Sunday, Mar 8, 2026
International Women’s Day | Films
Part of the 2026 Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia.
Contact IFFPhila@IFFPhila.com with questions.
Live at The Weitzman
A Woman Against the Wind | Sunday, March 8 at 4:30 pm at The Weitzman
Special Screening in Honor of International Women’s Day
Israel | 2025 | 56 minutes | Documentary | Hebrew, English with English subtitles | Director: Tomer Heymann
Ilana Goor has always played by her own rules. A bold, uncompromising artist who dared to turn her work into a thriving business, she became both a success story and a source of suspicion, often treated as an outsider by the Israeli art establishment. After personal trauma and harsh public criticism, she responded in the most Ilana way possible: by creating her own museum, a living home for her art, her collections, and her singular vision. Now after a lifetime of building, fighting, and refusing to apologize for who she is, the future of the Ilana Goor Museum – and of her life’s work – hangs in the balance.
Light bites will be served following the screening.
For The Love of a Woman | Sunday, March 8 at 7 pm at The Weitzman
Special Screening in Honor of International Women’s Day
Italy, Israel | 2025 | 117 minutes | Drama, Historical | English | Director: Guido Chiesa
Mili Avital (Stargate), Uri Pfeffer (Hacksaw Ridge), Moni Moshonov (Late Marriage, America), Menashe Noy (Gett, Tehran) star in this English speaking saga based on the beloved novel of Israeli author Meir Shalev, The Loves Of Judith.
1970. Esther, a tormented American in her forties, receives a letter after the death of her mother: she must find a woman who lived in the 30s in Palestine and keeps a secret about her life. Esther begins her search in Israel helped by Zayde, a university professor with a particular background.
1930. A village of settlers, the atmosphere of a new world. Moshe, widower with two children, hires a woman to help him. The arrival of Yehudit changes the life of Moshe and two other men: Yaakov, a romantic farmer, and Globerman, a cattle dealer. An exciting and tragic love story begins.