The Nashville Jewish Film Festival (NJFF) is proud to announce the 6th Annual NJFF Student Film Competition.

The competition features student short films with Jewish content from all over the world. Student Filmmakers will be eligible for the Best of Show Award of $1,000 and a $250 Audience Choice Award made possible by the Kathyrn H. Gutow Fund for Jewish Arts and Culture. Finalists will be screened at the 2010 NJFF and the winning film will be screened at the Nashville Film Festival in April of 2011.

Deadline: September 17, 2010

Entry fee is $18

Requirements:
* Film must have been made while filmmaker was a student
* Under 30 minutes in length
* Jewish theme or content
* Film must be completed after September 2007

Visit our STUDENT FILM COMPETITION page for entry form or to submit via Withoutabox.com

Winner of two 2010 NJFF Opening Night Film and Supper tickets:
Robin Born

Winner of four 2010 NJFF film tickets:
Fran Lenter

Winner of two 2010 NJFF film tickets:
Bernice Ritt

JOAN RIVERS - A PIECE OF WORK
Dir. Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg, USA, 2010, 84min, Rated R

“SHARP AND IRRESISTIBLE. Rip-roaring…her energy is a thing to behold.” - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

"Audiences will rediscover just how funny the grande dame of comedy was, and still is, in this look at her life and wit.” – Kyle Smith, New York Post

A standout Sundance award-winner and audience favorite at festivals across the country, JOAN RIVERS – A PIECE OF WORK takes us on a hilarious and candid year-long ride with the legendary Joan Rivers. Peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing both the struggle and thrill of a fifty year career in stand-up, television, and everything in between JOAN RIVERS – A PIECE OF WORK reveals the epic career of this incisive, irreverent, and ultimately timeless performer. Don’t miss the most hilarious film of the summer.


For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.belcourt.org.


Register to win tickets to the 2010 NJFF at the screening!

(This film will be showing at the Belcourt through July 8.)

"I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio."

JOAN RIVERS. Red carpet roaster. Plastic surgery fanatic. Foul-mouthed comedienne.

Whatever your opinion of her, prepare to see her like never before.

Join us on Saturday, June 26th at 7:30 p.m., as we partner with the Belcourt Theatre to present a screening of the new documentary, Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work which chronicles the private dramas of the irreverent Rivers as she fights to keep her American dream alive.

"I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, "Get the hell off my property."

This exposé offers a rare glimpse of the comedic process and the crazy mixture of self-doubt and anger that often fuels it. A unique look inside America's obsession with fame and celebrity, Rivers' story is an outrageously funny journey and brutally honest look at the ruthless entertainment industry, the trappings of success, and the ultimate vulnerability of the first queen of comedy.

"Before we make love my husband takes a pain killer."

Being able to break through Rivers’ self-made façade is a tribute to filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. It is obvious the magic of this film is the inherent trust between filmmakers and subject. Shot over the course of a year, the film enlists a resilient cinema vérité style to craft a moving look at this iconic performer, stripping away her comedy masks and laying bare the truth of her life and inspiration.

A drawing for free tickets to the upcoming 2010 Nashville Jewish Film Festival will be held at the Saturday night screening.

Admission to the film is $8.75 or $5.75 for Belcourt members. Matinee, student, senior, and military rates are also available. Tickets are available at www.belcourt.org or at the Belcourt Theatre box office. The Belcourt Theatre is located at 2102 Belcourt Avenue in Hillsboro Village.

The film will be showing at the Belcourt Theatre through July 8.

For more information visit www.belcourt.org or call 615-846-3150.

The 2009 Kathryn H. Gutow Best of Show Award, "Desert Trains" by Boaz Armoni will precede the Israeli film "Secure Space" at the 2010 Nashville Film Festival (NaFF).

The film will be screening on Monday, April 19 at 9:15pm and Tuesday, April 20 at 4pm.

Thanks to NaFF for their support of the NJFF Student Film Competition.

For more information on this screening, visit nashvillefilmfestival.org

NJFF will begin taking submissions for the 2010 Student Film Competition in May.

The gritty, crime-ridden neighborhood of Ajami in the seaside city of Jaffa, Israel is the setting for the multi-ethnic drama, AJAMI. Winner of the 2010 Israeli Academy Award for Best Picture and one of the five nominees for the American Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, AJAMI is considered to be the most critically acclaimed Israeli film of all time.

Home to Christians, Muslims, and Jews, Ajami is a rough neighborhood where people must live and work with each other while cultural traditions lock them into separate worlds. AJAMI’S cast of more than 100 amateur actors from Jaffa – including illegal workers, gangs, drug dealers, revenge squads, corrupt police, and clandestine lovers, are all vividly and realistically portrayed in several intertwined stories within the film that reveal the cultural and religious tensions of the area. The directors, Yaron Shani, a Jew; and Scandar Copti, a Palestinian-Israeli Arab, who grew up in Ajami, worked eight years on the film, making sure it did not show a singular point of view. The film achieves this by shuttling back and forth through time with interlocking events witnessed by different characters, often shifting audience perceptions and responses.

The Nashville Jewish Film Festival (NJFF) will present AJAMI on Monday, April 19th at 6:30pm as part of the 2010 Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) at the Regal Green Hills 16 Cinemas. The 41st NaFF runs from April 15-22nd.

Each year the NJFF presents a film of outstanding quality and timely interest at the Nashville Film Festival, helping bring awareness of the Jewish experience to NaFF audiences. The award-winning AJAMI has won over critics and audiences around the world with its balanced perspective and authenticity in this complex, cross-cultural drama . (Warning: This film contains violence and is not suitable for children.)

View trailer.

