The 22nd UK Jewish Film Festival took place from 8-22 November 2019. This was the first year that the Festival was on the BAFTA Qualifying Festivals list in the Short Film categories. We reached younger audiences through our Young Professional, baby-friendly and family friendly screenings.

The UK International Jewish Film Festival celebrated its 21^st birthday with a vibrant and creative line-up of more than 70 new international drama, documentary and short films. The Festival presented 115 screenings from 9-26 November at 18 cinemas across the UK and included a wonderful array of film premieres, special events, panel discussions and Q&As with leading directors, producers, actors, journalists, academics and others.

The 20th UK International Jewish Film Festival showcased 85 international films including 51 UK premieres and 3 major world premieres. The Best Feature Film Award went to Beyond the Mountains and the Hills (dir. Eran Kolirin) and Best Debut Feature Award to One Week and a Day (dir. Asaph Polonsky). Other major feature- length films included Indignation, Who’s Gonna Love Me Now, The Origin of Violence, Sandstorm, Keep Quiet, Alone in Berlin and The People vs Fritz Bauer.

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The 19th Annual Festival was our biggest yet with over 130 screenings across 17 venues nationwide. Film talent from around the globe joined us to celebrate the rich and diverse programme of films.

With a total of 95 films from 27 different countries, the 2014 UK Jewish Film Festival attracted more than 14,500 visitors! For its 18th edition, the festival hosted films that are more than ever insightful as the fantastic filmmakers addressed with talent and creativity topics that are still a going concern in our societies.

To view a PDF version of the Programme click UKJFF 2014 Programme

The 17th UK Jewish Film Festival featured screenings of over 80 films and other special events across five cities – London, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester – over the course of 19 days. We would like to say a big thank you to our sponsors and supporters for making it possible!

56 UK premieres from 23 countries; 58 screenings and events in London and 16 regional screenings in Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, over 18 days

Films from 16 countries including Norway, Russia and Poland. Robert Popper, the writer and producer of Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner was interviewed by Boyd Hilton, TV & reviews editor of Heat Magazine.

First UKJFF Ambassador: Tracy-Ann Oberman. Special guests: Floella Benjamin OBE DLA, David Baddiel and David Schneider. The festival hosted a night of live comedy and a special event exploring LGBT activism through filmmaking.

Celebrity guest Ronit Elkabetz attended the UK Premiere of Jaffa, and Maureen Lipman launched our barmitzvah-themed film selection. The Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man was also shown.

The UKJFF tour was expanded to Sarajevo and Belgrade. UK premiere of Sacred Language, Spoken Language and a special preview of award-winning animation Waltz with Bashir.

Guest of Honor: Alan Yentob. Screening of The Garden that Floated Away in collaboration with the Jewish Book Week. Other highlights included Sing-A-Long-A Joseph, an event looking at independent cinema and promotion of the London Zagreb Jewish Film Festival

Annual Audience Award introduced. UK premieres included Sixty Six and Marock.

2005 saw the creation of the first Short Film Fund. The festival hosted the UK premieres of Live and Become and The First Time I Was Twenty. Films were also shown in 8 other cities. Guests included Anthony Minghella, Radu Mihaileanu and Lord Puttnam of Queensgate CB.

40 films and a UK tour taking in Edinburgh, Manchester, and Belfast. UKJFF hosted the UK premier of Le Grand Role. Special guests included Bill Nighy.

We changed our name to the UK Jewish Film Festival to mark our first year at national level. Celebrity Interview: Zoe Wanamaker. Other guests included Paul Morrison, the Mayor of Brighton and Hove City, and a number of MPs and celebrities. The first Limmud Fest took place in 2003.

2002 was a difficult time to be programming a Jewish Film Festival, and we aimed for dialogue about the troubles in the Middle East. Alongside the films, we hosted a performance by acclaimed ensemble The Burning Bush. Celebrity Interview: Maureen Lipman and her husband Jack Rosenthal

South Coast premier of Time of Favour, attended by director Joseph Cedar. Our first tour (Aberdeen, Cambridge, Oxford and York) and our first short films programme. Celebrity Interview: Miriam Margolyes. Other guests included Gary Synyor, Paul Morrison and Marc Isaacs.

UK Premiere of Rabbi Lionel Blue’s first film, attended by Rabbi Blue himself. Celebrity Interview: Chaim Topol. Other guests included Matej Minac, director of All My Loved Ones.

UK Premiere of Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, plus films from Canada, Holland, Israel, France and South Africa and many other countries. Celebrity Interview: Stephen Fry. Guests included Martin Hageman.

Highlights included the ‘Israel at 50′ Jubilee film selection; our first LGBT film, Oy Gay; our first Celebrity Interview, with film director Lewis Gilbert; and director Férid Boughedir attending the Festival as a special guest.

The first edition of the Festival took place in Brighton, from the 8th-16th November 1997. Films screened included cult Israeli Avanti Popolo and Eran Riklis’ Cup Final alongside workshops and exhibitions. Holocaust Day was remembered on the 10th November.

The 2017 Geneva International Jewish Film Festival took place from the 29th of March until the 2nd of April.

The 5th Geneva International Jewish Film Festival run from 25-29 March 2015. 25 films were screened at Pathe Rex Cinema

The 4th GIJFF took place from the 26th-30th March 2014 in Geneva and Lausanne.

The Festival opened with The Zigzag Kid.  Other films included A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, The Flat and Being Jewish in France.

20 outstanding features, documentaries and shorts, including the Swiss Premiere of Gei Oni, attended by director Dan Wolman and lead actor Zion Ashkenazi.

The Opening Night Gala, with the Swiss Premiere of  Barney’s Version was a sell out and in total there where 17 Swiss Premieres from 9 countries.  Guests included Avi Nesher, Justin Bartha, Tracy-Ann Obermann and Susane Sutchy.

Our debut mini-festival of contemporary French cinema included screenings of Populaire and What The Day Owes The Night, and the UK Premiere of Capital. Oscar-winning director Costa-Gavras and producer Michelle Ray Gavras were guests of honour.