Annual Tucson International Jewish Film Festival

Welcome to the 2025 Tucson J International Film Festival!!

The Film Festival Committee of the Tucson J is thrilled to announce the 34th annual Tucson J International Film Festival.

Schedule of Events:

3:00 pm: Resistance: They Fought Back

Come at 2pm to for a free tour the sanctuary of the Tucson's historic Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center. After the film screening, you're invited to join a talkback with director Paula S. Apsell and museum docent Evelyn Varaday.

Did the Jews go as "lambs to the slaughter"? Rare archives, survivor testimony and scholarly research tells the story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.

Location: Tucson Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center, 564 S. Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ

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7:00 pm: Arugam Bay

After the film screening, Weintraub Israel Center's Yuval Malka will host an informal discussion between local young adults and their peers who have served in the Israeli Defense Forces.

Three Israelis travel to Sri Lanka after completing their military service; they have lost a friend during a military conflict and need to decompress. The beauty of the area where they surf and party is at odds with their shared sadness and search for meaning in their lives. Long-suppressed emotions and buried trauma put their friendship to the test.

Location: Tucson Jewish Community Center, 3800 E River Road, Tucson, AZ

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