Movies Over Miami
Miami Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 10th Year
By Mary Damiano
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A scene from A Love to Hide,
about a gay love affair, one of the films that will be screened at the Miami
Jewish Film Festival |
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When the 10th annual
Miami Jewish Film Festival
begins on January 18, it will kick off a 11-day celebration of film, complete
with parties, discussions, awards, and lots of big-name guests, including Judd
Hirsch, Theodore Bikel and Judy Reyes.
According to Ellen Wedner, who has served as director of the festival for
four years, the 2007 edition of the Miami Jewish Film Festival will have a lot
of new aspects that previous festivals didn’t offer.
“There’s not one single film that we play that will be just a film,” says
Wedner. “There will always be something wrapped around it, whether it’s me
giving back story, or a Q&A with a filmmaker—we just have so much happening.”
Take the special guests, for example. In addition to the directors of many
films flying in from all over the world to be a part of their film’s screening,
several performers will be on hand, including Judd Hirsch from Brother’s
Shadow, Theodore Bikel, from A Bridge to Peace, and Judy Reyes, from
Glow Ropes: The Rise and Fall of a Bar Mitzvah Emcee.
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