Coming November 28 | Never Alone tells the gripping story of Jewish refugees seeking safety in Finland during WWII. As Nazi influence grows, the Finnish-Jewish businessman Abraham Stiller (Ville Virtanen, Netflix's Bordertown) risks everything to protect the refugee community. This powerful film ...

Part of the Reboot Presents short film initiative | A comedic exploration of circumcision from a Jewish feminist perspective.

Struggling with faith and tradition, Jewish filmmaker Jessie Kahnweiler explores the controversial subject of circumcision in her documentary short “Just The Tip.” The fi...

Coming November 14 | On January 20, 1942, leading representatives of the German Nazi regime met in a villa in Berlin-Wannsee for a meeting that went down in history as the Wannsee Conference, at which the systematic murder of 11 million Jews was decided.

Directed by Matti Geschonneck

Drama
108 ...

Part of the Reboot Presents curated short film initiative | On the verge of his Bar Mitzvah, Simon's recurring nightmares about dropping the Torah threaten to derail his big day.

Directed by Yale Fried
Starring Zin Kassel, Joel Widman, Bern Cohen

Short, Drama
14 Minutes
English
United States, 2025

Coming November 7 | Khitam, a young Palestinian woman, was married by matchmaking to an Israeli muslim. After having six children and living a miserable — her abusive husband, backed by the Shari’a court which rules on muslim marriages in Israel, banishes her from their home. Refusing to submit t...

Reboot Presents Nana, a trans-generational documentary about memory, survival, and perseverance.

Directed by 25 year-old Serena Dykman, NANA documents her journey with her mother Alice as they retrace her grandmother's Auschwitz survival story. Born in Poland, Maryla Michalowski-Dyamant survive...

What motivates a youngster to become a trafficker? How do you pack a suitcase with 8 kilos of hash? To what do you have to pay attention at airports? How heavy is the price you pay when you're caught? Do they represent a young Israeli generation who lost faith in what its country offers? This is ...

Coming October 24 | For a year and a half, acclaimed Israeli photo-journalist Micha Bar-Am allowed director Ran Tal to enter his vast archive of negatives. Composed entirely of images that Bar-Am took over more than fifty years, 1341 Frames of Love and War reveals the enormous price that comes al...

The story of hidden children, murdered parents, and the stones that bring healing. Gunter Demnig's Stolpersteine project provides a path from one of the most egregious wrongs of history, the Nazi reign of terror, to individual and community reconciliation.

Directed by Jane Wells

Documentary
Eng...

A semi-fictional narrative from acclaimed Israeli director Dani Rosenberg (The Missing Soldier), filmed on the ground in Israel's southern border in the immediate aftermath of October 7.

As dawn breaks, 16-year-old Dar (played by actress Ori Avinoam) returns to her kibbutz in search of her miss...

An exceptional documentary capturing the harrowing events of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel with profound sensitivity. It features firsthand accounts from survivors at seven different attack sites, each story vividly brought to life through the creative use of miniature models and animati...

An emotionally intelligent drama exploring the world of Baalei Teshuva — those who become Orthodox by choice — through the story of Rafael, a young man who is considered a prodigy in his Bnei Brak yeshiva. Despite his aptitude for the Torah, he and his family know that getting accepted to their c...

FIDDLER ON THE MOON investigates the mystery that has plagued scientists, theologians, and comedians for millennia: Will Judaism survive in space? The film provides answers from
Neil deGrasse Tyson, astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman and Jessica Meir, and a quorum of rabbis and researchers.

The document...

In the heart of Hasidic Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Moishe (Saul Rubinek), a newly blind Jewish Orthodox baker, forms an unlikely friendship with Jesus (Jonny Beauchamp), a queer Catholic Latino guide dog trainer. Taking his first steps outside with Bear, Moishe’s German Shepherd guide dog, the three...

A beloved small town rabbi in the high desert becomes an unlikely gunslinger after his community is violently attacked.

