JFilm Festival: A Program of Film Pittsburgh

The trailer for Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin has arrived! This riveting documentary "mines rarely-seen archival footage and interviews historians and politicians to excavate the true motives behind one of Israel’s most polarizing figures." Watch the trailer below via The Forward, or on our website at filmpittsburgh.org/films/upheaval. Streaming begins on April 23!

Today marks us at one week away from Opening Night of the 2021 JFilm Festival! We've been watching the trailer on loop to get hype And heads up: Early Bird pricing ends tomorrow, April 16, at midnighttake advantage of those deals while you can! www.filmpittsburgh.org

The film crowd is specialmany of them have been there with me every year since I’ve been there. We dearly miss seeing you all in person, but the show must go on! Thank you Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle for this lovely article about our upcoming JFilm Festival, April 22 through May 2. Head to www.filmpittsburgh.org to see our "all-star" lineup and to purchase tickets!

Here's your chance to watch 15 of the best shorts from the past year AND receive a discount for 2021 JFilm Festival tickets! https://filmpittsburgh.org/pages/spotlight

Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) begins this evening. We will always remember and honor the approximately six-million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. #NeverForget #JewishTogether

Inclusion matters! Join Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and National Disability Advocacy & Inclusion Leader Matan Koch on Wednesday, February 24 from 5:30-6:30pm for a discussion about how we can make our Pittsburgh Jewish community more inclusive for all. Share the word and register at the link below!

We feel you, Bernie. We also miss in-person film festivals.

We are so sad to learn of the passing of Shulamit Bastacky, a local Holocaust survivor with whom we worked through our Teen Screen program. Students loved Shulamit and she them. While we will miss our friend, we will carry on her story. May her memory be a blessing. Hidden at Birth: Shulamit Bastacky https://youtu.be/R0gr6p3tGYY

The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle asked our team to choose a few films that are perfectly fit for New Years Eve and we delivered! Check out our picks below We wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!

Looking for a movie to watch on this beautiful, snowy evening? SOROS is streaming NOW until Dec. 22 via Film Pittsburgh's new series Spotlight+! You can learn more about the film and purchase tickets here: https://filmpittsburgh.org/pages/spotlight.

It's the final day to check off everything on your to-watch list!

Let the (virtual) festivities begin! Opening Night is TONIGHT at 7:30pm with Freeland Film (plus a Q&A after!), preceded by the short film, Pharmacopeia. Tomorrow, on Nov. 12, the JFilm track will go live. We're so excited to finally share this incredible lineup with you! Head to www.filmpittsburgh.org for tickets and virtual festival step-by-step instructions.

Join us next Tuesday (the night before the Fall Festival kicks off!) for a discussion of the powerful filmAn Irrepressible Womanled by Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and our Executive Director Kathryn Spitz Cohan. The screening and discussion are free thanks to the Edgar Snyder Kristallnacht Commemoration Fund!

"We need to disassemble the fences that separate us and use the wood to instead build bridges. We are all more alike than we recognize, and too frequently we allow the differences to define us."

Thank you Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle for writing this lovely article about our Executive Director Kathryn Spitz Cohan and her thoughts on going virtual, along with commentary on each of the films highlighted in the JFilm track of the Fall Festival. Check it out below:

ICYMI: Film Pittsburgh Fall Festival tickets are now on sale. The JFilm track is one of the highlights of this stellar lineupcheck it out at www.filmpittsburgh.org.

In case you missed it: there will be a JFilm track in the 2020 Film Pittsburgh Fall Festival that premieres November 11-22. JFilm has been Film Pittsburgh’s signature festival for the past 27 years, presenting dynamic, Jewish-themed films, and we look forward to screening our films during the Fall Festival!