Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival

About the Event

Our multi-access festival proudly presents a variety of films both virtually and in-person at local theaters and the Levis JCC. Each year, we present an incredible roster of thought-provoking and entertaining documentaries and short and feature length Jewish-themed films from around the globe, ranging from laugh-out-loud comedies and love stories, to political and historical dramas and more. Plus, theater-goers enjoy special guest appearances, discussions, panels, special events, and year-round Jewish-themed film programming.

Film Lineup:

1:00 pm 999: The Forgotten Girls
Director: Heather Dune Macadam & Beatriz Calleja, 80 min, English, French, and German with English subtitles
The first official Jewish transport to Auschwitz consisted of 999 Slovak girls and young women. This documentary features several survivors from that transport.
3:30 pm The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Director: Alexandre Arcady, 126 min, French with English subtitles, 2023
Follows the childhood of the filmmaker Antoine Lisner. He travels to Algiers to present a feature-length film while being accompanied by his son, who was the same age as him when he left Algeria in 1962.
7:00 pm The Exile of the Musicians
Director: Iván Cherjovsky, 60 min, English, German, and Spanish with English subtitles, 2022
Between 1933 and 1945, more than one hundred Jewish musicians fleeing Germany and Austria took refuge in Argentina, where they resumed their careers in the country’s theaters, orchestras, radio stations, conservatories, tango venues, and film studios. The musicologist Silvia Glocer researches their lives, recovers their works, and interviews their descendants. Once she has gathered all the pieces of the puzzle, we see Glocer organize a grand concert in homage to these all-but-forgotten figures. Filmmaker Iván Cherjovsky will be in attendance!

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