Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival

The 1st Ekaterinburg Film Festival was held in Ekaterinburg from 20 to 23 November 2016, at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center and KARO 10 Rainbow Park.[https://karofilm.ru/news/162 First Yekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival stars in November. Karofilm] The Festival opened with a film A Tale of Love and Darkness[http://mkisrael.co.il/articles/2016/11/20/evreyskiy-kinofestival-otkroet-povest-o-lyubvi-i-tme.html "A Tale of Love and Darkness" will open Jewish Film Festival. MK Israel][http://www.itsmycity.ru/ekbdaily/6000/4456 Best Jewish films of recent years will show in Ekaterinburg. It’s my city] directed by Natalie Portman.[http://www.chelnyltd.ru/index.php?page=kultura&id=evreyskiy_kinofestival_v_rossii_otkroyut_pervoy_rezhisserskoy_rabotoy_natali_portman Jewish Film Festival in Russia will open the first directorial work of Natalie Portman. Chelny LTD] The festival program included more than 25 films.[http://lechaim.ru/federation/v-ekaterinburge-projdet-pervyj-evrejskij-kinofestival/ The first Jewish Film Festival took place in Ekaterinburg. Lechaim] The total number of people who attended screenings and educational events of the Festival exceeded 1200.

The 2nd Ekaterinburg Film Festival was held in Ekaterinburg from 18 to 21 November 2016, at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center and Dom Kino.{{cite web|author= |url=http://jewish.ru/ru/news/articles/184321 |title=The Jewish Film Festival will open in Ekaterinburg|website=jewish.ru |date= |accessdate=2018-02-16}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://mkisrael.co.il/articles/2017/11/09/2y-ekaterinburgskiy-evreyskiy-kinofestival-luchshee-evreyskoe-kino-vozvrashhaetsya.html |title=2nd Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival: the best Jewish movie returns|website=mkisrael.co.il |date= |accessdate=2018-02-16}} The opening ceremony of the Festival took place on November 18, 2017, at Dom Kino. The Jews by the French director Yvan Attal became the opening film of the Festival. The ceremony was attended by Yevgeny Roizman, the Mayor of Ekaterinburg and Vlad Lerner, the First Secretary of the Embassy of Israel in Russia. The festival program included more than 29 films.{{cite web|author= |url=http://ural-news.net/culture/2017/11/16/144880.html |title=In Ekaterinburg will show the best Jewish cinema and will dispel the main stereotypes about Jews|website=ural-news.net |date= |accessdate=2018-02-16}} The total number of people who attended screenings and educational events of the Festival exceeded 2000.

• General producer — Egor Odintsov[http://www.vestnik-news.com/2016/11/15/kinofestivalj-v-jekaterinburge.html Jewish Film Festival in Ekaterinburg. vestnik-news.com][https://karofilm.ru/news/162 First Yekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival stars in November. Karofilm.ru]
• Program director — Rusina Lekuh (2016),[http://www.filmpro.ru/materials/52443 Jewish Film Festival opens in Ekaterinburg. filmpro.ru] Vanya Bowden (2017)
• Producer — Konstantin Fam
• PR-director — Elena Barkova
• Executive producer — Edita Bleikh[http://ejff.ru/creators Creators. EJFF.RU]

In addition to film screenings, an educational program was organized in the framework of the festival, consisting of lectures, discussions and debates.[http://www.apiural.ru/news/society/125978/ The first Jewish Film Festival will be held in Yekaterinburg. Apiural.ru]{{cite web|author= |url=https://glasnarod.ru/obshhestvo/137392-stali-izvestny-podrobnosti-obrazovatelnoj-programmy-2-go-ekaterinburgskogo-evrejskogo-kinofestivalya |title=The details of the educational program of the 2nd Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival|website=glasnarod.ru|date= |accessdate=2018-02-16}}

In different years the speakers were independent film director, producer, screenwriter Konstantin Fam,[http://glasnarod.ru/rossiya/57694-evrejskij-kinofestival-projdet-v-ekaterinburge Jewish Film Festival will be held in Ekaterinburg. Voice of the people] film director and producer Artem Vitkin, journalist Boruch Gorin, researcher of Jewish culture Uri Gershovich,[http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=65100 Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival will be held with the support of the FJC. Interfax Religion] film critic Egor Belikov, philosopher Lilia Nemchenko,[http://mkisrael.co.il/articles/2016/11/16/stala-izvestna-obrazovatelnaya-programma-1go-ekaterinburgskogo-evreyskogo-kinofestivalya.html The educational program of the 1st Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival. MK Israel] Doctor of Psychology Ludmila Baranskaya[https://www.kinoafisha.info/news/8331365/stala-izvestna-obrazovatelnaya-programma-1go-ekaterinburgskogo-evreyskogo-kinofestivalya.html The educational program of the 2nd Ekaterinburg Jewish Film Festival.Kinoafisha.info] and others.

Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, the biggest museum in Eastern Russia and North Asia, became the Festival's partner and served as its venue. More than 3000 people have taken part in events of the Festival, which received wide media coverage.

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• Genesis Philanthropy Group[https://www.kinoafisha.info/news/8328398 The first Jewish Film Festival in Ekaterinburg. Kinoafisha.info ]
• Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia[https://ria.ru/religion/20161130/1482500992.html FJC: The first Jewish Film Festival in Ekaterinburg was a success. RIA News]
• Russian Jewish Congress
• Ark Foundation
• Ekaterinburg City Administration{{Cite web |url=http://ruspioner.ru/rp/single/2550 |title=Debut in Ekaterinburg. Russian Pioneer |access-date=2016-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216205341/http://ruspioner.ru/rp/single/2550 |archive-date=2018-02-16 |url-status=dead }}

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