Upcoming Screenings
March 21-27 Atlanta Theatrical Release at Tara Theatre, GA
Special Q&A’s:
March 22, 3pm show - Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
March 22, 6.15pm show - Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, filmmaker and Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Board member Brad Lichtenstein and Out On Film festival director and award-winning arts reporter Jim Farmer
March 23, 1pm show - Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Ariel Root Wolpe, Spiritual Leader of Ma’a lot. Co-presented by Repair the World Atlanta. Party to follow at CBH.
March 28-29, Cleveland Film Festival, OH
March 28, 2.25pm - Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
March 29, 4.55pm - Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
March 29, Salem Film Festival, MA
March 30, Seattle Jewish Film Festival, WA
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
March 30, Mandel Leadership Institute, Jerusalem
Q&A with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavue
April 1, Pickford Film Center, Bellingham, WA
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
April 2, PAM CUT at Portland Art Museum Tomorrow Theater, OR
Screening followed by a Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and interview with LiveWire Radio broadcast live nation-wide
April 3, New Jersey Jewish Film Festival Spotlight, NJ
JCC MetroWest | Maurice Levin Theater, West Orange NJ
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
April 8, Neon Cinema in Dayton, OH
Hosted by filmmaker Steve Bognar with Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski. Sponsored by Dayton Jewish Film Festival and OUT HERE DAYTON Film Fest.
April 9, Firehouse: DCTVs Cinema for Documentary Film, New York, NY
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski & filmmaker Matt Wolf
(Matt was my Trembling Before G-d intern when he was an 18 years old film student at NYU!)
April 10, Upstate Films in Rhinebeck, Hudson Valley, NY
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Lacey Schwartz Delgado. Drinks to follow,
April 15, Loft Cinema, Tucson, AZ
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
April 16-25, Violet Crown, Santa Fe, NM
April 16, Sneak Preview at Violet Crown presented by Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival with Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Lab/Shul Co-Founder and Spiritual Leader Shira Kline, Jewish ritual and performance artist.
April 17, Queer Soup Night Santa Fe with Shira and Liz Alpern and Sandi
April 18, Sabbath Queen Friday Night led by Shira Kline
Week-long theatrical release launches April 18.
April 19, Taos Center for the Arts, NM
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Shira Kline
April 22 - The Lyric Cinema, Ft Collins, CO
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
April 23 - Sie FilmCenter, Denver, CO
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
April 24-26, The Ashland Independent Film Festival, OR
The festival will present its annual Pride Award to Sandi DuBowski. Past recipients of the Pride Award, which honors leading figures in queer cinema, were Barbara Hammer, Jenni Olson, B. Ruby Rich, Christine Vachon, and Tom Kalin.
The visit is co-sponsored by Temple Emek Shalom, which will honor DuBowski at a dinner on April 25.
April 27, Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, BC
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
April 29, Film Pittsburgh’s JFilm Festival, PA
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Keshira haLev Fife
May 1, Cinestudio, Hartford, CT
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
May 4 - Austin Film Society Doc Days, TX
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
May 6, Cinema Arts Centre’s Long Island Jewish Film Festival Huntington, LI
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
May 15, Michiana Jewish Film Festival Notre Dame, IN
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
May 14, Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival, CA
June 3, Grandview Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
June 8-12, Theatrical Release at JxJ, Washington DC
World Pride - With special events and Q&A’s with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie from 6/8-6/10.
June 12-17, Berlin Premiere, Dokumentale - International Documentary and Media Festival Berlin
Sabbath Queen Friday Night Feast, Screenings + Q&A's, and more with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
June 24, The Garden Theatre in Princeton, NJ
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
June 25, Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank, NJ
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
June 26, Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville, NY
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
July 14, Opening Night of Berkshires Jewish Film Festival, Lenox, MA
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
July 27, Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, MA
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Book SABBATH QUEEN in Your Community
As we continue our film festival screenings (65 and counting!) and theatrical release, you will be able to book Sabbath Queen screenings in your community starting in August. Fill out this form to bring Sabbath Queen to your university, synagogue, church, LGBTQ center, college, organization, high school, group, retreat, conference, etc.
