From the J: For many Bay Area Jews, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is a summer ritual, an annual film event more important than the Oscars. Some say it is the most Jewish activity they engage in all year. Now, their faithful attendance will hold even more currency. The...
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...
From Facebook; deadline today (January 20)! Tihe 12th edition of the JEWISH MOTIFS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL will take place on May 18-22, 2016. The JEWISH MOTIFS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is one of the biggest European festivals focused on Jewish themes in contemporary cinematography. We strive to show our audience the...
23. The Israel Film Festival and the L.A. Jewish Film Festival Believed to be the largest showcase for Israeli films in the United States, since 1982 L.A.’s Israel Film Festival has, over the years, screened about 1,000 feature-length films, documentaries, TV shows and student-shorts and given more than 500 Israeli filmmakers access...
From Forward “We’re taking the opportunity to look back at some of the highlights of films that premiered over the 25 years,” said Aviva Weintraub, the festival’s director. That retrospective takes the form of nine films that were originally presented in the festival’s prior years and will get a second...
The Fresno Jewish Film Series (our page, official site) starts tomorrow. One Saturday each month foe the next seven month they will show a movie, starting with Deli Man and ending with Above and Beyond.
The York JCC (in Pennsylvania) is organizing film festival for three following Sundays. They will show these movies: Apples from the Desert, The Green Prince, Once in a Lifetime. After the last film “Dr. Scott Lerner of F&M College will speak about French secularism in contemporary France, the Muslim community, identifying with the...
It was supposed to start yesterday, but it is postponed, see the announcement The Kansas City Jewish Film Festival will take place in January and February of 2016. Same great films … new dates and times! The J believes in the Kansas City Royals. We also believe we have an amazing...
The “Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival” starts tomorrow, October 10, 2015 at two locations the Palo Alto JCC and the San Jose AMC movie theater. The Opening Night Special Event will feature East Jerusalem West Jerusalem and David Broza will perform several songs and speak about the film. For the...
The “Cleveland Jewish Film Festival” starts today in (surprise) Cleveland Ohio (our page, official page) with 30 films, including two from previous years and nine shorts. They say about themselves: More than 5000 people attended the 2014 Cleveland Jewish FilmFest. The acclaimed and popular Cleveland Jewish FilmFest is now in its...