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Geneva International Jewish Film Festival
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The Geneva International Jewish Film Festival (GIJFF) is an annual film festival dedicated to world cinema that focuses on Jewish life, history and culture worldwide. It was founded in 2011 and takes place in Switzerland. It is organised by UK Jewish Film. History 2011 The first Festival took place from 23 to 27 March 2011, opening with the Swiss premiere of the 2010 Canadian comedy-drama film ', directed by Richard J. Lewis and based on the novel of the by Mordecai Richler. It opened with the Swiss premiere of Gei Oni, which was attended by the film's director, Dan Wolman, and its lead actor Zion Ashkenazi, who took part in a question and answer session after the screening. Other films shown included: the Oscar-nominated Footnote; Mahler on the Couch, revealing the extraordinary encounter between Gustav Mahler and Sigmund Freud; Remembrance; Five Brothers, a crime thriller from director Alexandre Arcady; and My Best Enemy, a 2011 Austrian / Luxembourgian film directed by Wolfgang Murnberger and based in wartime Vienna. 2014 The fourth Festival took place from 26 to 30 March 2014 in Geneva and Lausanne. 2015 The fifth Festival took place from 25 to 29 March 2015 in Geneva. 2016 The sixth Festival took place from 10 to 17 March 2016 in Geneva. See Also
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