Director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai are available for speaking engagements at universities, colleges, high schools and other venues. If you would like me or us to come lead discussion and Q&A let us know. There is possibility to plan bigger programming as well.
Bring SABBATH QUEEN to Your Local Arthouse Theater
We are in the midst of an incredible and super successful audience-powered US and Canada theatrical release—40 theaters and
counting! You can bring Sabbath Queen to your arthouse cinema (the one that plays documentaries and independent films not the big chains!) Talk to your theater manager and ask them to tell the programmer to bring Sabbath Queen this March, April, May, June (Pride Month!), July. Email the theater and request Sabbath Queen comes to town.
Maybe I can even come to town and do Q&A! Let us know at hello@sabbathqueen.com.
Past Screenings
June 5-16, 2024, World Premiere of SABBATH QUEEN at Tribeca Film Festival in Documentary Competition
June 16, 2024, DC/DOX Film Festival
June 27&30, 2024, DOC EDGE New Zealand
July 27, 2024, SoulSpa with Rabbi Amichai and Shira Kline
July 28, 2024, West Coast Premiere, Closing Night of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival at The Palace of Fine Arts
July 30, 2024, 2nd Screening, San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Aug 18, 2024 Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, AL
Sept 3, 2024, Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival
Sept 18, 2024, Los Angeles Premiere at Skirball Cultural Center
Sept 22, 2024, Nashville Film Festival
Sept 26, 2024, Milwaukee Film Dialogues Documentary Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Oct 8-13, 2024, Zurich Film Festival, Switzerland
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
October 2-12, Rio Film Festival, Brazil
Oct 13, 2024, Hamptons Film Festival, USA
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Oct 16, 2024, Rochester Image/Out Film Festival
Oct 17-18, 2024, Woodstock Film Festival, USA
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Oct 16-24, 2024, Bergen Film Festival, Norway
Oct 17, 2024, Meet me in the Messy Middle: Conversation in the Succah with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Oct 22-23, 2024, Rome Film Fest, Italy
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Oct 26, 2024, Vermont International Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Oct 27, 2024, Montclair Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie moderated by Rabbi Jay Michaelson
Oct 30-31, 2024, also Nov 2, 2024, DOK Leipzig
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Nov 2, 2024, Denver Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Nov 3, 2024, Virginia Film Festival
Nov 5–Dec 5, 2024, Jewish International Film Festival of Australia
Sydney and Melbourne
Nov 9, 2024, Boston Jewish Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Special Boston Sabbath Queen Feast on Nov 8 with Rabbi Amichai
Nov 10, 2024, Rutgers Jewish Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Nov 10, 2024, Teaneck International Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Nov 10, 2024, Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival
Q&A with EP Adrian Salpeter
Nov 11, 2024, Smith Rafael Film Center, Bay Area
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Nov 15-23, 2024, IDFA - Best of Fests
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Nov 17, 2024, QDOC - Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival
Q&A with EP Adrian Salpeter
Nov 17, 2024, UK Jewish Film Festival, London
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Nov 21, 2024, Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington, NC
Nov 24, Image+Nation, Festival Film LGBT2SQueer Montreal
SABBATH QUEEN US theatrical release Nov 22 at IFC Center in NYC!
Nov 22, Q&A after 1.30pm show with director Sandi DuBowski
Nov 22, A special Opening Night with OneTable–Q&A after 6.20pm show with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai – co-hosted by Judith Helfand, Rebecca Lichtenfeld, Susan Margolin and Jenni Wolfson
Nov 23, Q&A after 6.50pm show with director Sandi DuBowski, Rabbi Amichai and Rabbi Rachel Timoner
Nov 24, After the 11.15am show, a special SABBATH QUEEN Editing Masterclass with editors and writers Francisco Bello ACE and Jeremy Stulberg ACE, editor Kyle Crichton and director Sandi DuBowski to discuss the creative editing process of crafting a longitudinal documentary two decades in the making. Co-presented by The Alliance of Documentary Editors (ADE), The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship, BIPOC DOC EDITORS, and The Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA). 1.45-3.45pm.
