Jewish Story Partners (JSP), who works to “stimulate and support the highest caliber of independent films that widen Jewish history”, has selected 26 documentaries to receive $ 545,000 in a new series of important subsidies, Thewrap can reveal exclusively.
The new JSP beneficiaries, which were launched in 2021 with the support of the Foundation of Persons Persons of Kate Upshaw and Steven Spielberg, have designed stories that explore the current state of American democracy, anti -Semitism, the mission of helping to build a more peaceful society and the conversations that take place after the attacks on October 7 of Israel.
Among the titles, there is “the next day after”, “Hannah Arendt: faced with tyranny”, “The Paradox” and “White Rose”. There were more than 220 requests submitted by the filmmakers. The financing tour was organized by filmmaker Amy Berg, Geralyn Dreyfous of Impact Partners and Michael Renov, professor of critical studies of the USC and vice-dean of academic affairs.
“With its ability to humanize” the other “thanks to the narration, cinema is unrivaled in its ability to strengthen empathy and understanding through divisions and counter-judgment and hatred,” said JSP executive director Roberta Grossman, and responsible for granting and programs, Caroline Libresco said in a press release. “With the public funding of threatened arts and human sciences, we are proud to support such an extraordinary group of new documentary films that will stimulate crucial conversations and will allow complex truths to emerge.”
In addition, JSP shares that he is collaborating with the Jewish Film Institute (JFI) to choose a participant in the JFI Filmmaker in Residence program to receive additional support for a documentary film as part of the JFI-JSP Momentum annual prize.
“It was significant for us to immerse ourselves in this powerful slate of documentaries which strikes the heart of the most relevant discussions for Jewish life and culture today,” the jury said in a press release. “These clever and moving films weave strong sons of reconciliation, unpacking the past – whether within families or collective history – and to fight with the complex so that we can imagine a better and fairer future.”
JSP currently accepts bids via an appeal opened per year, with requests opened in November and legal decisions made in May. The fall 2025 Fall grant cycle is now open to the current JSP beneficiaries, with a deadline on August 8.
Here is a complete list of beneficiaries of 2025:
- “Everything we are” – produced by Ondi Timoner. Produced by Morgan Doctor, Sigrid Dyekjær and Lauren Heimer.
- “Alpha and Omega” – produced and produced by Ron Frank. Produced by Glenn Kirschbaum.
- “The next day” – directed and produced by Yuval Orr, and directed by Aziz Abu Sarah. Produced by Lief Maghen, Margaux Missika and Chris Patterson.
- “Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: another side of Woody Guthrie” – produced and produced by Steven Pressman.
- “The grandfather’s puzzle” – directed by Ora Dekornfeld. Produced by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi and Máté Artur Vincze.
- “Hannah Arendt: Faced with tyranny” – produced and produced by Jeff Bieber and Chana Gazit. Produced by Salme M. López Sabina.
- “Leonard Cohen: behind the iron curtain” – directed by Eric Bednarski. Produced by Birgit Gernböck, Christine Guenther, Amanda Handy, Mark Johnston and Stanisław Zaborowski.
- “The Lonely Child” – produced and produced by Marc Smolowitz. Produced by Alix Wall.
- “Offers” – directed and produced by Jacob Fertig. Produced by Jaydn Ray Gosselin.
- “The paradox” – produced and produced by Shimon Dotan. Produced by Dikla Barkai.
- “The Sandman” – Directed by Est Almo Wexler. Produced by Dr. Elad Wexler.
- “Sapiro c. Ford » – Directed and produced by Gaylen Ross. Produced by Carol King.
- “Shirley Clarke Film Unitled” – produced and produced by Immy Humes.
- “Walking under the palm trees” – directed by Adam Weingrod. Produced by Alexis Bloom and Kobi Mizrahi.
- “White Rose” – Directed and produced by Julie Cohen.
- “Wilder” – Directed by Kate Novack. Produced by Joanne Nerenberg.
