The Other Israel Film Festival (OIFF) was established in 2007 in the Carole Zabar Center for Film at the Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center on Manhattan. Connected with several other film festivals located there, and the expanding Israel Film Center streaming site with more than 250 productions, the Manhattan JCC is probably the largest North American media center providing access to Israeli and Jewish media and culture. As distinct from other festivals with related themes, OIFF is excep...
The 15th annual Other Israel Film Festival (OIFF) was held in a hybrid format with online and in-person participation from November 4-11 at the Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Manhattan. The Israel Film Center was established there by Carole Zabar. For years, The Israel Film Center has successfully expanded its audience using streaming platforms to facilitate access to its productions and film festivals both in person at its theater and from home. The pivoting ...
Celebrating its 10th anniversary The Other Israel Film Festival was held from December 1-8 at the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan (JCC) showcasing nine feature and three short films attracting an audience of about 4000 individuals in mostly sold out screenings. Viewers were drawn from the membership of the JCC but a large proportion were habitués who had attended past editions of the festival. As its title indicates the festival has a unique profile focusing on minority ...
Founded in 2007, Other Israel Film Festival uses film to foster social
awareness and cultural understanding. The Festival presents dramatic
and documentary features and shorts, as well as engaging panels about
history, culture, and identity of Arab citizens of Israel, who make up
twenty percent of Israel’s population. Our mission is to promote
awareness and appreciation of the diversity of the state of Israel,
provide a dynamic and inclusive forum for exploration of and dialogue
about the Arab experience in Israel, and encourage cinematic expression
and creativity dealing with these themes. Our programming is guided by
our mission to showcase quality cinema that brings to the big screen
the human stories and daily lives of the Arab Citizens of Israel who
are rarely seen outside the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Tuesday, July 17--------CROSSING BOUNDARIES, a documentary film by Bilal Yusef, was selected as the winning film in the Other Israel Competition at the 24th Annual Jerusalem Film Festival which closed this past weekend. The film also received the Best Documentary Award, as well as the Wim Van Leer "In The Spirit of Freedom" Award presented at the gala awards ceremony in the Israeli capital. CROSSING BOUNDARIES presents a sensitive look at two Arab women in Israel, Aisha Sidawee and...