Nov 24, Q&A after 4.20pm show with director Sandi DuBowski, Rabbi Amichai, and Kyra Sedgwick
Q&A after 6.50pm show with director Sandi DuBowski, Rabbi Amichai with Rev. Derrick McQueen and Rev. Brandan Robertson
Nov 25, Q&A after 6.50pm show with director Sandi DuBowski, Rabbi Amichai and Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering.
Nov 26, Q&A after 6.50pm show with director Sandi DuBowski, Rabbi Amichai and Krista Tippett, creator and host of On Being.
Nov 29, 6.50pm, Show at IFC and offsite Q&A with Sandi DuBowski at Ernie's Bar at 76 West 3rd Street in the back.
Nov 30, 6.50pm, Show at IFC and offsite Q&A with Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai at Ernie's Bar at 76 West 3rd Street in the back.
Dec 1, 4.20pm, Show and Q&A at IFC with Sandi DuBowski, Rabbi Amichai and filmmaker and friend Ira Sachs, Founder of Queer|Art, supporting LGBTQ+ artists across disciplines and generations.
Dec 1, 6.50pm, Show and Q&A at IFC with Libby Lenkinski, founder of Albi, a new fund, institute and lab that uses cultural vehicles to establish paradigm-shifting narratives by and about Palestinians and Jews. She is also VP for Public Engagement at NIF, which “advances liberal democracy, including freedom of speech and minority rights, and to fight the inequality, injustice and extremism that diminish Israel.”
Dec 2, 6.50pm, Show at IFC and offsite Q&A with Sandi DuBowski at Ernie's Bar at 76 West 3rd Street in the back.
Dec 3, 8.45pm, Show at IFC with Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai and Joey Soloway the American television creator, showrunner, director and writer who is especially known for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series Transparent.
Dec 4, 6.50pm, Show at IFC and offsite Q&A with Sandi DuBowski at Ernie's Bar at 76 West 3rd Street in the back.
Jewish International Film Festival of Australia, Nov 5-Dec 5, 2024
Sydney and Melbourne
Dec 5, 7pm, Royal Theater—Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Amy Ziering
Award-winning investigative filmmaker and activist Amy Ziering is the woman behind the last decade’s most important films about sexual assault that have directly impacted American culture and politics. Ziering’s work is a lightning rod for conversation with lauded works such as The Invisible War, The Hunting Ground, The Bleeding Edge, On the Record, and Allen v. Farrow. Ziering is the recipient of countless prestigious awards including an Oscar nomination, two Emmy Awards, a Peabody, an Independent Spirit Award, a duPont-Columbia award, and the George Polk Award.
Dec 6, 7:10pm, Royal Theater—Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Gabe Dunn Gabe Dunn (he/they) is a New York Times bestselling author, writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Gabe has served as a writer on Big Mouth (Netflix) and has developed original television pilots with MTV, 20th Century Fox, Freeform, FX and Netflix. Gabe is the host and creator of the podcast, Bad With Money where they have interviewed guests like Suze Orman, Roxane Gay, Andrew Yang, and Elizabeth Warren. A non-fiction book based on the podcast was published by Simon & Schuster in 2019 and went into three printings. He created and starred in the Audible Original series Apocalypse Untreated, and also co-hosts the Just Between Us and The Knew Guys podcasts. His short film Grindr Baby was named one of five Frameline Voices 2023 for emerging LGBTQ directors.
Dec 7, 7:10pm, Royal Theater—Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and protagonist Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie with journalist Jessica Yellin
Jessica Yellin, the founder of News Not Noise. For years, Yellin worked in network news at ABC, MSNBC, and CNN, where she was the Chief White House Correspondent.
Dec 7, 4–5.45pm, Sabbath Afternoon SoulSpa led by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie—recharge your ritual reality at this everybody-friendly, god-optional meditative & interactive spa-circle for body and soul, with an offering of grounding, gratitude, poetry and contemplative conversations to lift up healing and hope. Location in Sawtelle.
