The fun-filled 24th Annual Boston Jewish Film Festival concluded Monday night with a bang - 3 great screenings in Arlington, Danvers and Framingham bringing to a climax 13 days of excellent films and insightful discussions, peels of laughter and occasional tears.
"This has been the most fascinating, enlightening and enjoyable 12 days of my professional life," says BJFF Artistic Director Amy Geller. "I’m so very grateful to our loyal and engaging audiences, our world-class...
Fill The Void - Lemale et Ha'Chalal, Yiftach Klein, Hadas Yaron. Nesta's Sketch 1/09/12 Venice.
with a footnote on Woody Allen
by Alex Deleon
for <www.filmfestivals.con>
This year's ninth edition of the Los Angeles Jewish Film festival with the cooperation of the widely read Jewish Journal Weekly was better organized than in previous years and had an unusually strong selection of films. Films are, of course, chosen on the basis of having some connection with Jewishness, director, subject matter, or whatever, and are aimed at a primarily Jewish audience, which can be pretty...
By Maria Esteves – April 12, 2012
Why was this night different from all other nights? Jews and Spaniards celebrated the historical launch of “The Ultimate Digital Haggadah” with Sephardic Rabbi Hayyim J. Angel of Shearith Israel at the Spanish Benevolent Society, New York, Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 6:30PM. A live performance by Sephardic recording artist Gerard Edery preceded the first interactive Sephardic Passover Seder sponsored by Ladino Tapas Bar & Grill.
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Six films from around the world about people with disabilities will highlight the first REELAbilitiesBoston Film Festival being held Feb. 2-8.My Spectacular Theatre, a Chinese film from Director Yu Lang, will be the opening night film on Feb. 2, 2012 at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown.Other films in the REELAbilitiesBoston Film Festival include War Eagle, Arkansas (Canada/England/US); Shooting Beauty (USA); Snow Cake (Canada/England/USA); Warrior Champions (China/US); and Anita (Ar...
Omer (32) meets his ex-girlfriend Shira (32) in a boulevard
after not seeing each other for seven years. Omer recalls what he went through
after their breakup. They spend the day together. While Shira got married, Omer stayed single.
Besides one romantic moment, other memories include Hallucinations, dreams, visions and
a meeting with an angel. As their relationship becomes clear and the day
progresses, Omer eventua ...
Leo Khasin, director of Kaddish for a Friend
Kaddish for a Friend,the debut film of director Leo Khasin, and Beating Time, a documentary about the struggle to overcome ALS, won The 23rd Boston Jewish Film Festival's Audience Awards for Best Feature and Best Documentary films respectively.
"I had ...
Kaddish for a Friend, the debut film of director Leo Khasin, and Beating Time, a documentary about the struggle to overcome ALS, were the winners of The 23rd Boston Jewish Film Festival’s Audience Awards for Best Feature and Best Documentary films respectively. “I feel very honored to win this year's Audience Award at the Boston Jewish Film Festival,” said Khasin. “I had the chance to be here in Boston and be part of a wonderful vivid, receptive and, at the same time, profound audience. ...
The Boston Jewish Film Festival announces “Luminaries and Legends,” its major fall fundraiser. Three Luminaries will be honored for their leadership in film in New England on Oct. 22 – Judy Ganz, Lisa Gossels and Kaj Wilson.
Judy Ganz, Festival architect and visionary. Judy has been at the heart of the Festival since its inception, serving as Board Chair from 2002 - 2009. During her tenure, the Festival enjoyed exponential growth in attendance and stature. Judy is an indefatigable l...
There is no country other than the United States which has as elaborate and extensive a screening support structure for Jewish and Israeli films. Several years ago I noted in an article about the New York film festival that there are more than fifty Jewish film festivals in the United States. According to jewishfilm.com there are now close to seventy Jewish film festivals in this country as well as at least four festivals devoted to Israeli films and two to Sephardic ones. In addition, there ar...
I remember from the time i was a distributor (Sony then UGC FOX managing director) working on international box office figures of the film I released (Alice, Manhattan Murder Myster, Husbands and Wives and Shadows and Light) that the french Box Office was higher than the US domestic gross or the International rest of the world.
There lies a mysterious connection between the author and our french population.
Hard to explain, one of the reasons beeing the media respect he enjoys here....
2011 Film Selections
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CONFLICTS and ISSUES
TRADITION and IDENTITY
HISTORY and LEGACY
INSPIRATION
CONFLICTS and ISSUES
He's My Girl (La Folle Histoired'Amour de Simon Eskenazy)
Los Angeles Premiere!
Comedy/France/100 minutes/2009
Written & Directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Starring Antoine de Caunes, Mehdi Dehbi and Elsa Zylberstein
French with English subtitles
Based on th...
By Maria Esteves – September 27, 2010
Directors Danny Gold and Matthew Asner documentary 100 Voices: A Journey Home opened at the AMC Empire 25 in New York, Wednesday, September 22, 2010. This compelling and passionate musical documentary pays tribute to 1,300 cantors who died during the Holocaust of World War II. The film takes you on a spiritual journey to Poland the birthplace of Jewish cantorial music exploring the history of Polish Jews before and after World War II. 100 Voices truly d...
