By Maria Esteves – January 29, 2012 The 21st New York Jewish Film Festival 2012 (NYJFF2012) closing night world premiere documentary of Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resorts, directed by Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Thursday, January 26, 2012. Presented by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the sold out world premiere documentary of Kutsher’s Country Club included entertainer actor/comedian Jerry Stiller (Still...

By Maria Esteves – January 28, 2012 The 21st New York Jewish Film Festival 2012 (NYJFF2012) Closing Night World Premiere of Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resorts, directed by Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Thursday, January 26, 2012. The sold out world premiere documentary of Kutsher’s Country Club included entertainer actor/comedian Jerry (Gerald Isaac) Stiller, cast members Helen Kutsher, and Celia Duffy. A special Q&A session im...

By Maria Esteves – January 28, 2012 The 21st New York Jewish Film Festival 2012 (NYJFF2012) Closing Night World Premiere of Welcome to Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resorts, documentary directed by Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Thursday, January 26, 2012. Entertainer actor/comedian Jerry (Gerald Isaac) Stiller and many of the cast members such as Helen Kutsher and Celia Duffy attended the sold out world premiere documentary of Kutsher’s Country...

By Maria Esteves – January 24, 2011 The 20th New York Jewish Film Festival 2011 (NYJFF2011), Opening Night New York Premiere of MAHLER ON THE COUCH, directed by Percy Adlon and Felix Adlon was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Wednesday, January 12, 6:00 PM. A special Q&A session immediately followed with director Percy Adlon moderated by associate curator director, Aviva Weintraub, New York Jewish Film Festival. Percy Adlon introduce NYJFF 2011 Opening Night New York Premiere of ...

By Maria Esteves – January 24, 2011 The 20th New York Jewish Film Festival 2011 (NYJFF2011), Opening Night New York Premiere of MAHLER ON THE COUCH, directed by Percy Adlon and Felix Adlon was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Wednesday, January 12, 6:00 PM. A special Q&A session immediately followed with director Percy Adlon moderated by associate curator director, Aviva Weintraub, New York Jewish Film Festival. To Live for You! To Die for You! MAHLER ON THE COUCH, is an extr...

By Maria Esteves - February 8, 2008 The17th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF), 2008 NY Premiere film BEAUFORT, directed by Joseph Cedar was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Thursday, January 12, 6:00 PM. A special Q&A immediately followed with Director Joseph Cedar, moderated by Associate Curator/NYJFF Director Aviva Weintraub, The Jewish Museum. Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, The 80th Annual Academy Awards, Winner of Silver Bear Award for Best Director, 200...

By Maria Esteves - February 3, 2008 The 2008 New York Jewish Film Festival Closing Night New York Premiere Documentary film of ORTHODOX STANCE, directed by Jason Hutt was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Thursday, January 24, 8:00 pm. A special Q&A preceded the Closing Night New York Premiere reception with Director/Producer/Writer Jason Hutt, Professional Boxer Dmitriy Salita, and Dmitriy's Manager/Advisor Israel Liberow, moderated by Andrew Ingall. ORTHODOX STANCE, is an outstanding...

The 17th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF), 2008 NY Premiere film BEAUFORT, directed by Joseph Cedar was held at the Walter Reade Theater, Saturday, January 12, 6:00 PM. A special Q&A immediately followed with Director Joseph Cedar, moderated by Associate Curator/NYJFF Director Aviva Weintraub, The Jewish Museum. Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, The 80th Annual Academy Awards, Winner of Silver Bear Award for Best Director, 2007 Berlin Film Festival, BEAUFORT, is a powerfu...

New York Jewish Film Festival, 2007 edition took place January 10 to 25.Playing to a captive, though a bit aged, audience the 16th edition of theNY Jewish Film Festival presented 31 feature film, documentaries and shortsdepicting the complexity of Jewish lives, its history and culture and the endless themes of coping with a murderous past. Paradoxically, only few productions in the program focused on Jewish life in Israel and the problems that country faces, possibly due to the Israeli Film Fest...

New York Jewish Film Festival, January 11-26, 2006Among the more than 60 Jewish film festivals held in the United States the NY Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF) has after 15 editions become well established and is now considered as important as the Sans Francisco Jewish Film the oldest and biggest at 23 years. Organized by the influential Jewish Museum of New York, the NYJFF’s alliance with the Film Society of Lincoln Center has added to its prestige.As a community based film festival, th...