At the Boulder Jewish Film Festival, the projector will roll, the popcorn will pop and the post-screening Q&As will veer into debates about character arcs and camera work.

But outside of the Dairy Arts Center, the world isn’t exactly a cushy arts hub with world-class popcorn on tap. More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its military offensive following the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, according to reports from the Gaza Health Ministry on Oct. 1.

Closer to home, Jewish communities also still face violence, including the horrific anti-semitic terror attack in Boulder at a protest in June on the Pearl Street Mall that left one woman, who was burned in the attack, dead less than a month later.

The 2025 Boulder Jewish Film Festival (BJFF) arrives

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