Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival

🎬 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.com @influenced.movie @menemshafilms #JewishFilm #PhoenixJewishFilmFestival #GPJFF #JewishComedy #ScottsdaleEvents

⭐️🎬 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. #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #mishpucha #JewishPhoenix

⭐️🎬 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 Nazi 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 #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #JewishPhoenix PhoenixEvents

⭐️🎬 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 for tickets!! #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #mishpucha #JewishPhoenix

⭐️🎬 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 for tickets!! #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #mishpucha JewishPhoenix

⭐️🎬 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 Nazi 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 for tickets!! #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #JewishPhoenix #neveragain

⭐️🎬 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 for tickets!! #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #JewishPhoenix

Less than 24 hours in Phoenix and NOSE buts about it, we had a blast!! @conosesfilm Writer/Producer/Actor @laurenschaffel111 attended the Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival last night to sold out audiences at two theaters @harkinstheatres Shea! Over 400 folks turned out to the Shorts Program L’Chaim to Life and Laughter! Lauren participated in a Q&A following the block moderated by Chair of the Shorts Program Richard Quen! Shoutout to @arifrenkel @sorryarishow for his film The Jews in the same block (love screening with friends!) and thank you to friends, family, and audience members for coming out!! #CatalogueofNoses #short #greaterphoenixjewishfilmfestival #musicalcomedy #womeninfilm

⭐️🎬 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 for tickets!! #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #JewishPhoenix #americanclassic

✨🎥 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 Nazi 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 for tickets!! #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #JewishPhoenix #neveragain

⭐️👑✡️🌿⚛️ The ladies of @hadassahorg joined us yesterday for a 🎬 screening & discussion of Labors of Love: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Szold. Virginie Polster @vpolster Co-Executive Director, poses with Abby Ginzberg @rm8744517 award-winning director, and Marcia Gabrilove Ladin @margab258 member of Hadassah National Board. 📣📣📣 There’s 1️⃣ more chance to see this film! Tomorrow: 🗓️ Thursday 2/26 3 pm at Harkins Chandler Fashion. ⭐️🎬 LABORS OF LOVE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF HENRIETTA SZOLD United States 🇺🇸 2025 Documentary 79 minutes English Director: Abby Ginzberg You know the name, now meet the woman who changed history. This “inspiring biography” uncovers the “breathtaking scope” of a woman who broke barriers throughout her life, rescued 11,000 children from the Holocaust while in her 70s, in addition to being the driving force behind the establishment and success of Hadassah. Peabody Award-winning director Abby Ginzberg delivers an “intimate portrait” of this “force of nature”, tracing her journey from establishing the first night schools for immigrants to building a modern healthcare system that mandates equal care for Jews and Arabs and a network of youth villages that still serve at-risk youth from around the world. Another GPJFF screener favorite, scoring 98% in our committees. 🎥🎞️ Final Screening: Thursday 2/26 3pm, Chandler - preceded by the short film *Our Neighbor’s Ass & followed by with Q&A with Marcia Gabrilove Ladin 🎟️Go to for tickets!! Marcia Gabrilove Ladin is a member of the Hadassah National Board, and a Hadassah representative to the Young Judaea Global Board. They split their time between Rochester NY and Scottsdale. Abby Ginzberg is a Peabody Award-Winning Director, who has been producing compelling documentaries about race and social justice for over 35 years.

💃🌹 We tangoed the night away in☀️ Scottsdale last night!!Muchos Gracias & תודה רבה to Maxi Lerrea’s Tango Guitar Project @tango_guitar_project_ Y’all have TWO MORE CHANCES to see ⭐️🎬 I HAD THE HEART Tuve el Corazon Argentina 🇦🇷 2024 Drama 107 minutes
Spanish w/ subtitles 🇭🇺 Directors: Hernán Findling & Oliver Kolker
 🎥🎞️ Final Festival Screenings: 
 Sunday  3/1  3pm Harkins Arrowhead 18 in Peoria 
Sunday  3/1  7pm  Harkins Chandler Fashion 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 for tickets!! #2026GPJFF #gpjff #JewishFilmFestival #JewishPhoenix