Events for the Week of: 15-21 February 2021, from Film category

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

Foreign Language Film Night Series will screen the following films for the general public in The Languages of SoCal mini-series. Each film will be followed by a discussion with a San Diego university/college faculty and a neighbor about cultural aspects of the film and their immigrant experiences. The discussion will last about 30 minutes and include a Q&A open to all participants.

Admission/Cost: FREE
All the films via Zoom from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Email creative director, Stacy Nyikos (), for the viewing links.

Films, dates and discussants:

Wednesday, February 17 -
Mosul - After his life is saved by a rogue Iraqi squadron, a young police officer joins them in their fight against ISIS in a decimated Mosul.
Shak Hanish, professor of political science at National University, and Ghadah Al Saadi, instructor of Iraqi/MSA at SDSU-LARC (who was born in Mosul).

Wednesday, March 3 -
1982 - During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, an 11-year-old boy tries to tell a classmate about his crush on her while their teachers try to hide their fear of the conflict.
Iman Bakour-Aziz, Levantine, MSA instructor at SDSU-LARC, and Maha Gebara-Lamb, biostatistician and instructor at MiraCosta College and member of AMEMSA+ (Arab, Middle Eastern, Moslem, South Asian, plus group).

Wednesday, March 24 -
Miriam Miente (Mirium Lies) - Miriam doesn't know how to explain to her family that the boyfriend she met online is black.
Cristian Aquino-Sterling, associate dean of diversity and international affairs SDSU College of Education, and Patricia McGregor, theater director, playwright and performer in San Diego, currently working on a piece at UCSD.

Wednesday, April 7 -
Love is War - In this Nigerian comedy, sparks fly as a husband and wife both win the nominations as the candidates of the two major parties in an upcoming gubernatorial election. Will their marriage survive this unprecedented event?
Niyi Coker, director of the School of Theater, Television, and Film at SDSU, and Ihuoma Nwaogwugwu, competency engineer for 3D printing at HP, and lead actor Richard Mofe-Damijo.

April 28 -
Innocence Based on a real-life story, this South Korean film focuses on Ahn Jung-in (Shin Hye-sun), a lawyer who decides to defend her mother after she is wrongly accused of killing someone at her husband's funeral.
Insook Kang, Korean instructor at SDSU, and Jimi Kim, South Korean film expert and lecturer.


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The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for member, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The WorldBeat Cultural Center will present 3 online screenings in honor of Black History Month.

• American Skin: A war veteran seeks justice when police kill his unarmed son during a routine traffic stop.

• Marshall: Starring Chadwick Boseman as Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, and focuses on one of the first cases of his career, the State of Connecticut v. Joseph Spell.

• The Tuskegee Airmen: A 1995 HBO television movie based on the exploits of an actual groundbreaking unit, the first African-American combat pilots in the United States Army Air Corps, that fought in World War II.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: https://events.worldbeatcenter.org/event/the-tuskegee-airmen-screening/

Film dates:
Friday, February 12 - 7:00 PM (American Skin)
Friday, February 19 - 7:00 PM (Marshall)
Friday, February 26 - 7:00 PM (Tuskekee Airman)


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The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

The 31st Annual San Diego International Jewish Film Festival returns to with a wide range of films including, documentaries, narrative feature films, comdedies, biographies, historical films and films about current affairs and issues as well a special online presentations and events. Please note that Limited-Time Screenings have specific dates of availability and a shorter time to view. All other films, with the exception of Private Screenings, are On-Demand throughout the duration of the festival

Admission/Cost: $12 for memeber, $15 for general public.

Location:
Online streaming event
For a complete list of films and viewing instructions, please visit HERE

Dates and times:
February 11 to February 21

This documentary recounts the stories of Jewish people who were able to escape Nazi-controlled Vienna in the mid-20th century and find refuge in Shanghai, thanks to a diplomat. Commentary will be provided by producers René Balcer & Carolyn Hsu-Balcer.

Presented by the Jewish Studies Department, SDSU

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: https://sdsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpf-GpqzMuGN3HqubMn-ONa6Qw3rJyDdFw

Sunday, February 21 - 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM


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