1st Moscow Jewish Film Festival
The 1st Moscow Jewish Film Festival is an annual international film festival, which aims to gather in the program features, documentaries, shorts and animated films on the subject of Jewish culture, history and national identity and contemporary problems. The festival was first held in Moscow from 14 to 17 June 2015, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, the Documentary film center and cinema GUM. Konstantin Fam — film director, producer, screenwriter Alexander Boroda — Rabbi, President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia Yekaterina Mtsituridze — television presenter, film critic and head of Roskino Alexander Kott — film director, screenwriter, producer Ruslan Sorokin — screenwriter, producer CEO and Producer — Egor Odintsov Program Director — Vanya Bowden Educational Director — Rusina Lekuh Nomination "Jews Today": Wake up, O Zion (2013) - United States Felix and Meira (2014) - Canada Journey Hannah (2014) - Germany, Israel Somewhere (2014) - Germany Get (2014) - Israel, France, Germany Nomination "A true story": When people die - sing (2014) - Russia, the United States Jacob Kreizer. Forgotten General (2015) - Russia There will come a night (2014) - Great Britain, Germany, United States, Israel, Denmark, France Regina (2013) - Hungary, UK, Germany Rachel: Woman marked Air (2013) - the United States, Argentina About Susan Sontag (2014) - United States Nomination "A short story": Salome's Nose (2014) - Germany, United States End Boulevard (2014) - Germany, USA Squirrel and the Penguin (2012) - United Kingdom Human Principle (2014) - Germany Auschwitz in the head (2013) - Israel, Poland, United Kingdom I am Mitzvah (2014) - United States Out of competition: Shoes (2012) - Russia, Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic, France The Rabbi's Cat (2011) - France Ida (2013) - Poland, Denmark Israeli animation Avi Chai Foundation (2014) - Israel In addition to film screenings educational program was organized in the framework of the festival, consisting of lectures, discussions and debates. The speakers were: Russian philosopher Igor Chubarov, writer Linor Goralik, researcher of Jewish thought Uri Gershovich, gospel playwright Maria Zielinskaya, historian Sergei Stepanishev and others. Winner in the "Brief" - End Boulevard (2014) The winner in the nomination "The Jews of today" - Somewhere (2014) Winner in the category "Certificate" - Documentary Was night (2014) Honorary Prize "For outstanding contribution to the development of Jewish cinema in Russia" - Yakov Kaller "Special prize of the Jury" - Documentary Regina (2013) Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival Official website