An annual film series highlighting the best and brightest cinematic moments from newly released Israeli and Jewish cinema returns to Naples with a series of five film screenings on Sundays in March.

The 2025 Naples Jewish Film Festival kicks off on Sunday, March 2 with “Running on Sand,” a feature film about a young Eritrean refugee who is deported from Israel but is then mistaken for the new foreign player of a struggling soccer team. The film, which is in Hebrew with English subtitles, screens at 7 p.m. at the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center, 4720 Pine Ridge Road, and includes a post-film discussion by Zoom with director Adar Shafran.

Individual tickets for each movie are $35, with tickets $50 for “Bad Shabbos” at The Naples Players on March 16. Season packages and patron tickets including benefits such as guaranteed admission for each event and preferred seating are also available.

For more information about the annual festival, sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, visit JewishNaples.org/naples-jewish-film-festival.