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20% off Jewish Film Fest at the Roxie this weekend!

Exclusive for our readers: Dive into a bold, fresh screening at the Mission's fantastic cinema, July 25-27.

Are you looking for bold, fresh, independent films that you can’t stream at home? From July 25–27, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival returns to the historic Roxie Theater for a Next Wave lineup of innovative and provocative films and events that push the envelope and celebrate contemporary independent filmmaking in all its forms. 

48 Hills readers can use the code ROXIE45 at check-out for 20% off the SFJFF Next Wave Package or to save on individual tickets to all screenings at the Roxie. Visit sfjff.org/48hills to book now!

Festival highlights at the Roxie, many with special guests in the house, include:

An Evening with Tommy Dorfman: Author, actor, and filmmaker Tommy Dorfman joins Bay Area literary icon Laura Albert for a reading from her new book Maybe This Will Save Me: A Memoir of Art, Addiction and Transformation.

Local Spotlight – The Feeling Remains: A Marin-born filmmaker unravels decades of family secrets and distorted memories, confronting the painful truths of a violent past in a compassionate search for understanding.

Pilot Premiere and Table Read – Bulldozer: An under-medicated, chronically impassioned young woman lurches from crisis to crisis—of her own making.

World Premiere – Lost Cause: A film about an allegorical musical about a Yom Kippur service that goes off the rails and transforms into an attempted community therapy session.

There Was Nothing Here Before: A Swiss filmmaker, the descendant of Palestinian migrants, travels to the West Bank to make sense of the breakup with a Jewish childhood friend who became a settler.

Marke B.
Marke B.
Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

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