Toronto Jewish Film Festival

{{Infobox Film Festival

| name = Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF)

| image =File:Toronto_Jewish_Film_Festival_logo.gif

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| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| founded = 1993

| host =

| number = 27 (as of 2019)

| language = International

| website = https://tjff.com/

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The Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF) is an annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is described as the largest Jewish film festival in the world.{{cite web | url=http://www.jewishtorontoonline.net/home.do?ch=events&cid=org-1329&jt_style=detail | title=Toronto Jewish Film Festival | publisher=UJA Federation | work=Doing Jewish in Toronto | date=2014 | access-date=September 1, 2014}}

The festival was founded in 1993. One of its founders, Helen Zukerman, is the festival's artistic director.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cjnews.com/culture/entertainment/tjff-founder-honoured-for-decades-of-public-service |title=TJFF founder honoured for decades of public service |last=Adler |first=Jordan |date=24 April 2018 |work=Canadian Jewish News |access-date=28 March 2019}} The festival's board of directors is chaired by Allison Martin.

The 2014 festival ran from May 1 to May 11{{cite magazine | url=http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/toronto-jewish-film-festival-2014 | title=Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2014 | work=Point of View | date=May 7, 2014 | access-date=September 1, 2014 | author=Glassman, Marc | location=Toronto}} and featured 116 films from 23 countries. The 2019 festival, the 27th, was from May 2 to May 12, 2019. The 2020 festival took place online. The 2021 festival is scheduled to run from June 3 to June 13.{{Cite web |title=TIFF – Toronto Jewish Film Festival |url=https://jewishtoronto.com/calendar/toronto-jewish-film-festival |access-date=23 March 2021 |website=UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. }}

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