The 31st Annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival: “Ethan Bloom” and “Love, Statistically Speaking”

ETHAN BLOOM
March 24, 3pm
B&B Theaters Creve Coeur West Olive 10, Creve Coeur, MO, 63141

After an unforgettable appearance at our 2025 Jewish Book Festival & Speaker Series, Joshua Molina returns to St. Louis — this time on the big screen.
In the charming coming-of-age comedy Ethan Bloom, Molina plays a well-meaning but increasingly bewildered father whose teenage son is preparing for his Bar Mitzvah… while secretly taking confirmation classes at the local Catholic church. What follows is a heartfelt and hilarious collision of faith, family expectations, and adolescent identity.

ONCE UPON MY MOTHER
March 24, 7pm
B&B Theaters Creve Coeur West Olive 10, Creve Coeur, MO, 63141

Based on the beloved memoir by Roland Perez, Once Upon My Mother is a joyful, life-affirming true story about determination, resilience, and unconditional love.
The film begins in 1963, when Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family, born with a clubfoot that doctors insist will prevent him from ever walking normally. Refusing to accept that fate, Esther makes her son a promise — that he will walk, thrive, and live an extraordinary life — and then sets out to make it come true.

The 31st Annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival returns March 15–26, 2026, at B&B Theatres in Creve Coeur with six days of international cinema that brings audiences together through powerful storytelling, conversation, and community. The festival will present twelve films from around the world, including documentaries, dramas, and comedies that explore Jewish identity, resilience, memory, and the universal human experience.

A full list of films playing the entire fest can be found here: https://jccstl.com/arts-ideas/st-louis-jewish-film-festival/films/