Moscow Jewish Film Festival reveals dates for 2016

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Moscow Jewish Film Festival reveals dates for 2016
04.04.2016

The 2nd Moscow Jewish Film Festival will be held from June 14 to June 21 in Moscow.

The 2nd Moscow Jewish Film Festival will be held from June 14 to June 21 in Moscow, announced the Festival’s Press Department quoting its executive producer Egor Odintsov.

The MJJF in 2016 will consist of the main competition program, out of competition program, Retrospectives of Jewish cinematography in Russia, and Special screenings. The Festival’s educational program has also expanded significantly, and will include lectures, discussions and workshops with filmmakers, film critics, writers, theologians and musicians. 

Vanya Bowden, program director of the MJFF:

It is still early in the day to be announcing the entire program, since we want to keep the audience intrigued, but there is one achievement worth sharing now. I am talking about the picture “Son of Saul” by Hungarian director László Nemes, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film just a month ago. With the direct support of domestic distributors we are organizing an exclusive screening of ”Son of Saul” on the same day with its Russian premiere at the venue of our official partners, Limmud conference. And in June ‘Saul’ himself, the Hungarian actor Géza Röhrig, will be a guest of the MJFF.

The Festival will be hosted by several cultural venues: Oktyabr cinema, Documentary film center, GUM cinema, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center.

The full schedule of the Moscow Jewish Film Festival will be available shortly on the Festival website.