New York Jewish Film Festival 2017
The year 2017 marks the 26th edition of the New York Jewish Film Festival. We are delighted by continuing our partnership between the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center to bring you the finest narrative and documentary films from around the world that explore the diversity of Jewish experience.
This year’s festival features a wide-ranging and exciting lineup of films and shorts from the iconic to the iconoclastic. Including global, U.S., and New York premieres, a tribute to actress and cabaret artist Valeska Gert, a screening of Mel Brooks’s The Producers, and a related poster exhibition honoring the life and work of Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, this year’s New York Jewish Film Festival will entertain film lovers from all backgrounds.
This year’s New York Jewish Film Festival was selected by Rachel Chanoff, Director, THE OFFICE performing arts + film; Jaron Gandelman, Curatorial Assistant for Media, Jewish Museum and Coordinator, New York Jewish Film Festival; Jens Hoffmann, Director of Special Exhibitions and Public Programs, Jewish Museum and Curator for Special Programs, New York Jewish Film Festival; Dennis Lim, Director of Programming, Film Society of Lincoln Center; Aviva Weintraub, Associate Curator, Jewish Museum and Director, New York Jewish Film Festival; and Tyler Wilson, Programming Coordinator, Film Society of Lincoln Center.
The New York Jewish Film Festival is made possible by the Martin and Doris Payson Fund for Film and Media.
Generous support is also provided by Wendy Fisher and Dennis Goodman, Sara and Axel Schupf, Mitch Julis on behalf of the Julis Rabinowitz Family, Mimi and Barry Alperin, an anonymous gift, the Ike, Molly and Steven Elias Foundation, Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Amy and Howard Rubenstein, Steven and Sheira Schacter, and through public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council. Additional support is provided by Israel's Office of Cultural Affairs, the Polish Cultural Institute New York, and the German Consulate General New York.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center receives support from the below sponsors:
The Film Society of Lincoln Center receives additional support for the New York Jewish Film Festival from The Jack & Pearl Resnick Foundation.
Still from Mr. Gaga, Tomer Heymann, Israel/Sweden/Germany/Netherlands, 2015
Films
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Still from Mr. Gaga, Tomer Heymann, Israel/Sweden/Germany/Netherlands, 2015
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Still from Moon in the 12th House, Dorit Hakim, Israel, 2016
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Still from Peshmerga, Bernard-Henri Lévy, France, 2016
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Still from Stefan Zweig, Farewell to Europe, Maria Schrader, Austria/France/Germany, 2016
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Still from Who's Gonna Love Me Now?, Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann, Israel/UK, 2016