Dec 8, 10:30am–12:30pm, SABBATH QUEEN Editing Masterclass—with Francisco Bello ACE, Jeremy Stulberg ACE, Kristin Feeley, Sandi DuBowski, Brian Kates ACE
Hosted by Brian Kates ACE at the Laemmle Royal with editors/writers Francisco Bello ACE and Jeremy Stulberg ACE, editor Kyle Crichton, and director Sandi DuBowski to discuss the process of crafting a longitudinal documentary two decades in the making. Moderated by Kristin Feeley, director, Documentary Film and Artist Programs, Sundance Institute. In association with Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, ADE, BIPOC Doc editors, Karen Schmeer Editing Fellowship, Documentary Producers Alliance.
Dec 8, 1:20pm, Royal Theater—Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, protagonist Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, and Caroline Libresco. Presented by Jewish Story Partners.
Caroline Libresco is Co-Founder and Head of Granting and Programs of Jewish Story Partners. She is a leading film festival curator, producer, story advisor, and program strategist who recently wrapped nineteen years as a lead programmer at the Sundance Film Festival. Caroline is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where she serves on the Documentary Branch Executive Committee.
Dec 8, 7:10pm, Royal Theater—Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, protagonist Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Rabbi Sharon Brous.
Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, author of The Amen Effect, who offered the invocation at the DNC and Women's March. She was named #1 on the Newsweek/The Daily Beast list of most influential Rabbis in America.
Dec 9, 7pm, Laemmle Noho—Logan Hill moderates a discussion with director Sandi DuBowski and composer Joel Goodman about the score for Sabbath Queen
An Emmy-winner and four-time Emmy nominee known for a deeply nuanced sound filled with intricate subtleties, Goodman’s diverse body of work includes scores to over 150 films and television programs that have received 5 Oscar nominations, 30 Emmy awards and over 40 Emmy nominations. He has scored over 40 films for HBO and composed the Main Theme for the long-running and critically acclaimed PBS series American Experience.
Dec 10, 7pm, Laemmle Glendale—Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Damona Hoffman
Celebrity Dating Coach Damona Hoffman has been coaching singles on how to find love online and offline for over 15 years. Her articles appear regularly in The LA Times and The Washington Post. Plus, she’s a regular on-air contributor to The Drew Barrymore Show, NPR, and NBC’s Access Daily. Damona also starred in two A+E Networks’ TV shows: #BlackLove and A Question of Love. Her weekly podcast Dates & Mates has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Huff Post, Bustle and tops the charts in the Relationships category on the major podcast platforms.
Dec 11, 4pm and 7pm, Laemmle Town Center in Encino—Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski at 4pm and Sandi DuBowski and Shana Cohen at 7pm
Shana (she/her/hers) is Director of Major Gifts at Keshet. Shana is an accomplished fundraiser at Jewish nonprofits and a dedicated LGBTQ+ activist. Prior to rejoining the Keshet team, she served as the inaugural Chief Development Officer at JQ International and as a Major Gift Officer at Bend the Arc: Jewish Action. Grounded in the belief that communities with privilege must wield their resources for systemic change, Shana is committed to advancing racial and economic justice alongside queer liberation. She remains steadfast in her dedication to intersectional feminism and intentional community building. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Shana holds a Master’s in Social Policy and Practice and a BSW from Temple University, with a focus on improving healthcare access for LGBTQ+ individuals.
Dec 12, 7pm, Laemmle Glendale—Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, Ondi Timoner, and Sasha Perry
Ondi Timoner makes films about “impossible visionaries” - Last Flight Home, The New Americans, Mapplethorpe (with Matt Smith), Jungletown, We Live In Public, Dig! She has the rare distinction of being the only person to win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance twice. She serves as the Chair of Nonfiction for Special Projects at the DGA, is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the WGA, the IDA, Film Fatales & Women in Film. Sasha Perry is the Rabbinic Intern at Nefesh. Sasha is a white Trans/queer working-class Ashkenazi jew who organizes in earth/animal liberation spaces. They are a third-year Rabbinic student in the ALEPH Ordination Program and graduated in the first cohort of their Earth Based Judaism program. Sasha is a Tzedek Lab member, a former Jeremiah Fellow for social change, and 6-Points Artist Fellow.
