Boston Jewish Film 360
2024 Summer Screenings
Boston Jewish Film Summer Screenings return with in-person screenings of a Festival favorite and new Jewish films at The Vilna Shul on July 18th and August 22nd and at Coolidge Corner Theatre on July 24th and July 31st.
Join us for the BJF Summer Screenings, a curated film series that includes in-person guests and unique talk-backs!
2024 BJF Summer Series Schedule
All screenings are in person.
- The City – July 18, 6:30 PM, at The Vilna Shul, Boston. $25 per ticket. Includes dinner.
- Between the Temples – July 24, 7:00 PM, at Coolidge Corner Theatre. $16 per ticket.
- This World is Not My Own – July 31, 7:00 PM, at Coolidge Corner Theatre. $16 per ticket.
- Shalom Bollywood – August 22, 6:30 PM, at The Vilna Shul, Boston. $25 per ticket. Refreshments will be served.
THE CITY
Thursday, July 18, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Screening at the Vilna Shul, Boston
Boston Premiere
Tickets: $25.00 (includes dinner)
Making its Boston premiere, this dazzling Israeli musical took Israel by storm and smashed box office records.
Brace yourself for pop music rhythms, neo-noir intrigue, and the heart-pounding thrill of detective cinema. The plot focuses on the character of Joe, a cynical and bitter detective working in a corrupt, decaying city. One stormy night, a young woman named Sarah Bennett comes to Joe’s office and tells him about her sister’s mysterious disappearance. Joe decides to take the case, a decision that could cost him his life.
This exciting evening begins with a falafel dinner and time to shmooze and concludes with a talk-back.
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This event is in partnership with The Vilna Shul Boston.
BETWEEN THE TEMPLES
Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 7:00 PM
Screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
Boston Premiere
Tickets: On Sale July 8, 2024
Ben (Jason Schwartzman), a young widower reeling from the sudden death of his wife, lives at home with his meddling mothers, who not-so-subtly push him to start dipping a toe back into the dating scene. As a cantor at the local synagogue, a sense of purpose and unexpected connection suddenly shows up in the form of Carla (Carol Kane), his septuagenarian elementary school music teacher who yearns to become a bat mitzvah. While he initially balks at the idea, Carla’s off-kilter yet refreshing takes on the world prove to be the shake-up he needs to start participating in his own life. Their work studying Torah morphs into a friendship that bleeds into the personal as they find surprising solace in each other’s presence.
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY OWN
Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 7:00 PM
Screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
Boston Premiere
Tickets: On Sale July 8, 2024
Beginning with her birthday, July 4, 1900, artist Nellie Mae Rowe’s life spanned the 20th century. Nellie made art in obscurity for most of her life, propelled by a force she viewed as a God-given gift. As the daughter of a sharecropper and formerly enslaved person, she made art from whatever she could find. As an adult, she transformed her home into her “Playhouse,” an imaginative oasis filled with vibrant drawings, handmade sculptures and dolls, and collected objects. Six years before her death, Jewish gallerist Judith Alexander “discovered” and introduced her work to the art world.
SHALOM BOLLYWOOD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF INDIAN CINEMA
Thursday, August 22, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Screening at The Vilna Shul
Tickets: $25.00 (includes dinner)
A celebration of the all-singing, all-dancing history of the world’s largest film industry.
Shalom Bollywood (BJFF 2018) reveals the unlikely story of the 2000-year-old Indian Jewish community and its formative role in shaping Bombay Cinema, now known as Bollywood. At the advent of the Indian cinema industry, it was taboo for Hindu and Islamic women to perform on-screen. With access to rare archival footage, this documentary tells its extraordinary tale through the lives of Indian cinema’s Jewish women who took upon the female lead roles and were at the heart of Bollywood from the turn of the 20th century to the present day.
This exciting evening begins with an Indian dinner and time to shmooze and concludes with a talk-back.
Click HERE to Purchase Tickets
This event is in partnership with The Vilna Shul Boston.
Wondering What Else to Watch this Summer?
CLICK HERE for a list of Jewish films now available on VOD.
