Jewish Film Festivals and Films
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jewishfilmfests From the Atlanta Jewish Tomes [Nancy] Spielberg, 61, was in her 50s before she jumped into film production, and even then she opted for the documentary approach instead of Hollywood blockbusters. “Even though I scramble for money … it’s still easier sometimes than going the Hollywood route, where you can sit on something for 10 … Read more
Are you the director or organizer of a Jewish Film Festival anywhere in the word and would like your festival get listed on this site (or enhances the already existing listing)? If yes, now there is a way, as I just added a Get Listed form where you can request it to be done. There … Read more
From Don411.com The State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs recently awarded The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee a $25,000 Specific Cultural Project grant to help fund its 2017-2018 cultural arts programming. According to Howard Tevlowitz, JFSM’s executive director, the grant will allow the organization to expand its annual Jewish Film Festival into a year-round program … Read more
A visitor of this website asked: I am a member of a film festival committee working on short films for our festival in 2018. Would you be able to point me to a list of shorts, particularly Israeli films? I thought the answer may be interested to everyone. The simplest way to get an overview … Read more
From Forward: Three films directed by Israelis took center stage in the film listings of the Los Angeles Times’ senior critic Kenneth Turan. The top spot in the “Our Movie Pick” section went to Joseph Cedar’s “Norman,” which tracks the ups, and mainly downs, of a small time New York fixer… The next Israeli pick … Read more
From Yahoo Ed Asner has been selected to receive a lifetime achievement award at Wedensday’s opening night of the 12th annual Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills. Asner has won seven Emmy Awards for performing — more than any other male actor. He received five of the … Read more
From Tablet Magazine ‘Norman,’ starring Richard Gere, is an absorbing film about a Jewish connector who’s looking for an honest piece of the action—and finds one …They get nothing wrong. Richard Gere’s accent, old New York Jewish faded with the decades and lunches cadged at the Four Seasons; the boxy, ill-fitting suits of Israeli politicians … Read more
How is this video different from our other videos? Music video for “Mah Nishtanah,” performed with the human voice and objects from the Seder table.
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THE FILM REFUGE tells the story of Rachel, a young Jewish-American woman who moves to Vienna, Austria to work for the IAEA. She befriends Yitzhak, an Ethiopian Jew and former refugee, who lives in her apartment complex. When confronted with their shared cultural history, Rachel must reconcile her past with Austria’s Holocaust history and the … Read more