Sixty and the City

Introduction by Amir Tal, son of Nili Tal

Known for a decades-spanning career in newspaper and television journalism, film distribution, and nonfiction filmmaking, Nili Tal died in March 2024. One of her best-loved works is this delightful and humorous personal documentary, in which she traces her own mission to find new romance as a sixtysomething divorcée with grandchildren. It’s a defiant, revealing journey of self-discovery that takes Tal from her home country of Israel to across Europe and the far reaches of the internet dating world. Unabashed in her interest in dating younger men, Tal cuts a brash and entertaining figure on-screen. Sixty and the City is the rare film to consider middle-aged female sexuality, as Tal bravely centers her discussions around physicality and desire. The New York Jewish Film Festival presents this retrospective screening in tribute to its late veteran director, who was a frequent and beloved guest at NYJFF.