Jewish Motifs International Film Festival

"Jewish Motifs" International Film Festival
Location Warsaw, Poland
Founded 2003
Directed by Mirek Chojecki
Hosted by "Jewish Motifs" Association
Festival date April/May
Language Polish
English
Website JewishMotifs.org.pl

"Jewish Motifs" International Film Festival (Polish: Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy "Żydowskie Motywy") is a major Jewish-themed film festival held every April in Warsaw, Poland. The festival has been held every year since 2004.

"The biggest European festival focused on Jewish themes in contemporary cinematography" – according to the Polish Embassy in Bern.[1]

The 11th edition is scheduled to take place in early May 2015. The Festival dates are always on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that is why the precize dates are changing but always in same season (usually in April).

Idea

The festival organizers declare as the aim and objectives:[2]

Special focus of the festival films is on those produced in the Central-Eastern European region. Active participation of the audience is speciality of the festival, which organizes direct meetings with the film directos after each screening. Organizers and other experts participate also in the debates and meetings accompanying the shows and post-festival shows, which gives them opportunity for direct interaction. That is why the festival is often described as direct networking meeting and not the festival of red carpets.

The festival partners with other similar Jewish film festivals in Brighton, Vienna and Stockholm.[4]

History

The Festival was organized for the first time in 2004.

According to its director, Mirek Chojecki, it was supposed to be one-time event aiming in presenting tradition of the Jewish cinema, from pre-war Yiddish movies made in Poland up to modern cinema of the 21st century. The festival received such positive attention both from international guests and Polish local audience that at the closing ceremony Chojecki said "see you next year" and this promise he keeps continuing. The "Jewish Motifs" festival became an annual event but only since 2004 as International Film Festival ("Jewish Motifs" International Film Festival).[5][6]

Traditionally the opening and closing ceremonies are led by Andrzej Wajda (Polish film director) and (Polish-Jewish writer) Józef Hen.

Date

From the beginning, the festival has taken place regularly in Spring, around the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 – which is celebrated as according to the Hebrew (not Julian) calendar.

# Year Festival dates
1 2004
2 2005 19–24 May
3 2006 11–16 May
4 2007 5–10 May
5 2008 22–27 April
6 2009 28 April – 3 May
7 2010 20–25 April
- 2011 (this year festival has not happened)
8 2012 25–29 April[7]
9 2013 24–28 April[8][9][10]
10 2014 23–27 April[11]
11 2015 8–10 May
12 2016 18-22 May

"Jewish Motifs" Association

"Jewish Motifs" Association
Formation 2004
Headquarters ul. Wilcza 12C, PL 00-532 Warsaw, Poland
Official language
Polish
President
 Ewa Szprynger
Website Jewish Motifs Association

In 2004 the group of organizers of first event has founded "Jewish Motifs" Association[12] which is the organizing entity of the further editions of the festival. The Association organizes also post-festival shows and promotes festival movies at the other cultural events in Poland.

Programme

The programme consists of the following sections: feature, documentary, experimental, animation, short.[13][14]

All the films presented, regardless of the competitive or non-competitive category, are eligible for the Audience Award.

Guest of Honour

(since 2008)

Juries

Award winners

Awards are in several categories:

Warsaw Phoenix award

Golden Warsaw Phoenix (Grand Prix)

Year Film Original Title Director Country
2004 Hiding and Seeking Oren Rudavsky, Menachem Daum  Israel
2005 Rosenstrasse Margarette von Trotta  Germany
2006 Portrait PhotographerPortrecista Ireneusz Dobrowolski  Poland
2007 I only wanted to live Mimmo Calopresti  Italy
2008 To Die in Jerusalem Hilla Medalia  Israel
2009 Po-lin Jolanta Dylewska  Poland
2010 The Gift to Stalin Rustem Abdrashov  Kazakhstan
2011 n/a n/a n/a
2012 KonserwatorBoker tov adon Fidelman Yossi Madmony  Israel
2013 The Flat Arnon Goldfinger  Israel
2014 Soldier on the Roof Esther Hertog  Israel
2015 Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz  Israel

Warsaw Phoenix for the best feature film

Year Film Original Title Director Country
2013 When Day Breaks Goran Paskaljević  Serbia
2014 Youth Tom Shoval  Israel

Warsaw Phoenix for the best documentary film

Year Film Original Title Director Country
2013 Hitler’s Children Chanoch Ze’evi  Israel
2014 Ponevezh Time Yehonatan Indursky  Israel
2015 Border Living Ronit Ifergan  Israel
2015 My Arab Friend Noga Nezer  Israel

Warsaw Phoenix for the best short film

Year Film Original Title Director Country
2013 Catherine the Great Anna Kuntsman  Israel
2015 Ischler Atilla Hartung  Hungary

Warsaw Phoenix for the best experimental film

Year Film Original Title Director Country
2014 The Women Pioneers Michal Aviad  Israel

Audience award

Year Film Original Title Director Country
2005 No. 17 David Ofek  Israel
2006 Portrait PhotographerPortrecista Ireneusz Dobrowolski  Poland
2007 More Than 1000 Words Solo Avital  Israel
2008 Souvenirs Shahar Cohen, Halil Efrat  Israel
2009 Unsettled Adam Hootnick  Israel
2010 8 stories, that has not changed the world8 historii, które nie zmieniły świata Ivo Krankowski  Poland
2011 n/an/a n/a n/a
2012 Blinky & Me Krakowiaczek ci ja… Tomasz Magierski  Poland
2013 Hava Nagila Roberta Grossman  Israel
2014 Dancing in Jaffa Hilla Medalia  Israel
2015 In Silence Zdeněk Jiráský  Czech Republic

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The 9th edition of the JEWISH MOTIFS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL will take place in Warsaw on 24–28 April, 2013". 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Festival Rules" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "The Festival Idea". Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Jewish Motifs International Film Festival". In Your Pocket: Essential City Guides. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  5. ↑ Himka, John-Paul; Michlic, Joanna Beata (2013). Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Europe. Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 428. ISBN 9780803225442.
  6. ↑ Haltof, Marek (2012). Polish Film and the Holocaust: Politics and Memory. Berghahn Books. p. 228. ISBN 9780857453563.
  7. ↑ "The Jewish Motifs Film Festival". Polska. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  8. ↑ "Cinema: Jewish Motifs Film Festival". Polish Institute Tel Aviv. Polish Institute Tel Aviv. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  9. ↑ "Warsaw hosts Jewish Motifs Film Festival". The News – Polskie Radio dla Zagranicy. nh. 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  10. ↑ "Take part in the Jewish Motifs International Film Festival". Virtual Shtetl. Museum of History of Polish Jews. 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  11. ↑ "Winners of the Jewish Motifs Film Festival 2014". PolishHistory.pl Portal Historyczny. 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  12. ↑ "STOWARZYSZENIE ŻYDOWSKIE MOTYWY (KRS: 0000221237, NIP: 5262823202, REGON: 015881931)". KRS online. Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy online. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  13. ↑ "DOKweb".
  14. ↑ "Jewish Motifs International Film Festival". Film Festivals' Portal. FilmFestivals.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  15. ↑ "Żydowskie Motywy po raz 10.".
  16. ↑ "MFF "Żydowskie Motywy" Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy "Żydowskie Motywy" w Warszawie , Złoty Warszawski Feniks". Filmweb.pl. Retrieved 2014-10-14.

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