New York Jewish Film Festival 2011
The New York Jewish Film Festival turns 20! Celebrate the diversity of the worldwide Jewish experience through an unrivaled selection of cinematic work, presented by the Jewish Museum and The Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of New York’s preeminent showcase for world cinema exploring the Jewish experience. This unrivaled selection of riveting dramatic features and fascinating documentaries includes world, US and New York premieres. The NYJFF is presented by the Jewish Museum and The Film Society of Lincoln Center.
This year’s New York Jewish Film Festival was organized by Rachel Chanoff, Independent Curator; Scott Foundas, Associate Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center; Andrew Ingall, Assistant Curator, the Jewish Museum; Richard Peña, Program Director, The Film Society of Lincoln Center; Sheryl Santacruz, Film Festival Coordinator, the Jewish Museum; Aviva Weintraub, Associate Curator and Director of the NYJFF, the Jewish Museum.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Susan Barocas, Washington JFF; Laurie Cearley, Olli Chanoff, Nadine Goellner, The Office; Nicola Galliner, Berlin JFF; Oded Guy, Jewish Eye World JFF; Stuart Hands, Toronto JFF; HBO; Andrew Ingall, Foundation for Jewish Culture; Annette Insdorf, Columbia University; Judy Ironside, UK JFF; Aviva Kempner; Irena Kovarova, Czech Film Center; Les Rabinowicz, Diane Perelsztejn, Festival of Jewish Cinema—Australia; Sharon Rivo, Lisa Rivo, Juliet Burch, National Center for Jewish Film; Sara L. Rubin, Boston JFF; Peter L. Stein, San Francisco JFF; Dan Talbot; Alla Verlotsky, Seagull Films; Isaac Zablocki, The JCC in Manhattan; Festival intern Ariella Goldstein; Festival volunteers Marlene Josephs, Linda Lipson.
The New York Jewish Film Festival is made possible by generous grants from The Martin and Doris Payson Charitable Foundation, The Liman Foundation, Northern Trust, Mimi and Barry Alperin, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Courtney S. Ross, and other donors to The Martin and Doris Payson Fund for Film and Media provided important support.
Additional support has been provided through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State’s 62 counties. The Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York, the French Embassy, and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York provided travel assistance.
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Still from Mahler On the Couch, directed by Percy Adlon and Felix Adlon, Austria/Germany, 2010
