2025 New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival to include both in-person and virtual line-up

MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival will offer both virtual and in-theater screenings as it brings its international lineup to theaters in Concord, Hanover, Keene, Manchester, Merrimack, and Portsmouth. The multi-access festival, which will screen independent and foreign films from March 23 through April 6, includes selections from England, Finland, France, Israel, and the U.S.

In addition, a bonus week, April 6-11, will allow extra virtual streaming opportunities for selected movies.

“Our devoted film festival volunteers spend the year screening some of the best independent cinema in the world to bring these untold stories to New Hampshire,” said Pat Kalik, of Manchester, chairperson of the NHJFF. “We’re proud to play a role in bringing different communities together.”

“New Hampshire has so many wonderful entertainment venues that support independent film,” said steering committee member Zach Camenker, of Concord. “We’re delighted to partner with venues statewide and share unique experiences you can’t easily find at the major chain cinemas.”

Seven films will be available to watch online:

• “Technion 10²” — A documentary about technology research institution Technion’s 100 years on Mount Carmel and the history of the State of Israel. 

• “The Blond Boy from the Casbah” — A French comedy/drama about a filmmaker returning to Algiers to reflect on the loss of his multicultural community during the Algerian War of Independence.

• “Never Alone” — A drama set against the backdrop of World War II, the film centers on Finnish businessman and philanthropist Abraham Stiller, a key figure in the Jewish community, who risks everything to protect Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution in Germany and Austria. 

• “The Property” — A drama focused on Regina and her granddaughter Mika on a trip to Poland in an effort to retrieve the family’s property confiscated during World War II.

• “Running on Sand” — A drama/comedy that follows a young Eritrean refugee living in Israel who is about to be deported back to his home country. During a spontaneous escape attempt at the airport, he is mistaken for a newly arriving Nigerian soccer star, just signed by the Maccabi Netanya football club.

• “Soda” — A drama that follows a former partisan leader and current factory foreman Shalom Gottlieb who falls in love with a beautiful seamstress Eva amid rumors of her past as a Kapo during the Holocaust. 

• “Unspoken” — A drama that follows closeted teen Noam who discovers a love letter written to his grandfather by another man before the Holocaust. 

For more information and the in-person lineup, visit nhjewishfilmfestival.com.