JIFF

Name: JIFF
Address: 9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick, VIC, 3185, AU
Telephone: +61395247955

An annual film festival of the best Jewish-themed cinema from across the globe. JIFF is proud to build on the great tradition established by the JFFA.

JIFF is the home to the most comprehensive selection of Jewish-themed and Israeli films in Australia and New Zealand. The films premiere in our annual film festival presented only in cinemas across Australia. The Jewish Film Festival is one of the longest running film festivals in Australia, operating continuously for the last 30 years. Created by the Jewish Film Foundation of Australia (JFFA), th

e festival is considered a pioneer of ethnic film festivals in Australia, which now form a vital and colourful part of the country's national cultural landscape. Moving Story Entertainment (formerly Champion Pictures P/L) is dedicated to the distribution of a select number of these Israeli and Jewish-themed films across all media: theatrical, educational, TV and VOD. Select titles are available for purchase on our partner cinemas' At Home platform, and ChaiFlicks. We look forward to sharing our dynamic slate of films with you.

29/04/2026

In 1937, the N**i regime launched its war on modernity, branding artists like Picasso, Chagall, Van Gogh, and Matisse as “degenerate”. Their works were banned, destroyed, or mocked in grotesque exhibitions, while A***n ideals were glorified in state-sponsored shows.

Framed by a major new exhibition at the Musée Picasso in Paris, the new documentary HITLER'S BIG FEAR: THE TRIAL AGAINST DEGENERATE ART revisits this ideological assault through rare footage, suppressed artworks, and the voices of curators and survivors.

Screening across Australia for a limited time this weekend.

20/04/2026

Two full houses at Classic Cinema Elsternwick yesterday for the Victorian premiere and Q&A of THE HUNT FOR THE LAST N***S. Thanks again to the Australian Jewish News, SBS and Mint Pictures.

By popular demand, we've added encore screenings this Sunday, 3.30pm, at Classic Cinemas, Elsternwick, and the Ritz, Randwick. Please note, these screenings will not include a Q&A.

🎟 jiff.com.au/upcoming-films-and-screenings

13/04/2026

Yesterday's packed out screening of THE HUNT FOR THE LAST N***S in Sydney! Thank you to the Australian Jewish News, SBS and Mint Pictures for making this happen.

This Sunday, we'll be at Classic Cinema Elsternwick with director Dan Goldberg, producer Danny Ben-Moshe and Michael David KC for another screening and Q&A. 4pm session is sold out, 4.30pm is selling fast!

🎟 bit.ly/huntforthelastnazis-melbourne

21/03/2026

JIFF and Australian Jewish News present the premiere of THE HUNT FOR THE LAST N***S, including a post-film panel with director Dan Goldberg.

With exclusive access to never-seen-before government files and explosive video and audio recordings, THE HUNT FOR THE LAST N***S exposes the scandalous story of how thousands of alleged N**i war criminals hid in Australia after WWII and managed to evade justice – despite a last-ditch bid by a Special Investigations Unit desperate to prosecute them.

SYDNEY
Sunday, 12 April at 4pm.
Director Dan Goldberg will be joined by Professor Ruth Balint, and former Director of the Special Investigations Unit Graham Blewitt.
🎟 bit.ly/huntforthelastnazis-sydney

MELBOURNE
Sunday, 19 April at 4pm.
Director Dan Goldberg will be joined by producer Danny Ben-Moshe, and Michael David KC.
🎟 bit.ly/huntforthelastnazis-melbourne

27/02/2026

Oscar-winning director László Nemes (Son of Saul), draws upon his own father's personal childhood in ORPHAN, a tragic and moving chronicle of intergenerational trauma and self-acceptance.

Budapest, 1957. In the shadow of World War II and the recent failed uprising against the Stalinist government, 12-year-old Andor and his mother, Klára, are trying to get by in a damaged, anarchic country where antisemitism is still rife. Andor has grown up idolising his father – assumed to have been killed in the war – through hearing stories of his gentle nature and his work running the local Yiddish theatre. One day, an entitled, brutish butcher named Berend shows up at their door, claiming to be Andor’s real father. Could his claims possibly be true?

See it at Europa Europa Film Festival. Screening in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.

🎟 europafilmfestival.com.au/films/orphan

11/02/2026

Can't get enough Kafka? From Oscar nominated Polish director Agnieszka Holland (Green Border) comes FRANZ, a kaleidoscopic biopic of the great surrealist writer. See it at its Australian and New Zealand premiere at Europa Europa Film Festival from 21 February.

Fizzing with energy and playful stylistic flair, FRANZ depicts Kafka’s adulthood – torn between the strict expectations of his father, his monotonous work life at an insurance company, and his compulsion to write.

08/02/2026

JIFF 2026 may be a while away, but that doesn't mean you can't still get your fix of the best of Jewish cinema!

Previous JIFF hits Stella: A Life (2023), The Blond Boy from the Casbah (2023), and A Good Jewish Boy (2024) are all now available to buy or rent at home on Apple TV, Fetch, Prime Video, YouTube, and Madman On Demand.

15/01/2026

Winner of the JIFF Audience Award for Best Feature, ONCE UPON MY MOTHER is now showing at our partner venues Classic, Lido and Cameo in Melbourne and the Ritz in Sydney!

Based on the bestselling autobiography by Roland Perez, this joyful French crowd-pleaser pays tribute to a love like no other - a mother's love for her child.

09/01/2026

And now, the moment you've all been waiting for... 🥁 It's the JIFF Audience Awards!

Taking out the Audience Award for Best Feature is the exuberant French drama ONCE UPON MY MOTHER. You called it "the film of the festival", "heartwarming, funny and valuable", and "a film every mother will identify with and every father should learn from." In second place is father-daughter comedy THE RING with the Orthodox Jewish drama PINK LADY coming in third.

The Audience Award for Best Documentary goes to the urgent rescue story THE ROAD BETWEEN US. Barry Avrich's documentary had you "on the edge of [your] seat from beginning to end", describing it in your reviews as "gripping" and "a real life action thriller", with one JIFFgoer going so far as to call it "one of the best films I've ever seen in my life." In second place is rich music doco TYCHO! Beyond the Baton, with third place going to the Frank Lowy story, TO BE A JEW.

This year, we received an astounding 1,867 votes. Thank you so much for coming out to support the festival and for taking the time to vote for your favourites. The countdown to JIFF 2026 begins.

15/12/2025

We are heartbroken for the lives taken and for the wounded at the devastating terror attack on the Jewish community at Bondi. A sacred moment of light has turned into darkness. Our family, the JIFF team and our cinema teams send love and Chanukah healing.

– The Tamir Family

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9 Gordon Street
Elsternwick, VIC
3185

Telephone

+61395247955

Website

http://www.jiff.com.au/

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