Butterfly:
Butterfly is an animated short film that chronicles the life of Alfred Nakache, a Jewish French Olympic swimmer. From his childhood and rise as a butterfly-stroke champion to the horrors of Auschwitz, where he lost his wife and child, the film follows Nakache’s remarkable survival and return to the pool. Nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2026 Academy Awards and a César, Butterfly is a moving portrait of resilience and triumph.
Double Happiness:
Double Happiness is a romantic dramedy that begins where most love stories end—with a shiva. For forty years, Lillian Zelman, a 75-year-old Jewish spitfire, and Richard Wang, a stoic Chinese-American restaurateur, have crossed paths every Christmas (as it is written in the Talmud, of course). When they reconnect after the death of Lillian’s husband, shared grief turns into companionship—and perhaps, unexpectedly, into love.
Half a Date:
Tzvi, an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva student, arrives at a military recruitment office expecting to receive a routine deferral from service. Instead, he becomes entangled in a bureaucratic mix-up that threatens his status at the yeshiva. Assigned to process his paperwork is Carmel, a soldier his own age. Alone together in the office, they form an unlikely connection over the newspaper’s daily crossword puzzle, which they begin solving together. For a brief moment, they glimpse the possibility that in another life they might have been the closest of friends—perhaps even something more.
The Last Jews of Guantanamo:
The Last Jews of Guantanamo explores a tiny, resilient Jewish community of roughly 50 people in Guantanamo, Cuba. The film follows two octogenarian women, Fortuna and Lidia, as they prepare for their Bat Mitzvah while navigating daily life—from shopping to candle lighting. Against the backdrop of a small and often isolated community, it celebrates their efforts to sustain faith, tradition, and connection across generations.
Tattooed4Life:
Liraz, a survivor of the Nova Music Festival massacre, transforms her tattoo needle into an instrument of remembrance. Her mission: to immortalize the 364 souls who perished that day. Through fractal tattoos, she weaves their stories of loss, fear, faith, love, and hope into the very fabric of skin. Each inked line becomes a thread of healing, stitching together the trauma left by October 7. The film captures the transformative power of art, as Liraz’s creations serve as both memorials and symbols of resilience—a living testament to the human spirit, seeking connection, solace, and redemption through creativity.
