Saturday, July 15th – 9:30pm – Distillery District After surviving World War II, American war-hero Colonel Richard Cantwell begins his journey in a new post-war era. Internally, he is plagued by the horrors he witnessed and the friends he lost. After being recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, the colonel makes his way to Venice […]
Saturday, July 16th – 9pm – Distillery District Giacomo is the heir of an industrial dynasty, but he is more interested in his multiple passions than in managing the company. His life was marked by the death of his father when he was just a child. The encounter with a French eccentric esotericist will change […]
Saturday, July 16th – 5pm – Harbourfront 231 Queen’s Quay West Francesca Molteni’s latest documentary film about Italian architect Renzo Piano gives the audience exclusive access to one of the world’s most influential and important architectural firms. Through a succession of meetings, phone calls and project reviews inside the Renzo Piano Building Workshop audiences get […]
Inspired by his memories of growing up in a Kurdish village on the Syrian-Turkish border, director Mano Khalil highlights the plight of the Kurdish people through the eyes of a sensitive child. Sero’s carefree childhood comes to an end on the first day of school when the new Syrian teacher forbids him from speaking Kurdish. […]
The Toronto Jewish Film Festival took place from May 4-14, 2017.
Screenings – Sunday January 17 @ 1pm & 4pm @ Empress Walk Theatres (Yonge & Sheppard) TORONTO – The 2015/2016 Toronto Jewish Film Festival’s Chai Tea & A Movie screening series continues with Nitzan Gilady’s moving drama Wedding Doll. A hit at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, the film also won Best Israeli Debut […]
Festival Screening – Sunday, May 10 @ 6pm A unique documentary celebrating the adventurous life and unconventional work of American-Jewish filmmaker Samuel Fuller (The Naked Kiss, Shock Corridor). Made by Fuller’s daughter, Samantha, the films journeys through a century of American history with Fuller’s fantastic stories, film clips and home movies—including incredible 16mm footage shot […]
First Festival Screening – Friday, May 1 @ 3:30pm In Budapest during the 1970s, Lazlo Polgar decided to test his theory that “geniuses are made, not born” by raising his three daughters, Susan, Sofi and Judit, to be chess champions. Isolated from the world outside their apartment, the girls spent all their time studying and […]
Sunday, February 22, 2015 @ 1pm & 4pm Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, 5095 Yonge St. (North York Centre subway station) Coffee and tea will be served in-theatre prior to screening TORONTO – The Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF) is proud to present their final Chai Tea & A Movie event of the 2014/2015 season, the […]
from GAT “Engagingly made…moving.” (Mark Adams, Screen International) “Moving family drama…emotionally complex and wholly relatable.” (Andrew Parker, Dork Shelf) The Toronto Jewish Film Festival continues its popular Chai Tea & A Movie series on February 9 with Igor and the Cranes’ Journey, a film by Evgeny Ruman (Lenin in October). The film received much acclaim […]