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Premieres:
Dec 29-31, 2024, Q&A with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Sandi DuBowski - Rabbi Benny Lau, Amichai’s Orthodox brother featured in the film will join us for Jerusalem Premiere Q&A.
Jan 4-9, 2025, Palm Springs International Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Jan 10, 2025, Rialto Cinemas, Elmwood, Berkeley - 10:30am
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Jan 11, TLVFest: Tel Aviv GLBT Film Festival
Roxie Theater, San Francisco - 6:20pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Sasha Goldberg
Jan 11, 2025, Rialto Cinemas, Elmwood, Berkeley - 10:30am
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and filmmaker Jenni Olson
Roxie Theater, San Francisco - 3:45pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and artist Tiffany Shlain
Jan 12, 2025, Rialto Cinemas, Elmwood, Berkeley - 10:30am
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Adam Mansbach, author of The Golem of Brooklyn
Sequoia Cinema, Mill Valley - 1pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and David Katznelson, CEO of Reboot
Rialto Cinemas, Sebastopol - 6:30pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Day Schildkret of Morning Altars
Jan 13, 2025, Rialto Cinemas, Elmwood, Berkeley - 6:30pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Dev Noily of Kehilla
Jan 16, 2025, Miami Jewish Film Festival-Miami Beach Botanical Garden
Q&A with Rabbi Amichai and director Sandi DuBowski
Jan 23-30, Sundance Film Festival 2025
with director Sandi DuBowski
Feb 2, San Diego Jewish Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Florida Theatrical Release:
Feb 4-6, Savor Cinema, Ft Lauderdale
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski on Feb 6, 7.30pm
Feb 7-10, Cinema Paradiso, Hollywood
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, Feb 7, 7pm
Feb 9, Miami Coral Gables Art Cinema
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, 1.15pm
Feb 10, Orlando Enzian Theater
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski, 6pm
Feb 13-20, Berlinale Market
Sandi DuBowski will do meetings in Berlin
Feb 21-23, Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Feb 21, Friday Night Sabbath Queen Ritual with Congregation Bet Haverim
Feb 23, Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Feb 23, Sacramento Jewish Film Festival
After the film, Rabbi Mona Alfi, Reform Rabbi at Congregation B’nai Israel, Rabbi Ben Herman, Conservative Rabbi at Mosaic Law Congregation, and Rabbi Evan Rubin, Orthodox Rabbi at Knesset Israel Torah Center, will lead a discussion about the film.
Feb 23, East Bay Jewish Film Festival
Pleasant Valley, Contra Costa County
Feb 24, Little Art Theatre, Yellow Springs, OH
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Steven Bognar
Feb 25, Cincinnati Mayerson JCC Jewish & Israeli Film Festival
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Feb 28 + March 1, Sedona Film Festival, Arizona
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
March 2, Phoenix Harkins Shea, 12pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
Bay Area Theatrical Encore:
Due to the popular demand of Sabbath Queen’s Bay Area theatrical release with sold-out shows (we are sorry we had to turn people away!), we are returning to Bay Area for encore shows.
March 3, Rialto Berkeley, 6:30pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Zvika Krieger of Chochmat HaLev
March 4, Rialto Sebastopol, 6:30pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Irwin Keller of Congregation Ner Shalom of Sonoma County. Irwin is a rabbi, teacher, writer, music-maker and performer. He was also a singing drag queen for 21 years with America’s Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet, the Kinsey Sicks, dubbed by NPR ”Royal Shakespeare Company of drag performance.”
March 5, Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael, 6:45pm
Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Stacy Friedman
March 15-18, One World Human Rights Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
March 15, Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski
March 17, Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
March 18, 6pm: Maisel Synagogue, Sabbath Queen’s Salon: “Meet Me in the Messy Middle” is an open conversation with director Sandi DuBowski along with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie about the film and its moral and spiritual implications for these complex and painful times. With Aleš Weiss.
March 17, Austrian Premiere at Vienna Jewish Film Festival
Metro Kinokulturhaus KS