Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival

Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival Presenting films with Jewish themes from around the world to the Greater Phoenix Community.

Join the Greater Phoenix community for an unforgettable celebration of international films with Jewish themes at the 31th Annual Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival! 🎬✨ Mark your calendars: February 18 - March 7, 2027

🎬 From the people who brought us Bad Shabbos and Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm comes the new comedy INFLUENCE...
05/11/2026

🎬 From the people who brought us Bad Shabbos and Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm comes the new comedy INFLUENCED, starring Jill Kargman and an all-star cast — opening Friday, May 15, in Scottsdale exclusively at Harkins Shea 14.
🎟️ Watch the trailer + get tickets:
InfluencedMovie.commovie

02/27/2026

⭐️🎬 HOLA! CIAO
Israel 2025
Drama 85 minutes�Hebrew/ Spanish w/subtitles 🇮🇱🇦🇷🇭🇺
Director: Yohanan Weller

🎥🎞️ Screening:
�Sunday 3/1 7pm
Harkins Arrowhead 18 in Peoria

This heartwarming dramedy delivers laughs, a few tears, and a reminder of the ties that bind us. Marcello shares a crowded home with his wife, their adult children, a son-in-law, a grandchild, and a sharp tongued mother-in-law. When his estranged father and sister arrive for a three week visit after a decade apart, chaos, culture clashes, and unexpected connections follow.

02/27/2026

⭐️🎬 THE RING
Israel/Hungary
2024 Drama
110 minutes�Hebrew 🇮🇱 & Hungarian 🇭🇺 w/ subtitles
Directors: Adir Miller, Doron Paz & Yoav Paz

🎥🎞️ Screenings:
�Scottsdale - Sunday 3/1 7pm

Israel’s superstar Adir Miller (The Monkey House, The Matchmaker) delivers a captivating performance in this deeply personal comedy-drama, which he also wrote and directed. The Ring follows a religious, gambling-addicted father racing against time in Budapest with his estranged daughter, searching for a family heirloom—a ring his mother traded to a N**i during the Holocaust to save their lives. Balancing humor with heartbreak, the film explores the secrets, regrets, and love that shape three generations. As one review notes, it is “a heart-warming dramedy about three generations and the family history that reconnects them,” a poignant story of loss, discovery, and closure.

Preceded by the short film The Doll’s House in Chandler

⭐️🎬 THE DOLL’S HOUSE
UK 2023 14 minutes English Director: Tim Rogg
A simple dollhouse becomes the humorous flashpoint for an intergenerational Passover debate about continuity and inheritance.

🎟️ Tickets available at GPJFF.ORG

PhoenixEvents

02/27/2026

⭐️🎬 I HAD THE HEART
Tuve el Corazon
Argentina 🇦🇷
2024
Drama
107 minutes
Spanish w/ subtitles 🇭🇺
Directors: Hernán Findling & Oliver Kolker
🎥🎞️ Screenings:

Sunday 3/1 3pm
Harkins Arrowhead 18 in Peoria
Sunday 3/1 7pm
Harkins Arrowhead 18 in Peoria

In Argentina, Moti Cohen, a once-famous rock producer, gets one last shot at redemption and a return to former glory when a tango talent contest leads him to a gifted mechanic and singer. Together they chase a fresh start in this uplifting, music-filled story.

🎟️Go to www.GPJFF.org for tickets!!

02/27/2026

⭐️🎬 I HAD THE HEART
Tuve el Corazon
Argentina 🇦🇷
2024
Drama
107 minutes� w/ subtitles 🇭🇺
Directors: Hernán Findling & Oliver Kolker
🎥🎞️ Screenings:

Sunday 3/1 3pm
Harkins Arrowhead 18 in Peoria
Sunday 3/1 7pm
Harkins Arrowhead 18 in Peoria

In Argentina, Moti Cohen, a once-famous rock producer, gets one last shot at redemption and a return to former glory when a tango talent contest leads him to a gifted mechanic and singer. Together they chase a fresh start in this uplifting, music-filled story.

