Toronto Jewish Film Festival

The Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF) is an annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is described as the largest Jewish film festival in the world.[1]

Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF)
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Founded1993
No. of films27 (as of 2019)
LanguageInternational
Websitehttps://tjff.com/

The festival was founded in 1993. One of its founders, Helen Zukmerman, is the festival's artistic director.[2]

The 2014 festival ran from May 1 to May 11[3][4] and featured 116 films from 23 countries.[4] The 2019 festival, the 27th, was from May 2 to May 12, 2019. The 2020 festival took place online. The 2021 festival is scheduled to run from June 3 to June 13.

See also

References

  1. "Toronto Jewish Film Festival". Doing Jewish in Toronto. UJA Federation. 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  2. Adler, Jordan (24 April 2018). "TJFF founder honoured for decades of public service". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. "A World Of Great Filmmaking Comes to Town" (Press release). Toronto Jewish Film Festival. April 10, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  4. Glassman, Marc (May 7, 2014). "Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2014". Point of View. Toronto. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
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