Drama
Directed by Salvador Litvak
Stars Dermot Mulroney (Chicago Fire, My Best Friend's Wedding), Neal McDonough (Minority Report, Captain America: The First Avenger), Alona T...

In March 1942, nearly 1,000 young Slovak Jewish women, mostly teenagers, told by their government that they were embarking on a volunteer work assignment, were instead illegally deported to Auschwitz on what was the first Jewish transport to the Nazi death camp. Rather than strictly focus on the ...

Pierre, 33, a successful Parisian florist, sees his life turned upside down when his mother, Judith, whimsical and excessive, arrives in his life after two years without seeing each other. Starring acclaimed French actress Agnes Jaoui in this intergenerational dramatic comedy about family, love, ...

A gripping love story set in picturesque yet dangerous 1930s Italy. Wounded WWI veteran and fascism sympathizer Luciano runs a classy restaurant overlooking the town’s ancient square. Still believing he can live by his own rules, the arrival of Anna — a young woman with a dangerous secret — tilts...

On a visit to Montreal several decades ago, a young man visited his uncles' egg distribution warehouse. In a dusty storeroom filled with clutter, he discovered stacks of matching stained-glass windows, each with a Star of David in the center. By the time the building was sold some 20 years later,...

When a family gathers for a seemingly ordinary dinner, a 12-year-old’s school project on identity sparks unexpected revelations. As each family member reflects on who they are and what they truly desire, the evening unravels into a thoughtful exploration of self-discovery—with some surprising cha...

Juliano Mer Khamis, a renowned actor in both Israel and Palestine, returns to his childhood roots in the Jenin refugee camp to film what has happened to a group of kids he directed in the Freedom Theater — an alternative education platform founded by his mother, Arna. The results provide a ground...

Because of the power of love, the last year of Franz Kafka's life becomes his happiest. The neurotic writer, burdened by his overbearing family, finally finds his match in Dora Diamant — and their love story transforms the ending of Kafka's story, as well as the rest of Diamant's life.

Directed...

He was a man who had everything — but who believed he had nothing. He was Peter Sellers, and this 1971 documentary remains the definitive film about the enigmatic comic actor. Intense and at times devastating, this intimate portrait was initially banned by the BBC; features contributions by Ringo...

Israeli director Natalie Assouline chronicles the lives of Palestinian women who are serving time in Israeli prison for their involvement in terrorist attacks. This intimate portrait, filmed over the course of two years, strives to uncover the motivations behind their actions — bringing into view...

Widower Shimon (Sasson Gabay, “The Band's Visit”) travels to Paris to visit a childhood friend who is having health issues. He is staying with his daughter Alma who also lives in Paris with her husband and baby. Shimon suspects something is amiss, he attempts to investigate the marriage issues be...

A small village on the Syrian-Turkish border in the early 1980s: The six-year-old Kurdish boy Sero experiences his first school year in an Arab school and has to watch his small world being radically changed in the course of an absurd nationalism.

Winner | Best Film, Boston Jewish Film Festival ...

“Sinai” is a provocative short film and dark comedy about a Jewish man who, burdened by generations of inherited trauma, decides he no longer wants to be Jewish. When neither a rabbi nor a white supremacist will accept his “resignation,” he embarks on a surreal, darkly humorous journey in search ...

In 1957, young Holocaust survivor Tommy Blitz tries to rob the Cinema North cashier. While escaping, he kills Italian-Jewish engineer Fidia Fiatelli, standing in the ticket line. The murder shocks the young State of Israel. After a failed escape from jail, Blitz asks the forgiveness of Fiatelli’s...

Nazi officer Major Karl Plagge, used his position as a forced labor camp commander in Vilnius, Lithuania, to shelter hundreds of Jewish families.

Today, the former camp is unchanged. A group of scientists embark on a journey to uncover the secret hiding places used during the war — retracing st...

