Jewish Film Festival

Bella! This Womans Place is in the House

Tuesday, October 15   1 & 7pm

As Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi lead the nation, they travel a path blazed by several women before them, notably Bella Abzug. In 1970, when the United States was ruled by men, Bella challenged the status quo, running a successful campaign from the streets of Manhattan that elevated her all the way to the halls of Congress. With her trademark hat and Bronx swagger, Bella entered Congress swinging, battling for credit cards for women, equality for the LGBTQ community and trailblazing a path for leadership that reflected the broad diversity of the country…MORE INFO

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow

Wednesday, October 16   7pm (Subtitled)

With evacuees from Side 7 onboard, the White Base crosses the Pacific Ocean and heads west towards the continent of Eurasia. Amidst that journey filled with battle, Amuro has a fight with Bright and runs away, suffering from the deaths of Matilda, who he had feelings for, and Ryu, who was like a big brother to him…MORE INFO

TOM PETTY: HEARTBREAKERS BEACH PARTY

Thursday, October 17 7pm
Sunday, October 20 3pm

In 2024, the long-thought lost 16mm reels of Tom Petty in Cameron Crowe’s first film, “Heartbreakers Beach Party”, were finally found. The classic ‘80s documentary captures Tom Petty and the band in 1982-1983 as they finish, promote, and tour around the “Long After Dark” album…MORE INFO

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

Wednesday, October 23   7pm (Subtitled)

Having officially been inducted into the Federation Forces as the 13th Independent Unit, the White Base enters the neutral colony Side 6 to serve as a decoy. There Amuro reunites with his father Tem, and meets a mysterious girl named Lalah Sune. Lalah turns out to be a pilot for the Zeon Forces’ Newtype unit under Char’s command. The chance encounter between Amuro and Lalah leads the pair to tragedy…MORE INFO

We Live In Time

Starts Friday, October 25

Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley’s decade-spanning, deeply moving romance…MORE INFO

Conclave

Starts Friday, October 25

Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets which could shake the foundations of the Church…MORE INFO

Venom: The last Dance

Starts Friday, October 25

In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance…MORE INFO

Werewolf Serenade

Wednesday, October 30 7pm

Werewolf Serenade is a campy, low-budget indie dramedy about a middle-aged couple navigating the humorous challenges of transforming into a werewolf. When the Chair of the Parapsychology Department at the Freestone School of the Arts goes missing, burnt-out film professor Peter MacTire is asked to step in and complete his generously endowed research project. With the school’s fate on the line, MacTire accepts, not knowing the task will bring him face-to-face with an evil occultist and transform his life…MORE INFO

Anora

Starts Friday, November 8

Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled…MORE INFO

Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis

Sunday, November 3   7pm (Subtitled)
Monday, November 4   7pm (Dubbed)
Wednesday, November 6   7pm (Subtitled)

Set in the future, Metropolis is a grand city-state populated by humans and robots, the cohabitants of a strictly segmented society. Detective Shunsaku Ban and his sidekick Ken-ichi search for a rebel scientist, to arrest him and seize his latest creation, Tima, a beautiful young girl. But when they locate him, Shunsaku quickly realizes that the eccentric genius is protected by a powerful man and beyond their reach…MORE INFO

1-800-ON-HER-OWN

Thursday, November 14 7pm
Thursday, January 16 7pm

1-800-ON-HER-OWN follows groundbreaking indie musician/feminist Ani DiFranco, founder of the first “woman-run non-corporate queer-happy” label, Righteous Babe Records, on a wild road trip from her punk-folk past to her life today as an activist and rock star. Throughout, Ani remains resolutely true to herself, no matter the cost…MORE INFO

Jewish Film Festival

The Road to Eilat

Tuesday, November 19   1 & 7pm

Albert, an aging war veteran, brilliantly played by Shmuel Vilozni, makes a drunken bet: he will drive his beat up tractor (top speed: 35km/hour… downhill) the length of Israel to Eilat, in one week. Ben, his grumpy, unemployed son, is obligated to join him. Their funny and bittersweet journey towards forgiveness and understanding takes them on a road trip from their kibbutz through Israel’s neglected backyard, meeting others along the way who also strive for a better life.

