Moscow Jewish Film Festival
moscow jewish film festival annual international film festival aim gather program feature documentary short animated film subject jewish culture history national identity contemporary problem moscow joined list city celebrate festival first moscow jewish film festival held june moscow jewish museum tolerance center documentary film center cinema gum festival organized vanya bowden rusina lekuh egor odintsov sponsored federation jewish community russia jewish museum tolerance center jewish agency israel ujafederation new york roskino ark picture jury chaired writerdirector konstantin fam member rabbi alexander boroda president federation jewish community russia catherine mtsituridze television presenter film critic head roskino alexander kott director screenwriter producer ruslan sorokin writer producer festival program included film total number people attended screening educational event festival exceeded second moscow jewish film festival held moscow june jewish museum tolerance center documentary film center cinema gum karo cinema oktyabr festival opened film called tale love darkness directed natalie portman jury chaired film director screenwriter alexander mitta festival program included thirty five film total number people attended screening educational event festival exceeded five thousand third moscow jewish film festival held moscow june jewish museum tolerance center documentary film center cinema gum karo cinema oktyabr jury chaired director screenwriter producer pavel lungin opening film festival bloom yesterday directed chris kraus film presented famous german actor lars eidinger opening ceremony held oktyabr cinema gathering spectator festival program included forty nine film total number people attended screening educational event festival exceeded eight thousand fourth moscow jewish film festival held moscow may jewish museum tolerance center documentary film center cinema gum karo cinema oktyabr moskino zvezda garage screen summer cinema jury chaired alexander rodnyansky producer tvshows feature film member academy motion picture art science founder first independent ukrainian tv channel ceo ctc medium broadcasting company opening film festival denial directed mick jackson welcome speech opening ceremony held president jury alexander rodnyansky famous american director producer brett ratner ceremony held cinema oktyabr gathered spectator festival program included fifty three film total number people attended screening educational event festival exceeded eight thousand fifth moscow jewish film festival held moscow june jewish museum tolerance center documentary film center cinema gum karo cinema oktyabr moskino zvezda moskino kosmos knizhniki moscow jewish community center jury chaired timur weinstein general producer ntv television company member international academy emmy academy russian television russian academy cinematographic art welcome speech opening ceremony held president jury timur weinstein american director shawn snyder presented film dust russian premiere opening film th moscow jewish film festival festival program included fifty eight film total number people attended screening educational event festival exceeded eight half thousand organizer moscow jewish film festival ark foundation support development jewish cinema ark foundation created aim developing jewish culture preserving history well promoting idea humanism tolerance equality creation distribution cinematographic work organization event field cinema ceo producer — egor odintsov producer — diana nadarova narrative film program curator — sergey sdobnov documentary film program curator — egor sennikov educational director — mikhail libkin medium director anna gorodetskaya considered exhibition submission must relevance jewish theme issue history heritage culture festival accepts following film type narrative feature documentary feature narrative short documentary short decision awarding prize festival taken jury whose composition determined directorate festival jury consists leading master world cinema director actor critic jury headed president jury member festival jury different year soviet russian film director screenwriter actor alexander mitta rabbi president federation jewish community russia alexander boroda film director pavel lungin sergei mokritskiy dmitry astrakhan konstantin fam alexander kott producer alexander ageyev ruslan sorokin director documentary film center sofya kapkova tv presenter film critic film critic catherine mtsituridze others public council created continued work included following filmmaker leader jewish community alexander boroda — rabbi president federation jewish community russia founder general director jewish museum tolerance center member civic chamber russian federation yuri kanner — president russian jewish congress vice president member steering committee world jewish congress mikhail gusman — journalist first deputy director general itartass recipient russian state prize honored journalist russian federation boruch gorin — journalist publisher dorit golender — diplomat public figure former plenipotentiary ambassador state israel russian federation alexander mitta — film director screenwriter svetlana maksimchenko — producer moskino general director executive secretary moscow film commission susanna alperina — journalist writer award mjff called key discovery statuette symbolizes place jewish culture intersection interaction different country nationality jury award key discovery following category best film best documentary feature film best narrative short film best documentary short film jury prize — awarded picture part competition jury’s choice honorary award outstanding contribution development jewish cinema russia — awarded public council festival since family producer yakov kaller – giving special yakov kaller award best russian jewishthemed film educational program moscow jewish film festival includes lecture discussion workshop aim understanding whether exists unique language jewish cinematography made appeared developing influenced modernity image created language hero born jewish culture sang cinematography festival organizes conversation creator film film expert writer theologian musician different year lecturer shakespearian theater historian aleksei bartoshevich researcher jewish thought uri gershovich musicologist lyalya kandaurova religious scholar historian yuri tabak cinematographer valery davydov russian philosopher igor chubarov flash fiction author poet essayist linor goralik director screenwriter oleg dorman film critic valery davydov alexander bartosiewicz alexander mitta lyudmila ulitskaya lead actor movie son saul géza röhrig film director screenwriter andrei konchalovsky russian artist nikolay polissky son yitzhak rabin yuval rabin film director amir yatsiv others moscow jewish film festival attracting new audience order create better connection jewish culture jewish cultural community festival contributes positive positioning jewish community nonjewish world growing interest audience confirmed success festival event increasing number audience consistent interest shown towards festival medium film industry representative russia worldwide film presented festival shown russia first time part festival screening russian premiere film gladly support moscow jewish film festival determined extend partnership consider important russian jewish community country whole festival contributes significantly establishing peace nation confession film talk jewish theme great contribution dialogue culture undoubtedly important multinational country russia federation jewish community russia ekaterinburg jewish film festival official website