HOW TO MAKE CHALLAH

documentary, 12 min

written, directed & produced by Sarah Rosen

World Premiere at Lincoln Center at the 2024 New York Jewish Film Festival, presented by The Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center. Winner of Audience Award for Best Short at the Philadelphia Jewish Film & Media Festival. Winner of the Short Film Competition at the Boston Jewish Film Festival. Winner of the Jury Award at the Moscow Jewish Film Festival. 

In 1975, my aunt Jane filmed her 97-year-old immigrant grandmother baking challah, the traditional Jewish bread. In 2022, I filmed my aunt Jane (now 80) baking challah herself for the very first time. A short documentary about what we pass on to the next generation and what we leave behind.

YOU CAN STAY HERE IF YOU WANT

narrative, 12 min

written, directed & produced by Sarah Rosen

A couple breaks up just as New York City locks down. Can the pandemic bring them back together?

NYSCA/NYFA Screenwriting Artist Fellowship

Artist Fellow in Screenwriting/Playwriting with New York Foundation for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. 

STANDING ALONE TOGETHER (in development)

Executive Producer of a new documentary by Maayan Schwartz about the Israeli-Palestinian solidarity movement Standing Together (Omdim B’Yachad) that has taken the world by storm since the October 7 Hamas attacks and ensuing war forever changed the face of the Middle East.