Wicked

Starts Friday, November 22

Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart…MORE INFO

Gladiator II

Starts Friday, November 22

Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people…MORE INFO

Moana 2

Starts Wednesday, November 27

“Moana 2” takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced…MORE INFO

Sweetheart Deal

Tuesday, December 10 7pm

When the dangers of the streets close in on a group of sex workers battling addiction, they find refuge in the roadside motorhome of a self-styled savior with a mysterious past. But just as they begin to rebuild their lives, a shocking betrayal comes to light that will change them all. Rather than fall victim to another cruel injustice, they discover the strength to stand up for themselves and for each other…MORE INFO

BABYMETAL Legend—43 The Movie

Wednesday, December 11   7pm

Anime Expo Cinema Nights Presents a special concert film of the band BABYMETAL with their worldwide tour Legend-43. In April 2023, SU-METAL (Vocal, Dance), MOAMETAL (Scream, Dance), and MOMOMETAL (Scream, Dance) entered a new stage as the newly born BABYMETAL. Since then, they have embarked on their largest world tour…MORE INFO

Fiddler On The Roof Sing-A-Long

Presented in conjunction with

Sunday, December 15 • 1pm

Originally based on Sholem Aleichem’s short story “Tevye and His Daughters,” Norman Jewison’s adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is set in a Russian village at the beginning of the twentieth century. Israeli actor Topol repeats his legendary London stage performance as Tevye the milkman…MORE INFO

Presented by Santa Rosa Symphony and Rialto Cinemas

The Magnificent Seven

Monday, December 16   6:30pm

Q&A with Maestro Francesco Lecce-Chong and SR Symphony President Andrew Bradford following the film

Academy Award® Winner Yul Brynner stars in The Magnificen Seven, the landmark Western that launched the film careers of Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn. Tired of being ravaged by an army of marauding bandits, the residents of a small Mexican village seek help from seven American gunfighters. The only problem? It’s seven against 50…MORE INFO

Jewish Film Festival

The Klezmer Project

Tuesday, December 17   1 & 7pm

Argentinian cameraman Leandro makes a living from filming Jewish weddings. At one of his jobs, he falls in love with Paloma, the clarinetist of the wedding band. To seduce her he pretends to be shooting a documentary film about Klezmer, the traditional Yiddish folk music. What Leandro does not know is that his “fake” film project will take him on an unscripted journey throughout Eastern Europe in search of the last remaining Klezmer melodies.

Paprika

Wednesday, January 8   7pm (Subtitled)
Thursday, January 9   7pm (Dubbed)
Sunday, January 12   7pm (Subtitled)

Anime Expo Cinema Nights presents the last film ever made by visionary director Satoshi Kon with his mind-bending thriller PAPRIKA. When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patients’ dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist, Paprika, can stop it…MORE INFO

Cowboy Bebop The Movie

Wednesday, February 5   7pm (Subtitled)
Thursday, February 6   7pm (Dubbed)
Sunday, February 9   7pm (Subtitled)

Caught up in a world of dreams, lost in the cruelty of reality. What should have been an easy bounty turns into biological war after a terrorist gets hold of a deadly virus. Drawn in by the pretty price on the mastermind’s head, Spike and the Bebop crew are ready to collect a much-needed reward…MORE INFO

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack

Wednesday, March 12   7pm (Dubbed)
Thursday, March 13   7pm (Subtitled)
Sunday, March 16   7pm (Dubbed)

Universal Century 0093. The previously missing Char Aznable has revived Neo Zeon and declared war against the Earth Federation government. The Londo Bell unit commanded by Bright Noa is forced to fight alone and unaided against the Neo Zeon forces, which have begun dropping asteroids onto the Earth…MORE INFO