukkah-set story follows three friends who accidentally reawak...
11 min | Ethan Rubenstein | | World premiere | English, Yiddish
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The Hallway (virtual)

Asia (58) and her son Oz (30) are leaving ''Sheba'' Tel Hashomer Hospital after visiting Gadi (60), the family...
11 min | Shahar Shamay | | US premiere | Hebrew | English subtitles
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The Orange at the Seder (virtual)

When Adam brings his first-ever girlfriend to his beloved mentor’s annual queer, all-male Passover seder, he...
15 min | Jacob Combs | | Southwest premiere | English
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The Soldier on Smithdown Road (virtual)

Liverpool, 1947. Two British soldiers are kidnapped and murdered in Mandate Palestine. In the aftermath of the...
13 min | Barney Pell Scholes, Thomas Harnett O'Meara | | Texas premiere | English, Yiddish | English subtitles
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Thirteen (virtual)

Confronting her disabled daughter''s terminal diagnosis, a mother fights to have her become a Bat Mitzvah in t...
19 min | Allison Norlian, Jean Li | | English, Hebrew
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DETAILS

YEAR: 2024
RUN TIME: 10 Minutes
LANGUAGE(S): English, Malayalam
SUBTITLES: English subtitles
PREMIERE STATUS: US premiere

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CREDITS

DIRECTOR(S):Melodie Rosen
SCREENWRITER(S):Melodie Rosen
CAST:Thaha Ibrahim

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