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"Spectacular."
"Courageous."
"You pulled out all the stops."
"Unforgettable."
As our Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival packs up for the 16th season, the overwhelming response to the ten day cinematic feast for the eyes, ears and souls has been a five-star ovation! We are so thankful to you, our devoted festival friends, sponsors, donors and partners for helping us bring together thousands of film fans during the ten days from toddlers to teens and adults – many first-timers - from throughout Central Connecticut. It was a record-breaking celebration of Jewish peoplehood, culture and history through the eyes of award-winning international filmmakers.
Your participation in our Jewish film festival through the years is one of the reasons we have grown to what The New York Times described as “an international heavyweight”, (3/11/12) . In addition to 22 New England, Connecticut or Hartford premiere films, our festival also featured personal appearances by 4 directors and producers, 4 actors, a bestselling author, 40 musicians, 8 tango dancers, 10 special events, an Iraq War veteran and paralympic swimmer, a Hartford man saved on the Kindertransport and a pioneering Jewish-Muslim Teen Screen program. Wow!
YOU voted Best of the Fest for "Nicky's Family" in the Documentary category and chose "Remembrance" as your favorite feature film. On behalf of the Mandell JCC, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies and The Hartt School, University of Hartford, THANK YOU and save the dates for our 17th edition - April 4 - 15, 2013!
Click here for our 2013 Call For Entries, submissions are now open.
Sincerely,
Ronny Siegel, Chair
Harriet J. Dobin, Director
Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival
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