NYJFF 2026 Shorts Program
New York Jewish Film Festival 2026
January 14 - 28
This program includes Laetitia Clareton’s The Suitcase, Tomi Joelah Drucker’s Blood Ties, Jonas Lajboschitz’s Parents, Peter Decherney’s The Cave Synagogue, Yael Bridge’s The Last Jews of Guantanamo, and Shari Albert’s Double Happiness.
The Suitcase
Laetitia Clareton, 2024, Canada, 5m
French with English subtitles
U.S. Premiere
A French filmmaker uses family photos and archival images to send a message to her long-deceased grandmother in an attempt to establish her own path toward healing.
Blood Ties
Tomi Joelah Drucker, 2025, Israel, 13m
Hebrew with English subtitles
New York Premiere
Blood Ties
Two teenage sisters must come to terms with their grief after the death of their mother, while at the same time seeing and understanding one another for the first time, in this delicate tale of mourning.
Parents
Jonas Lajboschitz, 2024, Denmark, 18m
Danish with English subtitles
U.S. Premiere
The scars of the past haunt an unsettled present in this emotional drama about a Jewish man in Stockholm who reconnects with an ex-girlfriend on her wedding day and summons up a tragic memory.
The Cave Synagogue
Peter Decherney, 2024, U.S./Uganda, 8m
Luganda and English with English subtitles
New York Premiere
The Cave Synagogue
The Ugandan Jewish elder J.J. Keki, whose father was among the first generation of Ugandans who converted to Judaism in the early 20th century, makes a pilgrimage with his sons to the secret synagogue where Jews prayed during Idi Amin’s reign.
The Last Jews of Guantanamo
Yael Bridge, 2024, U.S., 13m
Spanish with English subtitles
New York Premiere
The Last Jews of Guantanamo
In this precious and intimate portrait of sacred ritual, two octogenarian women prepare for and celebrate their Bat Mitzvahs in Guantanamo, Cuba, where only around 50 people (out of 200,000) are Jewish.
Double Happiness
Shari Albert, 2025, U.S., 16m
Double Happiness
In this moving, comic-tinged romantic drama revolving around family and food and set during the Christmas holidays, a surprising bond forms between a Jewish widow and a Chinese American restaurateur, both seeking connection after losing loved ones.
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