Thank you to our audience, supporters and friends 
for making this year's 

20TH WASHINGTON JEWISH
FILM FESTIVAL

such a wonderful success!

From December 3 - 13, over 7,000 people attended 62 films from 20 countries in 8 venues in DC and Maryland, making this the biggest WJFF ever.  We appreciate the community's enthusiastic participation and support.

Tell us what you think
Help us evaluate our success and where we need to improve by taking our WJFF Audience Survey and win two free tickets to a future Screening Room film.

The votes are in and the WJFF Audience Favorite Awards go to...

Audience Favorite Feature Film
A MATTER OF SIZE
Our opening night sell-out from Israel won the audience's hearts and votes.  We were delighted to host special guests from the Israeli box office hit, actor Dvir Benedek, co-screenwriter Danny Cohen-Solal and co-producer Micha Shagrir.  Upon learning of the award, Dvir wrote, "Thank you for the wonderful news.  We're all very happy about it. Your audience is perfect, I saw that throughout the screenings.  We are very proud to be a part of this amazing festival."

 
Audience Favorite Documentary Film
WILL EISNER:  PORTRAIT OF A SEQUENTIAL ARTIST
Comic book fans and the uninitiated were won over by this innovative documentary about the comic book pioneer whose work is the basis for today's popular genre of graphic novels.  The film's producer/director Andrew Cooke wrote "We were thrilled to simply be a part of the festival.  So to receive an award -- particularly the audience award --is beyond our expectations and a great honor. I, along with everyone else involved with WILL EISNER: PORTRAIT OF A SEQUENTIAL ARTIST are extremely grateful.  We would like to thank the WJFF for hosting us along with it’s many wonderful supporters as well as all those who voted for the film."

 
Audience Favorite Short Film
TOYLAND
The Academy Award winning short film captured the admiration of our shorts audience.  Director Jochen Alexander Freydank wrote "I'm very happy about this award. It was really tough to produce TOYLAND, a film set in Winter 1942, in Nazi-Germany. A story I always wanted to tell and a story that means a lot to me, it's a film about ignorance, truth and about making decisions. Winning the audience award at the Washington Jewish Film Festival is really wonderful. "

Download the 20th WJFF catalog here!  
            


THANK YOU TO OUR FESTIVAL CO-SPONSORS

...AND EVENING SPONSORS
■ CHARLOTTE AND JACOB LEHRMAN FOUNDATION ■ CROSSCURRENTS FOUNDATION
■ MELINDA BIEBER AND NORMAN POZEZ ■ LOUIE AND RALPH DWECK
■ BARBARA AND MICHAEL SMILOW ■ DAVID BRUCE SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION
■ ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES/ACADEMY FOUNDATION