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Subject Guide: Film & Television

Film Festivals - International Film Festival - 5th 2000. ASF AR 10. ASF.

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Archival Highlights

Guide to the Records of Sephardic House  (ASF AR 10)

Series III- Programming includes materials related to various events planned by the Program Bureau, including several boxes related to film festivals. Materials for film festivals include correspondences, film descriptions, photos, advertisements, funding records, audience surveys, festival guides and schedules.

Series VI- Audio-Visual includes photos from film festivals.

Library Highlights

The American Sephardi Federation/Sephardic House Seventh Annual Film Festival Gala : Tuesday December 10, 2002 : The Center for Jewish History, Leo and Julia Forchheimer Auditorium. New York: [American Sephardi Federation], 2002.

Cinema Judaica : The War Years, 1939-1949 / by Ken Sutak. 2012.

Fesṭival Ha-ḳolnoʻa Yerushalayim [Jerusalem Film Festival] : 12-21.7.2001. Jerusalem: Sinemaṭeḳ Yerushalayim - Arkhiyon Yiśreʼeli Li-seraṭim, 2001.

The Last Jews of Libya a Film by Vivienne Roumani-Denn ; Narrated by Isabella Rossellini., 2007.

ASF Events and Recordings

The ASF's 23rd NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival Opening Night! Featuring Elie Tahari & Karen Yedaya

The American Sephardi Federation's New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival (NYSJFF) honored iconic fashion designer Elie Tahari, as well as filmmaker Keren Yedaya, with Pomegranate Awards for Sephardi Excellence in the Arts, each sculpted by internationally-acclaimed, Baghdad-born artist Oded Halahmy, at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th St., New York, NY 10011).


New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival

"Through the poignant medium of film, the NYSJFF provides viewers with an understanding of the rich mosaic culture of Jews from the Middle East and greater Sephardic Diaspora. Contemporary voices steeped in history and tradition are celebrated throughout this two-week series of events, including première screenings, intriguing stories, powerful documentaries, director Q&As, and The Pomegranate Awards Ceremony."