Since 2017, the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) has served as the official jury for the Outstanding Narrative Feature Award at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. This distinction is presented annually to an exemplary narrative feature at the festival. The recipients to date are as follows:
- 2026: Oxygen (חמצן | Israel 2025 | in Hebrew | 93 min.)
What is ultimately stronger: a mother’s love or the deeply ingrained belief that some principles are worth any sacrifice? That profound moral conflict lies at the heart of Natalie Braun’s remarkable Oxygen. Through Dana Ivgy’s extraordinary performance as Anat—a teacher and lapsed poet forced to confront an impossible choice—the film refuses easy answers or sentimental resolutions. Instead, it embodies the very best of cinema: challenging audiences to wrestle with questions of duty, love, conviction, and the devastating cost of the choices we make. For its emotional intelligence, moral complexity, and unwavering artistic integrity, the SFBAFCC is proud to recognize Oxygen.