Atlanta Jewish Film Festival – Shorts Program 1 (2026)

Stages of Memory and Survival: From theatrical expression to personal testimony, collective memory collides with loss, reckoning, and resilience.

• The Stage Is Ours – A dazzling lineup of Broadway artists steps into the spotlight to salute the legacy of Jewish contributions to theater, an inspirational tribute that shimmers with pride and joy.
• Jewboy – An actor recreates a brutal antisemitic attack, exposing the emotional toll of prejudice while reclaiming his identity, in this gripping meditation on inherited trauma and resolve.
• No Witches in the Valley – In this Haifa Film Festival Best Animation winner, an ailing grandmother confronts fading memories of kibbutz childhood alienation as vivid images poignantly bridge her past and present.
• Dear Mom – After the October 7 attack, a young woman with special needs relocated to assisted living, copes with the ache of her mother’s kidnapping and a tender search for independence.