PJFM’s annual spring film and media series returns for its 10th season April 4-7, 2024.
PJFM’s annual spring series is back for its 10th year! Lindy Springfest 2024 will screen in person at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (including a special film screening at The Towers at Wyncote, Club House, 8440 Limekiln Pike, Wyncote) from April 4-7. Lindy SpringFest Badges are now on sale for a limited price until midnight on Tuesday, March 19, the same day tickets go on sale for the full series.

OPENING NIGHT

  • THE SHADOW OF THE DAY (Narrative Feature | Italy)
    Set in late 1930s Italy, this gripping romantic thriller follows a disabled WWI veteran whose growing feelings for his enigmatic new restaurant worker forces him to reevaluate his pro-fascist ideologies.

CLOSING NIGHT

  • NO NAME RESTAURANT (Narrative Feature | Germany)
    Cultures clash and an unexpected friendship is born when an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn becomes stranded in the Sinai desert with a short-tempered Bedouin man in this delightfully absurdist road trip comedy.

FEATURE FILMS

  • FOUR FILMS AND A MUSEUM
    The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is examined in four short films that offer unique perspectives on the rich history of the institution, from its founding in the 1930s to its incredibly vast display of artworks and more.  

    • A TALE BEGINNING IN THREE ROOMS (Doc Short | Israel)
      Made up entirely of archival materials, this meticulous short expands on the founding and early years of the museum under Dr. Karl Schwarz, the first director of the institution.
    • THE FOYER (Doc Short | Israel)
      The grand foyer of the museum is not just an entrance but a room of extraordinary artworks, historical imprints each with a story of their own.
    • NOTHING EXCEPT 34 PAINTINGS (Doc Short | Israel)
      The story behind acclaimed art collector Peggy Guggenheim’s massive contribution to the museum in 1955 is retold, including her exceptional relationship with the director at the time, Eugene Kolb.
    • THE MUSEUM PLAZA (Doc Short | Israel)
      Since the museum’s founding, the outside plaza of the institution has become an area for both celebration and dissent, a place for protests, artistic shows, and demonstrations.
  • SAVOY (Docudrama Feature | Israel)
    Fast-paced, stylish, and positively engrossing, this hybrid documentary recounts the true story of the 1975 Savoy Hotel attack in Tel Aviv and Koacha Levy, a hostage whose fluency in Arabic made her prime mediator between the terrorists and IDF negotiators.

JEWISH SHORTS

  • THE CHOSEN ONE (Narrative Short | USA)
    A Hasidic man experiences a nightmarish transformation over the course of one night after shaving off his beard and sidelocks.
  • HALF (Narrative Short | USA)
    After a chance encounter with a handsome stranger wearing a Star of David necklace, a half-Jewish, bisexual man decides to come out to his girlfriend, shaking the foundation of their relationship in this New York comedy.
  • KISSING THE WALL (Narrative Short | Israel)
    On an intimate drive after a night out, two strangers stretch the boundaries of their desires after a shocking confession is made.
  • THE PEACOCK THAT PASSED OVER (Doc Short | UK)
    A peacock settles in the grounds of a synagogue in Leeds, England, prompting responses from its diverse Yorkshire residents.
  • PERIPHERY (Doc Short | Canada)
    Multiracial and multiethnic Jews from the Toronto community are interviewed about their lives in this evocative film that invites viewers to embrace the richness of Jewish identity.

SPECIAL EVENTS

  • WINNER’S SHORTS: A Collection of Films by the Late Yahav Winner
    Yahav Winner was just 36 years old when he was murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 in his kibbutz home in Kfar Aza. The actor and director died protecting his wife and newborn child, blocking his bedroom window and allowing his family to escape. Together with Go2Films, PJFM honors the legacy of this visual talent whose films beautifully captured the small yet unforgettable moments of everyday life.

    • DEEP BREATHS (Narrative Short | Israel)
      Winner stars alongside his wife, Shaylee Atary, in this hypnotic short about a young widow under distress who meets the ghost of her husband.
    • FAITH (Narrative Short | Israel)
      A Sudanese man living in Tel Aviv spends the day with his daughter who wishes for him to make up her mother.
    • INDIAN GRAVE (Narrative Short | Israel)
      Winner stars as a psychologically distressed man who, with the assistance of his father, performs an Indian burial ceremony at the beach in the hopes of being “reborn.”
    • THE BOY (Narrative Short | Israel)
      Yahav’s final film follows a father and son living on a kibbutz bordering Gaza where constant rocket fire threatens the son’s mental state.