Thursday, January 12th, 2012

The 21st Annual New York Jewish Film Festival had its opening last night and daily screenings are now running through January 26th.

Presented by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center, the festival is “a preeminent showcase for world cinema exploring the Jewish experience.”

Full-details are available on FilmLinc’s website. Ticket prices to individual screenings are as follows:

• $13 – General Public
• $9 – Students & Seniors
• $8 – Jewish Museum & FilmLinc Members

Most screenings take place at FilmLinc’s Walter Reade Theater. A few (noted in their description) are screened at the new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Both are located on West 65th, between Broadway & Amsterdam.

Here’s the line-up of films being featured — a diverse cross-section of “dramatic features, riveting documentaries, entertaining comedies and tantalizing shorts.”

• 100 Voices: A Journey Home
• 400 Miles To Freedom
• A Bottle In The Gaza Sea
• Bachelor Days Are Over
• Breaking Home Ties
• Daas
• Deaf Jam
• Dressing America: Tales From The Garment Center
• Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
• Incessant Visions: Letters From An Architect
• Lea And Darija
• Lost Love Diaries
• Mabul (The Flood)
• Mary Lou
• My Australia
• My Father Evgeni
• My Song Goes Round The World
• Remembrance
• Restoration
• Shoah: The Unseen Interviews
• The Queen Has No Crown
• The Silent Historian
• Torn
• Welcome To Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resort
• White: A Memoir In Color

Here’s a brief trailer for the festival:

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