2013, a year of jewish film festivals
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2013, A Year of Jewish Film Festivals
Gabor Por, MLIS
jewishfilmfestivals.org
History of JFFs
Oldest and largest San Francisco JFF, started in 1980
Sonoma County's started in 1996
This year's will be the 19th
What is a Jewish Film Festival (JFF)?
Size: from 2 movies to 100+
Location: theatre, JCC, synagogue, community center, library, senior center
Focus: Israeli, International or National, Family, Short, Student
Length: an afternoon, a weekend, weekly series, monthly series, several continuous weeks
Where?
ArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChinaCroatiaFranceGermanyHungaryIsraelMexico
NetherlandsPolandPortugalRomaniaSingaporeSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUKUruguayUSAVenezuela
Where in the US?
NOT HERE:
ArkansasDelawareIdahoMississippiMontanaNorth DakotaOklahomaRhode IslandSouth DakotaUtahVermontWyoming
When did the JFFs start?
Influenced by High Holidays
2013 High HolidaysRosh Hashanah: September 4
Yom Kippur: September 14
5 JFFs started onMarch 2
April 4
October 13
2 out of 3 August JFFsAustralia
Brazil
JFF Logos: stars, strips, reels
Where were the movies made? 1 movie/country
Algeria: El Gusto
Belarus: Shoes
Chile: The Woman at the End of the World
India: Shalom Bollywood:
The Untold Story of Indian Cinema
Jamaica: Awake Zion
Japan: Sugihara
Jordan: Only in New York (Peace After Marriage)
Lithuania: The Pit of Life and Torment
Luxembourg: Hannah Arendt
Macedonia: The Third Half
Norway: The German Doctor (Wakolda)
Pakistan: Saving Face
Palestine: Oded the Wanderer (Oded Hanoded)
Portugal: Only Human
Rwanda: Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness
South Africa: Under African Skies
Ukraine: The Lost Town
Where were the movies made? Top 10
Israel267
USA233
France73
Germany62
UK46
Canada 33
Poland 24
Austria 18
Argentina 14
Netherlands 12
What kind of movies were played?
Formatshort231
animation23
series8
How old were the movies?
2013: 902012: 2742011: 1592010: 742009: 362008: 172007: 212006: 132005: 132004: 8
Old movies
1934: The Black Cat1932: Oded Hanoded1931: The Yellow Ticket1930: Animal Crackers1927: The Jazz Singer1922: Hungry Hearts
Movie distribution
1 - 4882 - 1103 - 414 - 295 - 236 - 167 - 158 - 89 - 710 - 4
There were 488 movies that were played only once110 movies twice...
Most popular movies
Hava Nagila: The Movie (68)
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (44)
The Other Son (39)
Paris-Manhattan (33)
A.K.A Doc Pomus (28)
Life in Stills (28)
Numbered (28)
The World Is Funny (28)
The Flat (27)
Orchestra of Exiles (27)
Boldfaced movies were shown at theSonoma County JFF
Festival sizes
Most common festival size:
4 movies (14 festivals)
1 festival had 2 movies
Average size 15.5 (=2362/152)
# of movies# of festivals
414
712
611
99
59
39
88
127
235
185
Largest festivals
Toronto, Canada102
(5 cities), UK 85
San Francisco, CA76
Atlanta, GA71
Zagreb, Croatia55
Washington, DC46
San Diego, CA45
New York, CA43
East Bay, CA42
Ashkelon, Israel41
Sonoma County Jewish Film Festival
A program of the JCC
Ellen Blustein, director
Volunter committee
At the Rialto in Sebastopol
In the fall once a week
Matinee & evening shows
Highlights of 2013 Jewish Film Festivals
152 festivals
24 countries
183 cities
At least 2362 showing
Average size 15/16 films
Largest, Toronto: 102 films
29 started in April
792 different movies
267 from Israel, 233 from US
375 documentaries
274 films were made in 2012
Oldest from 1922
488 movies only played once
Hava Nagila most popular (68)
Slides coming at: jewishfilmfestivals.org/slides
Highlights of 2013 Jewish Film Festivals
152 festivals
24 countries
183 cities
At least 2362 showing
Average size 15/16 films
Largest, Toronto: 102 films
29 started in April
792 different movies
267 from Israel, 233 from US
375 documentaries
274 films were made in 2012
Oldest from 1922
488 movies only played once
Hava Nagila most popular (68)
Slides coming at: jewishfilmfestivals.org/slides
Resources
San Francisco JFF, archive of films: sfjff.org
Israeli Films: israelifilms.com
Israel Film Center: israelfilmcenter.org
The National Center for Jewish Film: jewishfilm.org
JFFs and Films (my site): jewishfilmfestivals.org
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