I have only one peeve about this fabulous film festival: how can they have so few showings of some of these films? We bought our tickets well in advance of the screenings and we were lucky enough to buy the last available tickets to at least two of the showings. If you hope to see any of these films, review the listings on the link and buy the tickets now since many showings will be sold out. Here is the description from their brochure:

“Presented by The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln CenterWelcome to the 17th annual New York Jewish Film Festival, a global survey of innovative and provocative films—most receiving their New York or U.S. premieres—that explore the multi-faceted Jewish experience. To mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, this year’s festival showcases ten new Israeli films. We pay tribute this year to the late Austrian stage, television, and film director Axel Corti with screenings of four of his masterpieces. A total of 32 shorts, dramas, and documentaries from Germany, France, Argentina, Russia, Hungary, the United States, Mexico, Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom and Austria add up to an exhilarating worldwide journey.”

In a future post, I will comment on four of the films seen so far.