Type: Film Festival

Company Description: THE 18TH WARSAW JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL WILL TALE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 16-22, 2020.
The Main Festival Partner is POLIN MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS. The festival is co-financed by City of Warsaw.

WJFF.pl is the first ever and the largest Jewish Film Festival in Poland and eastern Europe. Established in 2003 has 18 years of experience acquiring some of the finest international, thematically Jewish, films. Movies which are dedicated to exploring Jewish culture, history and contemporary life of Jewish communities from around the globe. Since the first edition in 2003, we showed our audience more than 650 movies from 30 countries.

MISSION
Our mission is to preserve the Jewish heritage in Poland, cultivate the memory of the Holocaust, promote Jewish culture, and to present the diversity of Jewish communities worldwide. Our goal is to give Jewish and non-Jewish movie-goers the opportunity to get acquainted with different perspectives of Jewish issue reflected on the screen. Further, our goal is to offer compelling and memorable movies to as large an audience possible. We encourage our audience to a discussion about Jewish identity and to strive against stereotypes and anti-Semitism, in order to stimulate more tolerant attitudes and a greater respect for the human rights of all people and nations.

THE FESTIVAL HAS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WITH THE CAMERA OF DAVID AWARDS
The Warsaw Jewish Film Festival (WJFF.pl) loves to promote filmmakers working with Jewish themes. Our festival has an international competition with the CAMERA of DAVID Awards. Our team selected and awarded dozens of movies which later won OSCARS & awards at the biggest world-famous festivals. Each year we present CAMERA of DAVID AWARDS in the following categories:

GRAND PRIX - The Best Film of the Festival
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Director
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematographer
Best Music & Sound
Audience Award

Our Festival is a member of the Association of European Jewish Film Festivals.