For more information visit Nashville Film Festival's website at nashvillefilmfestival.org or contact Festival Director, Mandy McBroom at nashvillejewishfilmfest@gmail.com.

Join us in celebration of our 10th Anniversary!

The 2010 NJFF will be held Wednesday, November 3rd through Thursday, November 11th at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, TN.

2009 NJFF Student Competition Winners:

Kathryn H. Gutow Best of Show Award: "Desert Trains" by Boaz Armoni

Vanderbilt Hillel Student Choice Award: "Pinhas" by Pini Tavner

SUMO & SUSHI!!!

Grab a bite to eat before our closing night film at Zumi Sushi Japanese Kitchen, located at 2119 Belcourt Avenue.

Show your "A Matter of Size" movie ticket or Festival pass and receive one free Japanese Kitchen entree, salad or bowl. Offer valid on 11/12 only.

zumisushi.com

Show any NJFF ticket stub or Festival Pass and receive 10% off your bill at CABANA or SUNSET GRILL anytime during the festival, Nov 7 - 12.

Check out photos of our Opening Night Cocktail Supper and Film!

NJFF on Flickr

Enter to win a 12-person Skybox at any Nashville Sounds 2010 Home Game during the 2009 NJFF.

Register to win in the lobby of the Belcourt Theatre.

Drawing will be held following the screening of "Holy Land Hardball" on Monday, November 9 at 7pm.

Must be present to win.

This year we received over 40 entries and have chosen seven films to compete for our student film awards.

The finalists are:

-- And Thou Shalt Love (Dir. Chaim Elbaum, Israel 2007, 28 min.)
-- Desert Trains (Dir. Boaz Armoni, Israel 2008, 26 min.)
-- Grown Up (Dir. Dana Neuberg, Israel 2008, 20 min.)
-- On the Road to Tel Aviv (Dir. Khen Shalem, Israel 2007, 15 min.)
-- Pinhas (Dir. Pini Tavger, Israel 2008, 30 min.)
-- Rosenzweig - Born to Dance (Dir. Keren Hakak, Israel 2007, 17 min.)
-- Song of David (Oded Turgeman, USA 2008, 20 min.)

These films will compete for the Kathryn H. Gutow Best of Show Award and the $250 Vanderbilt Hillel Student Choice Award.

The winner of the Best of Show Award will receive $1000. The film will be screened before our closing night film, "A Matter of Size" and will also screen at the Nashville Film Festival in April, 2010.

The winner of the $250 Vanderbilt Hillel Student Choice Award will be determined by the audience at the Student Film Competition Finalist Screening.

Don't forget to purchase your tickets to this year's Special Events:

Opening Night Cocktail Supper
Monday Matinee Box Lunch
Closing Night Dessert Reception

Deadline is November 4.

And if you want the best deal, get an All-Festival Pass!

Nashville Jewish Film Festival and the Frist Center for Visual Arts present HERB & DOROTHY as a part of the Films at the Frist series.

Herb and Dorothy
Sunday, November 1, 3:00 p.m.
Frist Auditorium, FREE to the Public
www.fristcenter.org
www.herbanddorothy.com

READ MORE ABOUT Herb and Dorothy

The screening of this film is a collaboration between the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and the Nashville Jewish Film Festival and a prelude to the 2009 NJFF, which is being held November 7–12, 2009 at the Belcourt Theatre.

Get the most out of this year's NJFF with a Festival Pass:

ALL-FESTIVAL PASS: $125, Good for tickets to all films & special events.*

**NEW** REEL DEAL PASS: $45, A great deal for anyone 25 and under!** Good for tickets to all films.

From The Jerusalem Post:

"The Best Actress Award went to Irit Kaplan, who played a Weight Watchers dropout in the comedy A Matter of Size. The actress joked that "this is the first time I'm bursting from joy and not from shawarma." She also made a plea to concentrate on what's inside people and not focus on appearances.

Best Supporting Actress went to veteran actress Levana Finkelstein, for her role as the hero's mom in A Matter of Size."

Read full story at: jpost.com

Be sure to see NJFF's Closing Film, A Matter of Size

Check out our biggest and best festival yet!

The Nashville Jewish Film Festival (NJFF) is proud to announce the 5th Annual NJFF Student Film Competition. The competition features student short films with Jewish content from all over the world. Student Filmmakers will be eligible for a cash prize of $1,000, made possible by the Kathyrn H. Gutow Fund for Jewish Arts and Culture and Creative Artists Agency. Finalists will be screened at the 2009 NJFF in November and the winning film will be screened at the Nashville Film Festival in April of 2010.

Entry fee is $18

Deadline for submissions is September 24, 2009.



Filmmakers with an upgraded project on Withoutabox receive $5.00 off their entry fees.

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Monday, April 20, 2009 at 6pm
Regal Green Hills 16
3815 Green Hills Village Dr.

ADAM RESURRECTED
Starring Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe

Bens Mom screens with the shorts program GROW UP ALREADY - COMING OF AGE SHORTS

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 1pm
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 5:30pm

co-sponsored with NaFF (Nashville Film Festival)
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:30 PM
Regal Green Hills 16

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Last year’s winner of the Nashville Jewish Film Festival Student Film competition was "Dolls and Houses," a film by Israeli filmmaker Pola Zen.

Ari Sandel won the 2nd Annual Kathyrn H. Gutow Student Film Competition with his brilliant and funny film - WEST BANK STORY - completed in late 2004 as his Masters Film Project at the University of Southern California Film and Television School.

University of Texas film student, Lisa Gross, won the first annual Kathryn H. Gutow Student Film Competition with her documentary, Tuli, about her great-uncle who revitalized the Jewish community in Vienna after the Holocaust.