🎟️Go to www.GPJFF.org for tickets!!

JewishPhoenix

02/26/2026

⭐️🎬 SABOTAGE
Israel 🇮🇱
2022
Animated Documentary
65 minutes�English/Hebrew w/ subtitles
Director: Noa Aharoni�
🎥🎞️ Screening:
�Sunday 3/1 3pm, Chandler - Preceded by the short film Nakam

Speaker, Doris Lazarus, expert on Holocaust education, to both Chandler & Peoria Screenings

They were unsung heroes of Auschwitz. This powerful documentary tells the remarkable true story of four Jewish women who risked everything to sabotage the N**i war machine. In January 1945, they smuggled gunpowder to the Sonderkommandos, helping destroy one of the crematoria. Despite brutal torture, none betrayed their comrades, and all were publicly executed. Combining archival footage, survivor testimony, and animation, the film honors a monumental yet little-known act of female resistance during the Holocaust.

🎟️Go to www.GPJFF.org for tickets!!

02/26/2026

⭐️🎬 TATAMI🥋
Georgia/United States/Great Britain 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇪
2023
Drama
105 minutes�Black & White
English/Persian w/ subtitles
Directors: Zar Amir Ebrahimi & Guy Nattiv�
🎥🎞️ ONE Screening ONLY:

Sunday 3/1 3pm, Scottsdale Harkins Shea Followed by Q&A with Executive Producer *Ori Eisen

The first film ever co-directed by an Iranian and an Israeli. Tatami is a white-knuckle thriller that throws you onto the mat of the World Judo Championships. Watch as one woman faces an impossible choice: bow to a dictator’s demands to fake an injury, or fight for the gold and risk her family’s life. With her coach Maryam by her side, the tension ramps up with every match. Intense, relevant, and absolutely riveting, this groundbreaking collaboration proves art can bridge divides. Winner of the Brian Award at Venice, Best Actress at Tokyo, and the Palm Springs Young Cineastes Award, it is a gripping political drama that will have you cheering for freedom until the very end.

“Both a riveting story of an athlete trying to achieve gold for the first time and a truthful political thriller.” – AWFJ

🎟️Go to www.GPJFF.org for tickets!!

02/26/2026

⭐️🎬 THE HEARTBREAK KID 💔
United States 🇺🇸
1972
Comedy
100 minutes
English
Director: Elaine May�
🎥🎞️ Screening:

Sunday 3/1 11am, Scottsdale

A standout Charles Grodin classic, this sharp, fast, and wickedly funny comedy follows a newlywed who realizes on his honeymoon that he may have married the wrong woman—just as he becomes captivated by a beautiful young heiress played by Cybill Shepherd. Smart, bold, and laugh-out-loud for every generation, it’s a film that never loses its bite.

🎟️Go to www.GPJFF.org for tickets!!

✨🎥 Last night Doris Lazarus, expert on Holocaust education, spoke to rave reviews following the Peoria screening of Sabo...
02/25/2026

✨🎥 Last night Doris Lazarus, expert on Holocaust education, spoke to rave reviews following the Peoria screening of Sabotage. Everyone wanted more after the film… Doris shared her family history about one of the heroines in the film to a full house.

There’s 1️⃣ more chance to see Sabotage and to hear from Doris!
🗓️ Sunday 3/1 3pm, Chandler - Preceded by the short film Nakam

⭐️🎬 SABOTAGE
Israel 🇮🇱
2022
Animated Documentary
65 minutes
English/Hebrew w/ subtitles
Director: Noa Aharoni

They were unsung heroes of Auschwitz. This powerful documentary tells the remarkable true story of four Jewish women who risked everything to sabotage the N**i war machine. In January 1945, they smuggled gunpowder to the Sonderkommandos, helping destroy one of the crematoria. Despite brutal torture, none betrayed their comrades, and all were publicly executed. Combining archival footage, survivor testimony, and animation, the film honors a monumental yet little-known act of female resistance during the Holocaust.

🎟️Go to www.GPJFF.org for tickets!!

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