Washington Jewish Film Festival

The Washington Jewish Film Festival is an annual event that promotes the preservation of Jewish culture by showing films with Jewish themes and encouraging a dialogue about a variety of issues. The film festival, sponsored by the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center’s Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts, will feature 46 films, documentaries and shorts from 15 countries. Each screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmakers, actors and scholars.

Dates

December 3-13, 2009.

Washington Jewish Film Festival Venues

• The Avalon, 5612 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
  
  
• Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater, 1529 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC
  
  
• AFI Silver Theater, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD
  
  
• Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema, 7235 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, MD
  
  
• Goethe-Institut Washington, 812 Seventh Street, Washington, DC
  
  
• Old Town Theater, 815 King St., Alexandria, VA

Tickets

Evening and Weekend Screenings: $10
Weekday Matinees at 1 p.m.: $6 all tickets
All Friday afternoon screenings are free and do not require reservations

Official Web Site

www.wjff.org