The Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival is an important component of Tapestry: Arts & Ideas from the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and is made possible by Marcus Theatre Department of the Marcus Corporation, the Shel and Danni Gendelman Endowment Fund, and the Sylvia and Robert Seinfeld Jewish Film Festival Endowment Fund.

For thousands of years, Jewish communities have shared wisdom, values, and experiences. Each fall, the JCC presents the Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival with in-person screenings at the Marcus North Shore Cinema and streaming options available for at home viewing.

Curated Festival

Our dedicated Film Festival committee works for many months viewing and discussing potential films. The committee then curates a diverse festival that showcases Jewish stories from across the globe, balancing time periods, locations, and topics. The committee only selects films that are not yet available via streaming in the United States.

International Stories

Our committee selects stories from throughout the world – Israeli stories, European stories, American stories, and all around the globe.

All films are presented with English captioning if English is not the primary language spoken in the dialogue.

Hybrid Viewing Options

While most of our festival-goers enjoy attending our in-person screenings at the Marcus North Shore Cinema, which provide an opportunity to engage with this content as a community, we also appreciate that most of our distributors are continuing to allow us to offer streaming options for those who need, or who prefer to watch the films at home.

Schedule 

Thursday, October 31, 2024

7pm  - Auction

91 minutes | France | 2024

André Masson, an auctioneer at Scottie’s, receives a letter from a lawyer claiming that a worker in the east French suburbs of Mulhouse owns a painting by Egon Schiele. André’s first reaction is to believe that it can only be a fake. He decides to make the trip to inspect it anyway and against all odds, the painting turns out to be a masterpiece gone missing in 1939. This could undoubtedly be the major turning point of his career, but after a brief investigation, he realizes that he has in his hands a looted work of art, with an opportunity to take an elevated path.

French with English Subtitles

Shown in cooperation with the Nathan & Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center (HERC).

Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival is presented by Tapestry: Arts & Ideas from the Harry & Rose Samson Family JCC

Tickets: $12

Buy Tickets

All films will also be available for streaming on Eventive November 4-10. $18 per household