1st Moscow Jewish Film Festival

The 1st Moscow Jewish Film Festival is an annual international film festival, which aims to gather in the program features, documentaries, shorts and animated films on the subject of Jewish culture, history and national identity and contemporary problems. The festival was first held in Moscow from 14 to 17 June 2015, at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, the Documentary film center and cinema GUM.

Jury

Konstantin Fam — film director, producer, screenwriter
Alexander Boroda — Rabbi, President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia
Yekaterina Mtsituridze — television presenter, film critic and head of Roskino
Alexander Kott — film director, screenwriter, producer
Ruslan Sorokin — screenwriter, producer

Creators

CEO and Producer — Egor Odintsov
Program Director — Vanya Bowden
Educational Director — Rusina Lekuh

Program

Nomination "Jews Today":Wake up, O Zion - United StatesFelix and Meira - CanadaJourney Hannah - Germany, IsraelSomewhere - GermanyGet - Israel, France, Germany
Nomination "A true story":When people die - sing - Russia, the United StatesJacob Kreizer. Forgotten General - RussiaThere will come a night - Great Britain, Germany, United States, Israel, Denmark, FranceRegina - Hungary, UK, GermanyRachel: Woman marked Air - the United States, ArgentinaAbout Susan Sontag - United States
Nomination "A short story":Salome's Nose - Germany, United StatesEnd Boulevard - Germany, USASquirrel and the Penguin - United KingdomHuman Principle - GermanyAuschwitz in the head - Israel, Poland, United KingdomI am Mitzvah - United States
Out of competition:Shoes - Russia, Poland, Belarus, Czech Republic, FranceThe Rabbi's Cat - FranceIda - Poland, Denmark

Israeli animation Avi Chai Foundation - Israel

Education

In addition to film screenings educational program was organized in the framework of the festival, consisting of lectures, discussions and debates. The speakers were: Russian philosopher Igor Chubarov, writer Linor Goralik, researcher of Jewish thought Uri Gershovich, gospel playwright Maria Zielinskaya, historian Sergei Stepanishev and others.

Winners

Winner in the "Brief" - End Boulevard
The winner in the nomination "The Jews of today" - Somewhere
Winner in the category "Certificate" - Documentary Was night
Honorary Prize "For outstanding contribution to the development of Jewish cinema in Russia" - Yakov Kaller
"Special prize of the Jury" - Documentary ''Regina''