11th Annual
2024
November 21 - 24, 2024
Screening in Atlantic Canada
AJFF Special Presentation - Atlantic Canada Premiere: "Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre"
(2023, Germany / Israel, Documentary, 52 Minutes)
A Gebrueder Beetz production in co-production with Zygote Films.
Date: Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
Screening Times: 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Guest Speaker: Angus Smith, Retired Canadian Intelligence Officer / Analyst, Writer, and Jewish Educator, (both screenings).
Tickets: $10 each
Reception to follow each screening.
Venue: Bronfman Theatre, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
CONTENT WARNING: This film contains violent content; viewer discretion is advised.
Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre: Piecing together dramatic eyewitness accounts, with real time footage from multiple sources, “Supernova” provides a harrowing and detailed rundown of the massacre carried out by Hamas that took place at the Nova Music Festival on the morning of October 7th.
Festival attendees and first responders take us through their harrowing stories of survival, and the indescribable horrors they witnessed. Captured in the almost immediate aftermath - their trauma and raw emotions are clearly visible.
Venue, Date, & Film Times subject to change.
2023 AJFF - THAT'S A WRAP - THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
2023 FILM PARTNERS
The Azrieli Foundation | The Consulate of Israel | Israel Bonds Canada | Moskowitz Capital | Bishop’s Cellar | Cineplex Entertainment LP | Le Consulat général de France à Moncton et Halifax | Alliance Française Halifax |
With the support of the Cultural and Scientific Services of the Embassy of France in Canada.
2023 DIRECTORS
Valarie MacDonald & Jim Spatz
2023 CAST MEMBERS
Karen & Howard Conter
Howard Epstein
Anna & Maxim Hazankin
Sharon & Stanley Jacobson
Linda Law & Lloyd Newman
Elizabeth Mullaly & Darrel Pink
Darcie Richler & Leigh Lampert, LawGiC
Lynda Suissa
2023 FILM FANS
Carol and Simmy Airst
Jane & David Alexander
Nancy & Seth Bloom
Ethel Cooper-Rosen and Mark Rosen
Sharon Fraser & Dan O'Connor
Rhonna and Thomas Gaum
Myra & Larry Freeman
Judith & Victor Goldberg
Shirlee & Ralph Medjuck
Lezlie Oler & David Zitner
Shari & Paul Burnard Ostrom
Debbie Pestell
Debbie Stover & Jeffrey Schelew
Ann & Howard Thaw
Goldie & Morris Trager
Jack Waller & Ken Saunders, Parkinson Society NS
Yolana Wassersug & Sam Worthington
Myrna & Harold Yazer
2023 SUPPORTERS
Wendy Katz
Judith Pottier
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About The AJFF
The Atlantic Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) is presented by the Atlantic Jewish Council (AJC). The festival provides an opportunity for the public to experience the Jewish world through film in Atlantic Canada. We offer film lovers documentaries, comedies and dramas that otherwise would not screen in our region. We choose films to engage, entertain and educate a diverse, inclusive audience.
After last year’s successful hybrid AJFF, which attracted an audience from across Atlantic Canada, our 10th AJFF will once again offer virtual cinema throughout Atlantic Canada and in-person screenings in Halifax.
The AJFF organizing committee is excited to announce a special event for our 10th AJFF with an Opening Night Celebration and another great year of engaging films highlighting Jewish life and culture around the world.
Contact: Edna LeVine, Director of Community Engagement (AJC)
AJFF Committee: Lynn Rotin, Chair | Yoram Abisror (AJC) | Jon Goldberg | Anna Hazankin | Linda Law | Edna LeVine (AJC) | Jordan Schelew | Flint Schwartz | Schuyler Smith | Ann Thaw | Howard Thaw | Kristina Wakfer | Peggy Walt
About the Atlantic Jewish Council
The Atlantic Jewish Council (AJC) has been the cornerstone of Jewish life in the Atlantic Canadian provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, and Newfoundland & Labrador) since 1975, acting as the organized Jewish community’s representative and program/service provider for non-religious matters. With only a small staff complement and a modest budget, the AJC relies on the support of over 100 volunteers across Atlantic Canada to move the needle on our eight strategic priorities:
- Building a sense of Jewish community across Atlantic Canada;
- Strengthening Jewish identity amongst the Jews of Atlantic Canada, especially our youth;
- Reinforcing the regional identity of the Atlantic Canadian Jewish community;
- Supporting and connecting Atlantic Canadians to Israel;
- Educating about the Holocaust and human rights;
- Helping those in need in our community;
- Fostering relationships with and representing the Atlantic Jewish population to all levels of government, academic institutions, and Jewish and general organizations at both the national and local level; and
- Educating the community of Atlantic Canada at large about Judaism.
The AJC is happy to once again present the Atlantic Jewish Film Festival.