Stars ready for film festival opening The UK Jewish Film Festival will open on Saturday with a sold-out gala screening featuring Game of Thrones stars Harry Lloyd and Anton Lesser. The two actors appear in Closer to the Moon – which also includes Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong – and will attend a question and answer session after the screening at the BFI on London’s South Bank. http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/148861/stars-ready-film-festival-opening
The 19th UK Jewish Film Festival got off to a glitzy start on Saturday evening as stars of the gala premiere, Closer To The Moon, joined 300 movie fans for a reception and screening at BFI on the Southbank.
The UK Jewish Film Fest showed 80 films over 16 days in 5 cities. Lazlo Nemes’ SON OF SAUL (Also seen in Boston JFF) Holocaust film took the top prize at the festival. The jury included director Nik Powell, filmmaker Mike Newell, actress Kerry Fox, actor Jason Isaacs, producer Michael Kuhn, and actress Sarah Solemani.The CEO of the film festival, Michael Etherton, said: “Our commitment to supporting new creative talent has been at the heart of this year’s festival. We were thrilled that the jury recognized the extraordinary achievement of the winner, as well as giving a much deserved special commendation for the funny, profound and warm-hearted Israeli feature The Farewell Party.” ETherton, a grad of Oxford – Balliol, also produces the annual Geneva International Jewish Film Festival and programmed last year’s Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival.
UK Jewish Film seeks an experienced, creative and professional Head of Marketing and Membership to drive forward awareness, engagement and sales for all its film festivals, screenings and activities, as well as its Membership scheme.
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Stars ready for film festival opening
The UK Jewish Film Festival will open on Saturday with a sold-out gala screening featuring Game of Thrones stars Harry Lloyd and Anton Lesser.
The two actors appear in Closer to the Moon – which also includes Vera Farmiga and Mark Strong – and will attend a question and answer session after the screening at the BFI on London’s South Bank.
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/148861/stars-ready-film-festival-opening
Star-studded opening to UK Jewish Film Festival
The 19th UK Jewish Film Festival got off to a glitzy start on Saturday evening as stars of the gala premiere, Closer To The Moon, joined 300 movie fans for a reception and screening at BFI on the Southbank.
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/148970/star-studded-opening-uk-jewish-film-festival
Starry opening for film festival
There was a glitzy turnout for Saturday night’s gala opening of the 19th UK Jewish Film Festival at the BFI on the Southbank.
http://www.thejc.com/galleries/the-guest-list/starry-opening-film-festival
JewliciousReels: What We Missed in NYC & London
The UK Jewish Film Fest showed 80 films over 16 days in 5 cities. Lazlo Nemes’ SON OF SAUL (Also seen in Boston JFF) Holocaust film took the top prize at the festival. The jury included director Nik Powell, filmmaker Mike Newell, actress Kerry Fox, actor Jason Isaacs, producer Michael Kuhn, and actress Sarah Solemani.The CEO of the film festival, Michael Etherton, said: “Our commitment to supporting new creative talent has been at the heart of this year’s festival. We were thrilled that the jury recognized the extraordinary achievement of the winner, as well as giving a much deserved special commendation for the funny, profound and warm-hearted Israeli feature The Farewell Party.” ETherton, a grad of Oxford – Balliol, also produces the annual Geneva International Jewish Film Festival and programmed last year’s Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival.
http://jewlicious.com/2015/11/jewliciousreels-what-we-missed-in-nyc-london/
UK Jewish Film seeks an experienced, creative and professional Head of Marketing and Membership to drive forward awareness, engagement and sales for all its film festivals, screenings and activities, as well as its Membership scheme.
https://jobs.theguardian.com/job/6245941/head-of-marketing-and-membership/