Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival

Celebrating the richness and diversity of the Jewish world through the magical lens of multimedia.

Admission to all 2024 SCJFF films and events is free to the pubic with donations gratefully requested.

Festival Schedule:

6:15 pm: BIRTH OF A CONFLICT, Episode 1   

From Israeli public television this 3-part series explores the complex history of the Middle East from the Ottoman Empire to the present day and reveals newly declassified documents from British diplomatic files. A must-see for anyone wishing to understand the origins of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

followed at 7:15 pm by

SHOSHANA

Based on real people and events, SHOSHANA tells the story of the cross-cultural love affair between a ranking officer of the British Palestine Police Force and a young Jewish woman in the Haganah, one of the armed groups fighting for an. independent Jewish State of Israel. The film gives a glimpse into the many conflicts in pre-state Israel when the Haganah, the Urgun, and the Stern Gang competed with each other while fighting both Arabs and the British for a Jewish state. The film explores the way extremism and violence push people apart, forcing them to choose sides.