Palestinian Ali Abu Awwad, born to a PLO activist and after years in Israeli prison, decides to start the Palestinian Center for Non-Violence on his family's land in the West Bank. This extraordinary documentary documents the interactions between Ali and the Israeli settlers of nearby Gush Etzion...

In recent years, hundreds of Confederate monuments and memorials have been taken down throughout the United States, largely in response to protests against the Civil War’s bitter legacy of slavery and racism. But who knew that one of the nation’s most prominent Confederate monuments was created b...

Yuri Foreman, the only Israeli to ever become a world champion boxer, has spent his life fighting for greatness—both inside and outside the ring. After losing his title in 2010, Foreman embarked on a profound spiritual journey, diving deep into the study of Judaism to uncover the connection betwe...

A short film directed by Peter Decherney that follows Rachel Namudosi (also spelled Namadosi), a Grammy-nominated singer and third-generation Ugandan Jew, as she balances raising her four children, making music, and leading Shabbat services in Uganda. The film highlights her community's resilienc...

An intimate look at the non-conformists in the punk subculture who fought back against white nationalists and neo-Nazis in the 1990s. The film draws connections between those battles and the current rise in antisemitism and hate that threaten democracy today, offering important lessons for the pr...

“Anne” is a film that aims to explore the nuances within cultural representation, in addition to the importance of why stories like Anne Frank’s continue to be told. Is it more important to accurately “be” something, or to accurately “represent” something? Is “authenticity” synonymous with percep...

Presented as part of the ChaiFlicks x Reboot Studios Short Program, curated exclusively on ChaiFlicks.

An acclaimed short film starring Swell Ariel Or (The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem), Arava follows two runaway teenage girls hitchhike through small-town Israel to a Northern Jewish sanctum in pur...

Angelina, the first Druze woman to attempt significant steps in the Israeli fashion world, finds herself in the middle of a complicated conflict in which the tradition and values of her society clash with her brave efforts to choose her own way in life. Lady Kul el-Arab which set out as a glamoro...

Tamara and Adam, a wild, unstable couple, are about to become parents and their life is a mess. Just before being evicted from their apartment in Tel Aviv, Tamara decides to search for their new home in Adam’s hometown Haifa. During one unforgettable day of apartment hunting, the journey to find ...

The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, a small Tel Aviv based NGO, works around the clock. The activists give the refugees and migrants legal advice, help them deal with government bureaucracy and promote public campaigns for their cause. They are fighting an uphill battle against both the rising...

After WWII, Helene is ready to do anything to start a new life. As a young woman, she came to the exciting Berlin of the roaring 20s, wanting to become a doctor, and soon fell in love with a man named Karl. But the course of her life took a drastic, irreversible turn when the Nazis came into powe...

A touching family comedy and festival circuit hit, streaming exclusively on ChaiFlicks.

Tamás, a generous but stubborn boxing coach, gets along well with everyone but his own son, Iván. They have not spoken since Iván moved to Israel and became religious. When Tamás' beloved wife, Zsuzsa dies un...

Alexandria, Egypt. To save the synagogue of the once largest Jewish community in the world from being shut down, Ben, an ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn Jew visiting Jerusalem, is sent out to be the desperately needed tenth man for the ceremonies of Pesach. Having missed his plane and been kicked off the...

At the end of World War II, Nathan Hilu, the son of Syrian Jewish immigrants to New York, received a life-changing assignment from the U.S. Army: to guard the top Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials. This experience fueled a lifetime of artistic inspiration for Nathan, a virtually unknown ...

Women from various religious traditions rediscover and re-imagine the role of ancient sacred music in the modern world. Despite gender barriers, these female musicians make their voices heard to inspire universal connection and harmony.

Directed by Evan Beloff
Documentary
45 Minutes
English
Unit...

Over the course of two days – one in 1975 and one in 2022 – two older Jewish women bake bread in New York City. One has made challah millions of times before. For the other, her granddaughter, it’s her first time. As they bake, they both reflect on what they’re passing on to the next generation.
...

