Next Sunday: Fortuna, Yael Naim, Boujenah, and Roya Hakakian
27th NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival – Festival Sefarad
“The NY Sephardic Film Festival is a celebration of the diversity of Sephardic culture and identity. With World, U.S. and NY premieres our movies are a reflection of the vibrant lives—past and present—of Sephardic Jews throughout the world: from Israel, the US and Europe. Like a good wine, the NY Sephardic Film Festival is getting better every year!” ~ASF Vice President & Festival Chair Raquel Benatar Laredo
Join us next Sunday, 8 June, at El Museo del Barrio, NYC’s leading Latino cultural institution located on 5th Avenue’s “Museum Mile” (1230 5th Avenue), for Opening Night of the 27th NY Sephardic Jewish Film Festival – Inaugural Festival Sefarad NYC.
Opening Night will feature a performance by the acclaimed Brazilian Sephardic singer Fortuna with the Trio Mediterraneo and Grammy-winning trumpeter and co-founder of The Klezmatics, Frank London. We will also be bestowing the ASF Pomegranate Awards to most deserving and outstanding Sephardic Jewish artists, writers, actors, directors and performers.
This year’s awardees are Fortuna (Fortunee Safdié Joyce), Yael Naim, whose song “New Soul” catapulted to No. 7 on the Billboard Chart after being chosen by Steve Jobs for the first MacBook Air commercial, Michel Boujenah, the famous French Tunisian Sephardic comedian and Cesar Award winning actor, and Roya Hakakian, the highly regarded and successful Iranian American Jewish journalist, lecturer, and writer.
The Best Way to Experience the Festival:
VIP Festival Pass
Access and VIP Seating at All ASF Events (including Opening & Closing Night Private Meet & Greet Receptions, Pomegranate Awards Ceremony, Enrico Macias Performance) and Film Screenings
All-Access Pass
Access and general seating at the Opening and Closing Night Ceremonies, all Movie Screenings, Q&As, and Special Daytime Events
Festival Week Pass
Access only to film screenings
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Special Offer: Buy One $19.99 Movie Ticket, Get One Free
When you buy a film screening ticket, we will email you a complimentary ticket for another
Schedule at a Glance
Check out the full Festival Sefarad Program for Shabbat Dinners, Workshops, Lectures, and Concerts
Sunday, 8 June @El Museo del Barrio
7:00PM: Opening Night Pomegranate Awards Ceremony honoring Michel Boujenah, Fortuna, Roya Hakakian, and Yael Naim, as well as featuring a performance by Fortuna with Trio Mediterraneo and special guest Frank London!
Monday, 9 June @Florence Gould Theater
Sephardic Stars from the Big Screen to Global Stages
6:00PM: 40th Anniversary Screening THREE MEN AND A CRADLE (TROIS HOMMES ET UN COUFFIN) – Comedy
Followed by a Q&A with Michel Boujenah
8:45PM: YAEL NAIM: A NEW SOUL – Documentary
Followed by a Q&A with Yael Naim & Director Jill Coulon
World Premiere
Tuesday, 10 June @ASF – Center for Jewish History
Between Origins, Destinations, and Destiny
5:00PM: LE PAYS D’ORIGINE (THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN) – Short Documentary
World Premiere
Free Event, RSVP Required
6:00PM: NEUILLY-POISSY – Comedy
North American Premiere
8:00PM: JINXED – Comedy
US Premiere
Wednesday, 11 June @ASF – Center for Jewish History
Fate, Faith, and Finding Love
5:00PM: SONGS OF THE SEPHARDIM IN IZMIR – Short Documentary
6:00PM: NOR BY DAY, NOR BY NIGHT – Drama
8:30PM: MATCHMAKING 2 – Romantic Comedy
New York Premiere
Thursday, 12 June @ASF – Center for Jewish History
Revelry, Righteousness, and the Miracles of the Baba Sali
5:00PM: OVER MY DEAD BODY – Short Drama
Followed by a Q&A with Director Meital Cohen Navarro
6:30PM: THE CELEBRATION (HILULA) – Comedy
US Premiere
9:00PM: THE LAST RIGHTEOUS MAN– Documentary
Followed by a Q&A with Director Rafael Balulu
US Premiere
Friday, 13 June @ASF – Center for Jewish History
Sephardi Shoah: Stories of Survival
1:00PM: GIADO: HOLOCAUST IN THE DESERT – Documentary
Followed by Q&A with Farhud survivor Joseph Samuels
Sunday, 15 June @El Museo del Barrio
7:00PM: ENRICO MACIAS CONCERT
Closing Night
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The 27th NYSJFF – Inaugural Festival Sefarad is dedicated to Ike, Molly and Steven Elias and made possible by the UJA-Federation of New York. The Pomegranate Award is sculpted by renowned Baghdad-born artist Oded Halahmy.
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