Symposium: Talking Movies
New York Jewish Film Festival 2014
January 8 - 23, 2014
RSVPs are now closed. Standby tix will be available the day of the event.
The New York Jewish Film Festival introduces its inaugural symposium, co-presented with Film Comment magazine, featuring two distinguished panel discussions that examine the role of culturally specific and identity-driven film festivals and the blurring line between film genres.
RSVPs are now closed. Standby tix will be available the day of the event.
The New York Jewish Film Festival introduces its inaugural symposium, “Talking Movies,” co-presented with Film Comment magazine, featuring two panel discussions that examine the role of culturally specific and identity-driven film festivals and the blurring line between film genres. Participants include Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs, The Jewish Museum and Curator for Special Programs, The New York Jewish Film Festival; Mahen Bonetti, Founder and Director, New York African Film Festival; Carlos A. Guttierez, Co-founder and Executive Director, Cinema Tropical; Adam Baran, Co-Curator, Queer/Art/Film; Gavin Smith, Editor, Film Comment and Senior Programmer, Film Society of Lincoln Center; Michel Lipkes, director, Malaventura; Edan Zeira, director, Lonely Planet; and Elisabeth Subrin, Artist and Filmmaker, Shulie, Lost Tribes and Promised Lands.
1:00 – 1:15: Welcome and Introduction:
Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs, The Jewish Museum, and Curator for Special Programs, The New York Jewish Film Festival
1:15 – 2:45: Panel I: Identity and Film Festivals
Speakers:
Adam Baran, Co-Curator, Queer/Art/Film
Mahen Bonetti, Founder and Director, New York African Film Festival
Carlos A. Guttierez, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Cinema Tropical
Aviva Weintraub, Associate Curator, The Jewish Museum and Director, New York Jewish Film Festival
Moderator: Gavin Smith, Editor, Film Comment and Senior Programmer, Film Society of Lincoln Center.
2:45 – 3:30: Break
3:30 – 5:00: A Blur of Fact and Fiction
Speakers:
Michel Lipkes (Director, Malaventura; Mexico, 2011)
Edan Zeira (Director, Lonely Planet, Israel, 2012)
Elisabeth Subrin (Filmmaker and Artist, Shulie (1997); Lost Tribes and Promised Lands (2010), U.S.
Moderator: Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs, The Jewish Museum, and Curator for Special Programs, The New York Jewish Film Festival
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