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26th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival. June 2-9. 2024. Line-up Live! Reserve Passes & Tickets Now. June 2-9, 2024, at the Center for Jewish History. 15 W. 16th Street NY, NY 10011. 25th Annual — 2023.
- Opening Night
The American Sephardi Federation is pleased to announce the...
- Program
New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival // 26th Annual //...
- Awards
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- Archive
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- About
The 26th Anniversary Edition of the American Sephardi...
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- Antisemitism
He’s a graduate of New York University film school, and in...
- Neighbours
A new teacher has arrived with the goal of making strapping...
- Three Things Lost
Short Film. Israel | 2019 | 14 min In Hebrew, and Arabic....
- Opening Night
View 26th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival schedule.
- Opening Day – Sepharad Series: Salonika, Sephardic Shoah Survivors
- Opening Night / from Baghdad to Bollywood
- Sepharad Series: Melilla Memories
- Persian-Israeli-American Fashion Night with Elie Tahari
- Sepharad Series: Crypto-Jews
- Antisemitism in Focus
- From Egypt to Israel
- Brooklyn Tango Night
- Sepharad Series: The Ladino Legacy
- From Jerusalem to Tangier & Tinghir: Moroccan Closing Night
3pm: OTTOMAN SALONICA and POVERATA SALONIKA 60 min, USA, 2001, Short Documentaries Directed by Dr. Joe Halio Two 30-minute documentaries on the Jewish history of Salonika (Thessaloniki), Greece. Features rare footage of Sephardic Shoah survivors. Q&A with Director Joe Halio
6pm: SHALOM BOLLYWOOD 85 min, Australia, 2018, Feature Documentary Directed by Danny Ben-Moshe New York Premiere A celebration of the all-singing, all-dancing history of the world’s largest film industry, Shalom Bollywoodreveals the unlikely story of the Baghdadi and Bene Israel Jews, especially Jewish women, who became stars and movie moguls in th...
3pm: ALEGRIA 119 min, Spain, 2021, Feature Narrative Directed by Violeta Salama In Spanish & Chelja with English subtitles Premiere Status: New York An eye-catching directorial debut starring Cecilia Suárez, Laia Manzanares, Sarah Perles, Mara Guil, and Leonardo Sbaraglia, filmed on location in Melilla, this festival favorite explores the ever-blen...
7pm: THE UNITED STATES OF FASHION DESIGNER ELIE TAHARI (70 min), USA, 2022, Documentary Directed by David Serero Premiere Status: New York Elie Tahari is the definition of courage, determination, and…chutzpah! After fleeing Iran, his parents moved to Israel where he lived in a refugee camp before moving to New York without speaking a word of Englis...
5pm: XUETA ISLAND 63 min, Spain, 2021, Documentary Feature Directed by Dani Rotstein, Felipe Wolokita, and Ofer Laszewicki Xueta Island explores the fascinating legacy of the Xuetas: a unique group of families on the Balearic island of Majorca who is believed to be descendants of the island’s Inquisition-era Jewish population. A riveting quest to u...
7pm: WET DOG 103 min, Germany, 2021, Feature Narrative Directed by Damir Lukacevic In German, Farsi, & Arabic with English subtitles Premiere Status: New York A narrative based on the provocative true story of Aryeh Sharuz Shalicar, who was born in Germany to Persian Jewish parents stranded after the 1979’s Revolution, joined an Islamist gang, and ...
3pm: THREE MOTHERS 106 min, Israel, 2006, Feature Narrative Directed by Dina Zvi-Riklis In Hebrew & Arabic with English subtitles Premiere Status: None Nominated for nine Israeli Academy Awards, Three Mothers is the multigenerational saga of beautiful triplets: Flora, Yasmin, and Rose Hakim was born in 1942 in Alexandria, Egypt. Director Dina Zvi-R...
7pm: TANGO SHALOM 115 min, USA, 2021, Feature Narrative Directed by Gabriel Bologna In English Premiere Status: New York A Tango dancer and a Rabbi develop a plan to enter a dance competition without sacrificing his orthodox beliefs. Family, tolerance, and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time. Filmed on location in Crown Heights, ...
3pm: IN SEARCH OF LADINO 49 min, UK, Israel, France, 1981, Feature Documentary In Hebrew & Ladino with English Subtitles Directed by David Perlov This unique cinematic film about language, memory, and identity follows Ladino speakers—their culture, their memories, and their hopes for the future of their mother tongue.In Search of Ladinois one of th...
7pm: IN YOUR EYES, I SEE MY COUNTRY 75min, Morocco, 2019, Feature Documentary In Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by Kamal Hachkar Premiere Status: New York Neta Elkayam and Amit Haï Cohen live in Jerusalem, creating music that revisits their common Jewish-Moroccan heritage. In Your Eyes, I See My Countryfollows them as they journey ...
Jun 4, 2024 · Mark your calendar for Sunday, June 2nd, as we kick off the 26th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, a captivating week-long cinematic journey of untold stories of tolerance and diversity within the vibrant Sephardic cultural mosaic, running until June 9 th.
- 15 W 16th St, New York, 10011, NY
- June 10, 2024
- (212) 548-4486
- June 2, 2024
Schedule at a Glance. Sunday, 2 June @ASF – Center for Jewish History. 6:00PM: Red Carpet VIP Meet and Greet with Alexandre Arcady, Stella Levi, Enrico Macias, & John Turturro. *Available for VIP Passholders only. 7:00PM: Opening Night Pomegranate Awards Ceremony featuring a special performance by Enrico Macias and light reception.
The 26th Anniversary Edition of the American Sephardi Federation’s New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival will be held from June 2nd to 9th, 2024, at the ASF - Center for Jewish History, located at 15 West 16th Street, near Union Square.
Jun 2, 2024 · film festival. 26th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival Opening Night Ceremony. The 26th Anniversary Edition of the American Sephardi Federation’s New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival will be held from June 2nd to 9th, 2024.
