12th Annual
2025

Atlantic Jewish Film Festival

 

 

November 13 - 16, 2025

Stay tuned for our 12th annual film line-up!

 

Support the 2025 AJFF: November 13 - 16

 

12th ANNUAL Atlantic Jewish Film Festival SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

Thank you for considering supporting Atlantic Jewish Film Festival. As always, the 2025 festival offers different levels of sponsorship, and all sponsors receive a tax receipt.

Sponsorship Opportunities:

$540 Directors:  includes 4 tickets to the Opening Night film, 4 tickets to the Saturday night film + reception, and 4 tickets to the closing film on Sunday; 1 virtual cinema festival pass + 1 guest pass; and on-screen recognition.

$360 Cast Members:  includes 2 tickets to the Opening Night film, 4 tickets to the Saturday night film + reception, and 2 tickets to the closing film on Sunday; 1 virtual cinema festival pass, and on-screen recognition.

$180 Film Fans:  includes 2 tickets to the Opening Night film, 2 tickets to the Saturday night film + reception; 2 tickets to the closing film on Sunday, 1 virtual cinema festival pass, and on-screen recognition.

$90 Supporters:  includes one virtual cinema festival pass (screenings begin after the in-person festival, date TBA) and on-screen recognition.

Payment:

  • Online: Please click here or on one of the sponsorship buttons on this page.
  • By cheque: Atlantic Jewish Council, 5640 Spring Garden Road Suite 300 Halifax, NS, B3J 3M7 (cheque payable to: AJFF)
  • By phone: Please contact Svetlana Ratchinski, AJC Controller, at (902) 422 - 7491 ext. 223
  • Questions? Edna LeVine, AJC Director of Community Engagement: sponsorship@ajff.ca

Your contributions help us to deliver a festival that entertains and engages diverse audiences with film through a Jewish lens. We could not produce an annual festival such as this without the investment from our supporters.

With gratitude, from the AJFF committee:

Lynn Rotin, Chair | Jon Goldberg | Anna Hazankin | Linda Law | Jordan Schelew | Flint Schwartz | Schuyler Smith | Ann Thaw | Howard Thaw | Kristina Wakfer | Peggy Walt | Atlantic Jewish Council (AJC) Staff: Yoram Abisror, Executive Director; Edna LeVine, Director of Community Engagement |

12th Annual AJFF: November 13 - 16, 2025

WE EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS FOR OUR 2024 FESTIVAL, WE COULD NOT PRODUCE THIS ANNUAL FESTIVAL WITHOUT YOU. Your support ensures we continue undiminished.

2024 DIRECTORS

Lois & Ricardo Bessoudo

Valerie MacDonald & Jim Spatz

 

2024 CAST MEMBERS

Karen & Howard Conter

Howard Epstein

Leigha & Elliot Givner

Linda Law & Lloyd Newman

Linda Rand & Barrie Green

Darcie Richler & Leigh Lampert, LawGiC

Lynda Suissa

 

2024 FILM FANS

Carol & Simmy Airst

  Jane & David Alexander

Nancy & Seth Bloom

Ethel Cooper-Rosen & Mark Rosen

Dawn Frail & Tim Margolian

Sharon Fraser & Dan O'Connor

Judith & Victor Goldberg

Sharon & Stanley Jacobson

Shirlee & Ralph Medjuck

Lezlie Oler & David Zitner

Einat & Ron Omessi

Rita & Joel Pink

Ann & Howard Thaw

Goldie & Morris Trager

 

 2024 SUPPORTERS

 Shari Burnard Ostrom

Jordana Hart & John Kimble

Saralee Lewis

 Parkinson Society of Nova Scotia, Ken Saunders & Jack Waller

Judith Pottier

Rosanne Reeve-Newson

         Yolana Wassersug & Sam Worthington

 

Sharing our values and culture with each other and the broader community through the enrichment that films provide.

About The AJFF

The Atlantic Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) is presented by the Atlantic Jewish Council (AJC). The festival provides an opportunity for people in Atlantic Canada to experience the Jewish world through film.

The AJFF offers 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.

We are excited to present 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

In 1980 a group of people took a chance on starting a Jewish film festival in the Bay Area of San Francisco. The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the largest and longest-running festival attracting 40,000+ people and presenting 65+ films during their annual three week festival. Currently, there are more than one hundred Jewish film festivals around the world including Africa and Hong Kong.

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.

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