"Jewish Eye” – Jewish world film festival

Ashkelon 2010

This is the seventh year of the festival on the Jewish culture and identity. It includes films from all over the world, features, documentaries and short films. In the world there exist about one hundred festivals of Jewish films yearly, and “Jewish Eye” has a place of honor among them keeping gaining momentum.
Despite the security problems in the Southern area and Ashkelon, the Festival will go on in Askelon this year too, on 10.10.2010-18.10.2010. It takes place in the International Convention Center  Ashkelon academic college
This year are in program for the public interested in Jewish cinema about 80 films from 20 countries in a competition that carries prizes.
All films are shown on Israeli premiere  and this is for some films the only time they can be seen by israeli public.
In the Festival there is a variegated junction of the Jewish culture: stories from  Eastern Europe, North Africa, Americas and of course Israel; Jewish history, Holocaust memories, Jewish festivities customs, faiths and lifestyle, Israel-Diaspora relations, personal stories showing universal and private subjects - all that in one Jewish cultural 9-day event.
Mr Micha Harish, Chairman of the Israeli Film Council  wrote:” Film creation, full feature and documentary enriches us culturally, and there is a greats significance  in our relations with  all the Jewish world. the filmakers prove that cinematographic language is a bridge above time or distance.”
Aharon Yadlin , Festival Chairman in winner of Israel Prize 2010 said:” The strength of Israel is not only its security and does not just summarize in its scientific and technological advancement. It is also expressed in the cultural life, in art creations.  Jewish Eye , Jewish Film Festival is a cultural experience of vast erudition.”
This year during the Festival days we shall pay  homage to a prominent actor on stage and screen, Zeev Revah on his 70th year,  we shall celebrate 100 years to the kibbutz, and we shall especially mention 20 years to the great immigration from USSR,  We shall have special film screenings with the filmmakers present, and there is more to come. Artist  from the whole world, directors, producers, actors will visit Ashkelon as Festival guests.
Ashkelon has gradually taken up its place among the local and international festivals and serves as  a meeting point between people who live in the South and the rest of Israeli citizen.
Mr. Beni Vaknin,  Mayor of Ashkelon says: “Ashkelon being an ancient city which combines old with new, history of the Jewish people with actual development of 21st century, is the appropriate place to host a festival of Jewish cinema.”