13th Annual
2026

Atlantic Jewish Film Festival

Nov 19 - 22, 2026

our "Bar Mitzvah" year

Special Screening:

June 14, 2026

Details coming soon!!

Our Sponsors

WE EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS FOR OUR 2025 FESTIVAL, WE COULD NOT PRODUCE THIS ANNUAL FESTIVAL WITHOUT YOU. Your support ensures we continue undiminished.
Cast Members

Rosalind & Philip Belitsky

Rosalind & Philip Belitsky

Karen & Howard Conter

Howard Epstein

Linda Law

Elizabeth Mullaly & Darrel Pink

Kayla & Matthew, Briella and Zaven, Robinson

Lynda Suissa

Film Fans

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Carol & Simmy Airst

Jane & David Alexander

Nancy & Seth Bloom

Ethel Cooper-Rosen & Mark Rosen

Dawn Frail & Tim Margolian

Sharon Fraser & Dan O'Connor

Myra & Larry Freeman

Judith & Victor Goldberg

Katrina Hurley & Arik Drucker

Sharon & Stanley Jacobson

Shirlee & Ralph Medjuck

Lezlie Oler & David Zitner

Debbie Pestell

Rita & Joel Pink

Linda Rand & Barrie Green

Debbie Stover & Jeffrey Schelew

Ann & Howard Thaw

Myrna & Harold Yazer

Supporters

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Saralee Lewis

Judy 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 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.

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

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 | 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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