2026 Dayton International Film Festival Opening Night ~ Ethan Bloom
Thursday, June 4, 2026 7:30 p.m. The Roger Glass Center for the Arts 29 Creative Way, Dayton, OH, 45479 Ethan Bloom (USA, 2025, 96 minutes, English) • Drama/Comedy Thirteen-year-old Ethan Bloom is supposed to be preparing for his bar mitzvah — but despite his Jewish family, Ethan is convinced his spiritual calling is with the Catholic Church, where he secretly finds solace under the guidance of Father Diaz (Carlos Ponce). Through the wisdom of an unconventional rabbi (Rachelle Lefevre), the love of his complicated father (Joshua Malina), and his first romance with a cowboy-boot-wearing girl who can put him in...