The 27th Annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival - We Met at Grossinger's, Lost in Territories & Tell M

WE MET AT GROSSINGER'S

Country: USA
Year: 2026
Director: Paula Eiselt
Run Time: 104 minutes
Language(s): English

Grossinger's Resort was the most talked about destination in the Jewish Catskills -- once known as the Borscht Belt --where Jewish families could vacation, escaping rising antisemitism in the mid-1900s. Paula Eiselt's charming documentary unearths decades of Grossinger's history, reframing its legacy as not only a pop culture hotspot, but also a trailblazing feminist enterprise and a haven for Jewish-American identity and acceptance.

Official Selection, DOC NYC, 2025

LOST IN TERRITORIES

Country: Israel, France
Year: 2026
Director: Nadav Shlomo Giladi
Run Time: 108 minutes
Language(s): Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles

NEW JERSEY PREMIERE

If you thought getting along with your neighbors was hard, try living in the West Bank. Told through a series of five interconnected short stories, Lost in Territories finds humor in the contentious dynamics between Israelis and Palestinians. From misbegotten sweethearts to soldiers and checkpoints, each story finds characters caught in absurd situations that reveal there is more that connects us than separates us. Featuring a talented ensemble of actors from hit shows like Fauda and Shtisel, this audacious anthology film is a reflective look at coexistence amid chaos.

TELL ME EVERYTHING

Country: Israel, France
Year: 2026
Director: Moshe Rosenthal
Run Time: 109 minutes
Language(s): Hebrew with English subtitles

NEW JERSEY PREMIERE

Set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, this father-son drama follows Boaz, a soon-to-be Bar Mitzvah boy, who discovers a shocking secret that threatens to tear his family apart. A standout selection from this year's Sundance Film Festival, Tell Me Everything is a heartfelt drama from breakout Israeli filmmaker Moshe Rosenthal.

Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival, 2026

Winner, 10 Israeli Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, 2026

Tuesday, November 10, 7:30 p.m. Director Moshe Rosenthal Invited

Presented by: The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life with support from The Karma Foundation