THE 21ST WARSAW JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2023

The 21st Warsaw Jewish Film Festival (WJFF) will be held in person & online Poland-wide from 23-29 October 2023. The screenings will take place in the POLIN Museum and KINOGRAM CINEMA  in Warsaw and online on VOD.WARSZAWA.pl. The POLIN Museum is the Main Partner of the festival. Festival is co-financed by city of Warsaw.

IDEA

WJFF has been a destination for international award-winning films on Jewish topics and themes since 2003, which makes it the oldest festival of this kind in Poland and Eastern Europe. 

Festival has nearly 20 years of experience in offering the finest film & educational programs to audiences across Warsaw city and Poland-wide. Since its first edition has welcomed hundreds of thousands of filmgoers and guests from around the world, and presented over 1000 international films from nearly 30 countries, which were selected at the world famous film festivals. Films that premiered at the WJFF have gone on to win major awards worldwide (The Academy Award-winning films: Ida, West Bank Story, The Pianist). 

The Festival has grown to include a variety of arts and media – from film workshops and student film productions, through culinary workshops, online screenings & live webinars, to a music performances and photo exhibits.

The Festival also prides itself on its in-depth post-screening conversations with filmmakers and other experts run throughout the year in few other cities in Poland as: Krakow, Wroclaw, Plonsk, Lodz, Gdansk.

MISSION

Promoting Jewish culture and history, presenting the diversity of Jewish communities in Poland and worldwide, preserving the Jewish heritage in Poland, and cultivating the memory of the Holocaust.

Our goal is to give Jewish and non-Jewish filmgoers the opportunity to get acquainted with a different perspective of Jewish issues reflected on the screen. Furthermore, our goal is to offer compelling and memorable film programs to as large an audience as 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.

ARE YOU A FILM FESTIVALS AND JEWISH CULTURE LOVER? BECOME A WARSAW JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL AMBASSADOR & DONOR!

Film and art makes our lives reach and meaningful. By supporting cultural events we build bridges to the multicultural dialog and we create the society based on a tolerance and understanding to others. Now each and every one of us can become an Ambassador of arts! Donate now!

By making a donation you contribute to the statutory activities of our Foundation (the main organizer of the annual Warsaw Jewish Film Festival), that include not only annual Jewish Film Festival, but also educational and cultural programs which we organize all year round (https://wjff.pl/en/projects).

Giving a donation to our Foundation is very easy: under the button below you will find our donation box, where you could send donation using very secure electronic payment system PayPal.

ONE TIME ONLINE DONATION
To make a secure online donation today, please click the donate button below.

DIRECT BANK TRANSFER
If you prefer to send via Bank Transfer please mail Your 100% tax-deductible gift to the Camera of David Foundation to:


Bank name and adress: ALIOR BANK S.A. , Al. Lopuszanska 38d, city: 02-232 WARSAW, POLAND
Account holder’s name: FUNDACJA KAMERA WJFF.PL
Account holder’s street address: UL. NOWOGRODZKA 31, 00-511 WARSAW, POLAND

BIC / SWIFT code: ALBPPLPW 

IBAN code of bank account: PL


Account number PLN: PL 22 2490 0005 0000 4530 3083 4531

Account number USD: PL 87 2490 1057 0000 9901 1267 4527 

Account number EUR: PL 34 2490 1057 0000 9902 1267 4527 

For further information, please e-mail our Executive Director: Magda Makarczuk Strehlau at warsawjff@wjff.pl

THE MAIN FESTIVAL PARTNER IS THE POLIN MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS.

THE FESTIVAL IS CO-FINANCED BY THE CITY OF WARSAW.

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