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  Joshua Moore, on Location

  Michael Fox
  Oct 28, 2011

  Filmmaker and programmer Moore talks process, offers perspective on his debut feature and Cinema by the Bay opener, ‘I Think It’s Raining.’

  
• October 28, 2011
  
  

  Joshua Moore, on Location

  Michael Fox
  Oct 28, 2011

  Filmmaker and programmer Moore talks process, offers perspective on his debut feature and Cinema by the Bay opener, ‘I Think It’s Raining.’

  
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  Joshua Moore, on Location

  Michael Fox
  Oct 28, 2011

  Filmmaker and programmer Moore talks process, offers perspective on his debut feature and Cinema by the Bay opener, ‘I Think It’s Raining.’

  
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  San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces New Executive Director

  Oct 24, 2011

  Press release: The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival announced its new Executive Director: Lexi Leban, who begins working with the festival November 7, 2011. A longtime member of the Bay Area film community, Lexi has worked in all aspects of film, from production to distribution. She’s also worked with numerous film festivals, including the Mill Valley Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Global Social Change Film Festival in Bali. Lexi is currently Academic Director of the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Program at the Art Institute of California, where she built the department from its inception. Her most recent feature documentary, Girl Trouble, which follows young girls in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system, aired on PBS’s acclaimed series Independent Lens in January of 2006, and won Best Bay Area Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival. More at sfjff.org.

  
• August 11, 2011
  
  

  'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight

  B. Ruby Rich
  Aug 5, 2011

  Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.

  
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  'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight

  B. Ruby Rich
  Aug 5, 2011

  Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.

  
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  'Between Two Worlds' Places Politics of Speech in Spotlight

  B. Ruby Rich
  Aug 5, 2011

  Filmmakers take personal approach to Jewish cultural debates.

  
• July 26, 2011
  
  

  SFJFF Opens in Berkeley

  Aug 1, 2011

  The 31st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, world's largest showcase of Jewish films, continues this week, opening at Berkeley's Roda Theatre on Saturday with a screening of historical drama 'Sarah's Key' starring Kristin Scott Thomas. The festival screens at a number of Bay Area venues. More info at sfjff.org.

  
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  Ben Berkowitz Offers Sound Advice

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 25, 2011

  Filmmaker talks about Chicago, identity, music and the making of ‘Polish Bar.’

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Ben Berkowitz Offers Sound Advice

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 25, 2011

  Filmmaker talks about Chicago, identity, music and the making of ‘Polish Bar.’

  
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  Ben Berkowitz Offers Sound Advice

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 25, 2011

  Filmmaker talks about Chicago, identity, music and the making of ‘Polish Bar.’

  
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  Ben Berkowitz Offers Sound Advice

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 25, 2011

  Filmmaker talks about Chicago, identity, music and the making of ‘Polish Bar.’

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Ben Berkowitz Offers Sound Advice

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 25, 2011

  Filmmaker talks about Chicago, identity, music and the making of ‘Polish Bar.’

  
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  Ben Berkowitz Offers Sound Advice

  Adam Hartzell
  Jul 25, 2011

  Filmmaker talks about Chicago, identity, music and the making of ‘Polish Bar.’

  
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  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
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  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
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  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
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  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
• July 28, 2011
  
  

  Voices Converge at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2011

  SFJFF covers broad geographic, political terrain.

  
• July 19, 2011
  
  

  San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Jul 21, 2011

  The 31st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the world's largest showcase of Jewish film, opens at the Castro Theatre on Thursday with Israeli drama 'Mabul' (The Flood, nominated for six of Israel's 'Oscars'), and runs through August 8 at a number of Bay Area venues. An Opening Night bash follows at the Swedish American Hall. More info sfjff.org.

  
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  Dutch Director's Obsession Leads to Bay Area

  Michael Fox
  Jun 15, 2011

  One film was not enough to quench Frans Weisz’s fascination with Nazi-era artist Charlotte Salomon.

  
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  Dutch Director's Obsession Leads to Bay Area

  Michael Fox
  Jun 15, 2011

  One film was not enough to quench Frans Weisz’s fascination with Nazi-era artist Charlotte Salomon.

  
• June 16, 2011
  
  

  Dutch Director's Obsession Leads to Bay Area

  Michael Fox
  Jun 15, 2011

  One film was not enough to quench Frans Weisz’s fascination with Nazi-era artist Charlotte Salomon.

  
• October 12, 2010
  
  

  Tough Guys: Images of Jewish Gangsters in Film

  Oct 17, 2010

  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival offer plenty to chew on in the series Tough Guys: Images of Jewish Gangsters in Film. Mervyn LeRoys’ ‘Little Caesar’ has Edward G. Robinson as an Italian gangster in a breakout performance. The series plays through the month of October. More at ybca.org.

  
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  SF Jewish Film Festival Lights 30 Candles

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2010

  The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival finds fans beyond its identity-based target audience with a wide array of international films and topics.

  
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  SF Jewish Film Festival Lights 30 Candles

  Michael Fox
  Jul 22, 2010

  The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival finds fans beyond its identity-based target audience with a wide array of international films and topics.

  
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  The 28th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Lynn Rapoport
  Jul 23, 2008

  The 60th birthday of Israel is recognized in the festival via a slew of films examining the country from various perspectives, films that fight over how to tell the story.

  
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  S.F. Jewish Film Festival's Stein and Fishman

  Michael Fox
  Jul 21, 2008

  Programmers for the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Peter Stein and Nancy Fishman, speak about never taking the path of least resistance.

  
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  In the ring with Jewish boxers at SFJFF

  Nancy Fishman
  Jul 19, 2007

  The List: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is showing five great films that showcase the moxie and smart fighting style of Jewish boxers, both old and new.

  
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  The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 19, 2007

  Savvy moviegoers outside the target demographic have learned to scout the niche fests' programs for films that premiered to raves at Berlin or Cannes.

  
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  Overview of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival

  Michael Fox
  Jul 20, 2006

  The sudden climate change in the Middle East has had a tone-altering effect on the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, where the war will be Topic A.