2026 FESTIVAL FILMS
Filmed in Jerusalem, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax , this insightful documentary offers a unique exploration of the cultural, religious, and personal significance of hair covering among Jewish women within Orthodox and Hasidic communities.
In the 1960s, Victor, a young Jewish Austrian businessman, witnesses how the prosecution of a Nazi crime perpetrated against his family unjustly fails in the courtroom. He loses faith in the system and pursues matters via a different path.
The ever-dignified Martha Liebermann has enjoyed a life of comfort as the wife of renowned German impressionist Max Liebermann. In 1943, under Nazi threat and burdened by her years, she faces a harrowing choice: abandon her beloved home or risk deportation.
Set in the in the late 1970s, this intriguing drama follows Esther, an American woman, who is given a mysterious letter upon her mother’s death that sends her out on a journey to Israel in search of her family's origins. Piece by piece, she unlocks a family secret about her family’s past.