Nir Baram's father was a minister in Rabin's government. The one who signed the Osslo Accords. His grandfather too was a member of the Knesset. With his lineage on his back, Nir begins to question the political education he received at home. Is the two-state solution still possible?

Now a succe...

The official protocols of Prime Minister Golda Meir’s office from the time of the 1973 Yom Kippur War are released, revealing the true nature of her performance during the war.

These documents leave no room for doubt. Despite the conventional image of “Golda” and the myth of her shortcomings dur...

Neta, a rising star in the days after the Six-Day War, finds her husband came back from the war a changed man. She oscillates between her career, her personal life, and her struggling husband, as the country becomes a euphoric musical.

Israel, 2023
Musical
Hebrew with English subtitles
114 minutes

Based on a true story, of a Romeo and Juliet in 1942 — yet she was Jewish, and he, a Catholic. Annette and Jean wanted to get married, but Jean’s parents were opposed. Annette Zelman was reported to the Gestapo by her fiancé’s father and was sent to Auschwitz.

France, 2023
Drama
French with Engl...

Set in the holy Islamic city of Mashhad in 1930’s Iran, Mashhad follows Miriam, a young Jewish ghetto girl struggling to understand why her family conceal who they are.Produced by Reboot Studios (The Anne Frank Gift Shop) and inspired by creator Sarah Solemani’s (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,...

In 1969, Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled hijacked an airplane full of civilians in Rome. This act of terrorism caught the world’s attention, turning Khaled into an icon for a new generation of Palestinian resistance.

Forty years later, Lina Makboul — a young Palestinian now living in Sweden ...

The Perfect Meal follows five leading international scientists who gradually uncover the secret mechanisms of the Mediterranean Diet and reveal how certain ingredients and combinations of plant based foods can protect us from obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancers and brain- ageing.

The film ...

Streaming March 7th exclusively on ChaiFlicks | Watch the trailer!

A moving drama based on the true story of Martha Liebermann. In Berlin of 1943, upper-class widow Martha Liebermann must leave her homeland behind or risk deporation to the concentration camps. The reputation and valuable paintin...

Coming March 14th | An insightful documentary from renowned Israeli filmmaker Duki Dror (Inside the Mossad, Supernova: the Music Festival)

The story of Lebanon is one of ongoing tragedy. A march of follies orchestrated by heads of state, sects, and militias. The Palestinians, French, British, I...

The mikveh ritual is the final step in the process of joining the Jewish people. Converts, both men and women, are required to immerse themselves in the mikveh in the presence of three rabbinical judges, while the women wear nothing but a robe. This short documentary from religious filmmaker Nuri...

A deadly attack on the remote settlement of Itamar results in the murder of three members of the Fogel family. Since then, the Fogel tragedy has become emblematic of the bloody results of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as some of the poignant questions at its heart — of identity, belon...

A powerful and intimate film to watch this Valentine’s weekend, Revoir Paris is a moving meditation on grief, healing, and the importance of connections forged in tragedy. With a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score, Revoir Paris is a story told with sensitivity and restraint, and tenderness, with a superb ...

The young Jewish Austrian businessman Victor is a witness to how the prosecution of a Nazi crime perpetrated against his family unjustly fails in the courtroom. The political and legal system in 1960's Austria is still run by former Nazis and there is no avenue for Victor to change matters. When ...

Official Selection | Sundance FIlm Festival

Warsaw, December 1945: the second World War is finally over and French Red Cross doctor Mathilde (Lou de Laage) is treating the last of the French survivors of the German camps. When a panicked Benedictine nun appears at the clinic begging Mathilde to...

A touching animated film from UK artist Zoom Rockman, based on the true story of Holocaust survivor Ivor Perl.

Born in Hungary in 1932, Ivor Perl was only 12 years old when Nazi Germany invaded his country. Deported first to the Jewish ghetto, then to the concentration camps — Ivor and his olde...