Geneva International Jewish Film Festival

The Geneva International Jewish Film Festival (GIJFF) is an annual film festival dedicated to world cinema that focuses on Jewish life, history and culture worldwide. It was founded in 2011 and takes place in Switzerland.[1] It is organised by UK Jewish Film.

Geneva International Jewish Film Festival
LocationSwitzerland
Founded2011
Film titlesWorld cinema
Websitegijff.org/en

History

2011

The first Festival took place from 23 to 27 March 2011, opening with the Swiss premiere of the 2010 Canadian comedy-drama film Barney’s Version, directed by Richard J. Lewis and based on the novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler.[1]

2012

The second Festival took place from 21 to 25 March 2012.[2] It opened with the Swiss premiere of Gei Oni, which was attended by the film's director, Dan Wolman, and its lead actor Zion Ashkenazi, who took part in a question and answer session after the screening.[3]

Other films shown included: the Oscar-nominated Footnote; Mahler on the Couch, revealing the extraordinary encounter between Gustav Mahler and Sigmund Freud; Remembrance; Five Brothers, a crime thriller from director Alexandre Arcady; and My Best Enemy, a 2011 Austrian / Luxembourgian film directed by Wolfgang Murnberger and based in wartime Vienna.[3]

2013

The third Festival took place from 12 to 14 April 2013. It opened with The Zigzag Kid, a 2012 Dutch-Belgian family adventure film directed by Vincent Bal. Other films included A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, The Flat and Being Jewish in France.[4]

2014

The fourth Festival took place from 26 to 30 March 2014 in Geneva and Lausanne.[5]

2015

The fifth Festival took place from 25 to 29 March 2015 in Geneva.[6]

2016

The sixth Festival took place from 10 to 17 March 2016 in Geneva.[6]

References
  1. "1st Geneva International Jewish Film Festival 23–27 March 2011". Film festivals. UK Jewish Film. 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. "The 2nd Geneva International Jewish Film Festival". Times of Israel. 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. "2nd Geneva International Jewish Film Festival 21–25 March 2012". Film festivals. UK Jewish Film. 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. "3rd Geneva International Jewish Film Festival 12–14 April 2013". Film festivals. UK Jewish Film. 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. "4th Geneva International Jewish Film Festival 26–30 March 2014". Film festivals. UK Jewish Film. 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. "Welcome". Geneva International Jewish Film Festival. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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