The New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival is a service of the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire.
2026 NH Jewish Film Festival
2026 Best of the Fest
Our “Audience Award: Best of the Fest” votes from the 2026 New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival are in! We are happy to announce winners in two categories this year: Best Feature Film and Best Documentary.
For Best Feature Film, the Israeli drama The Stronghold received the most votes. Based on real events that took place during the Yom Kippur War following a surprise Egyptian attack, the film follows a reserve doctor who is fighting for the lives of the wounded fighters. When calls for urgent evacuations do not come and fighting rages on, the soldiers have to choose whether to continue fighting under the orders of their commander, or to follow the plan of the reserve doctor that may save lives.
Audiences in Concord got the chance to see this outstanding movie in person at Red River Theatres. Amidst our great line-up of films, this movie winning the top prize truly shows that stories of times past continue to resonate so deeply. We congratulate the whole acting, directing, and production teams behind The Stronghold for this amazing honor!
For our Best Documentary award, we are pleased to announce that Among Neighbors was the victor among the six talented and uniquely different films we screened in this category.
Among Neighbors, which was shown at Novocure in Portsmouth and during our second week of virtual screenings, delighted audiences with its real accounts of a trying time and its use of evocative hand-drawn animation.
Focusing on one of the last living Holocaust survivors from a small Polish town, where Jews and Polish Catholics lived side by side for centuries, the heartfelt accounts shared here show how ordinary Poles made life and death choices about their Jewish neighbors, demonstrating the best and worst of human nature.
We are so pleased that we got to screen this incredible story for audiences across the state and are thrilled to bestow the production team of the film with this honor.
Purchase Tickets and Packages
Advance purchase for ALL screenings suggested:
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By phone at 603-627-7679, Jewish Federation office, Mon – Fri 9 AM–3 PM
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Additional tickets for in-theater screenings may be available at the door prior to the show.
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Tickets for virtual screenings are per household.
TICKET PACKAGES
(Multiple tickets may be applied to the same in-theater screening)
ALL ACCESS
20-Ticket Package
(Includes 20 tickets for any in-theater or virtual film screenings.
$240 ($280 Value)
March 15 - March 29
ALL ACCESS
10-Ticket Package
(Includes 10 tickets for any in-theater or virtual film screenings.
$120 ($140 Value)
March 15 - March 29
ALL ACCESS
4-Ticket Package
(Includes 4 tickets for any in-theater or virtual film screenings. Excludes Pre-Festival Event and the Opening Reception.)
$44 ($48 Value)
March 15 - March 29
VIRTUAL-ONLY
6-Ticket Package
(Includes 6 tickets for any virtual film screenings)
$78 ($84 Value)
March 15 - March 29
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
$14 per in-theater ticket (per person), March 15 - March 29
$14 per virtual ticket (per household), March 15 - March 29
$18 Opening Reception
$18 Closing Film and Wrap Party
GROUP RATES
Contact us via email at filmfest@jewishnh.org for groups of more than 10 people.
Thank You to Our 2026 Festival Sponsors
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
SPECIAL EVENT GOLD SPONSOR
PRODUCERS
FILM STARS
DIRECTORS
Barry and Honorow Attorneys at Law
Maryellen and Mark Biletch
CCA Global Partners
Eileen Freedman
Grinley Creative
The Harbor Group
Kalik-Blath Family
Nancy and Richard Kudler
Rachel Kurshan
Rich LeSavoy
Rabbi Robin Nafshi
Northeast Broadcasting
PJ Our Way
Marc Rubenson
Barbara and Barry Scotch
Barbara and Harry Shepler
Robert Singer
Temple Israel Portsmouth Cultural Endowment Fund
Tulley Automotive Group
Honey Weiss and David Lewis
SCREENWRITERS
Roberta Brayer
C & S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
Judy Carmaisin
Cohen Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College
Congregation Ahavas Achim
Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.
Gail Ellis and Ed Schoen
Elm Grove Companies
Debbie and Greg DePasse
Pamela and Luis Englander
Etz Hayim Synagogue
Ann and Martin Fabian
Dorothy and David Goldstone
Gondwana & Divine Clothing Co.
Roberta Gordenstein
Arlene Kershaw
Andy and Norm Kushner
Lindner Dental Association
Sedra Michaelson and Ronald Deeter
NH Print and Mail
North End Properties
NorthEast Computer Services LLC
Nancie Severs
Lilianne Sznycer and Abner Taub
Temple Adath Yeshurun
Temple Beth Abraham
Temple Beth Jacob
Temple Israel Manchester
Upper Valley Jewish Community
Zvi & Debby Cohen Jewish Film Festival Fund
NHJFF VOLUNTEERS
Chairs
Patricia Kalik
Film Festival Chair
Ross Fishbein
Film Festival Deputy Chair
Jeremy Berger
Chair of the Board
Erik Martin
Executive Director
Graphic Design
Grinley Creative
Printing
NH Print & Mail Services
Copy
Fran Berman
Website
Glikstorm LLC
Steering Committee
Zachary Camenker
Pamela Englander
Harvey Epstein
Barrie Paster
Special Events
Pamela Englander
Ann Fabian
Barbara Scotch
Volunteers
Roberta Berner
Mark Biletch
Maryellen Biletch
Shana Biletch
Laura Black
Roberta Brayer
Judy Carmaisin
Marilyn Cavanaugh
Dina Michael Chaitowitz
Birgit Christiansen
Pamela Cohen
Deborah DePasse
Gail Ellis
Martin Fabian
Robert Feder
Arlene Fishbein
Roberta Gordenstein
Barbara Green
Gail Herman
Lois Jacobs
Milli Knudsen
Nancy Kudler
Richard Kudler
Rachel Kurshan
Andy Kushner
Barbara LeWinter
Rochelle Lindner
Maxine Mosley
Barbara Ann Paster
Cyndi Peterson
Carol Pressman
Roseann Ronnan
Reva Rovner
Alane Sabel
Brenda Schadick
Nancie Severs
Renee Snow
Lilliane Sznycer
Abner Taub
Nancy Tobi
Phyliss Whitney
GENERAL INFO
Accessibility
All programs are handicap-accessible.
Parking
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