12th Annual
2025
November 20 - 23, 2025
tickets on sale soon!
2025 AJFF: November 20 - 23
12th ANNUAL Atlantic Jewish Film Festival: Ticket on sale soon!!
All screenings are at Pier 21.
Opening Night Spotlight: Thursday, November 20, 7p.m.
We are thrilled to open with a powerful film from Halifax filmmaker Lynda Medjuck Suissa - the world premiere of “Sheitel - Beauty in the Hidden”.
A documentary exploring the cultural, religious, and personal significance of hair covering among Jewish women, particularly in Orthodox and Hasidic communities. The film reveals how wigs, scarves, and other coverings serve as self expressions of faith, marriage, identity, spirituality, and empowerment. It’s a deeply personal and emotionally resonant film with messages highly relevant to today’s conversations around identity, culture, and choice.
Join us for a world premiere screening with director Lynda Medjuck Suissa in attendance! The evening will feature:
- A special introduction by the director
- A post screening Q&A
- A reception to follow
Saturday Night: Feature Film + Live Entertainment + Party: November 22, 8p.m.:
Join Canadian comedy duo and filmmakers Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman for an entertaining evening!
Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm, Documentary, 2025, Canada, Sweden, US, 77 mins., filmmakers Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman.
Get ready to laugh and kvell with Swedishkayt: YidLife Crisis in Stockholm as self-proclaimed international Yiddish-ish icons YidLife Crisis—Canadian comedy duo Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman—bravely step onto Swedish soil to unearth a hidden treasure trove of Jewish culture. From the moment they arrive in Stockholm, our heroes, like gefilte fish out of water, prepare for a big live show while unraveling the little-known history of Sweden’s Jewish community in their hilarious and heartfelt journey. Party to follow - kosher catering + cash bar.
Closing film: Sunday, November 23, 6:30p.m.
The Ring, (Israel 2024, 122 mins, Hebrew and Hungarian with English subtitles)
Arnon Noble is a religious man with a strong bond to his mother, a Holocaust survivor. When the mother's health deteriorates, he travels to her old hometown, Budapest to search for the mythological ring that saved her life in the past. The Ring is written by Adir Miller, and based on his Holocaust survival story.
2025 AJFF Virtual Festival: November 24 - December 31. Screening in Atlantic Canada! Film information coming soon!
2025 AJFF committee: Lynn Rotin, Chair | Jon Goldberg | Anna Hazankin | Linda Law | Jordan Schelew | Schuyler Smith | Ann Thaw | Howard Thaw | Kristina Wakfer | Peggy Walt | Atlantic Jewish Council staff: Yoram Abisror, Executive Director; Edna LeVine, Director of Community Engagement |
12th Annual AJFF: November 20 - 23, 2025
2025 PRODUCERS
Valerie MacDonald & Jim Spatz
2025 DIRECTORS
Lois & Ricardo Bessoudo
Hedda Medjuck
2025 CAST MEMBERS
Karen & Howard Conter
Howard Epstein
Linda Law
Elizabeth Mullaly & Darrel Pink
Lynda Suissa
2025 FILM FANS
Anonymous
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
2025 SUPPORTERS
Anonymous
Saralee Lewis
Judy Pottier
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 | 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.
