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Jewish film festivals draw thousands
and inspire a national conference.

sary.
And although the Hong Kong-
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
based consultant is not currently liv-
ing in North America, he couldn't
s organizer of Hong Kong's
believe his luck in discovering the
first Jewish film festival,
conference.
Howard Elias showed nine
"I'm thrilled," said Elias, who lives
films over eight nights in
in
a
city with some 3,000 Jews. "I
May, giving all but one of them its
couldn't have imagined this. In each
Asian premiere. An average of 29
session, I've gotten three or four more
tickets was sold at each screening.
ideas."
When he made plans to attend the
Metropolitan Detroit's JCC Lenore
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival,
Marwil
Jewish Film Festival Director
the oldest such festival in the United
David
Magidson
attended the confer-
States, Elias suspected he might run
ence and came away with some valu-
into a handful of Jewish film festival
able insight and information as well.
directors like himself in the audience.
"It was most useful in gaining
What he didn't plan on was run-
access
to other directors of festivals
ning into a whole conference
around
the country, as well as sources
designed especially for people like
for
films,"
said Magidson, who is a
him.
professor of theater at Wayne State
Co-sponsored by the National
University.
Foundation for Jewish Culture and
"I learned that most of the festivals
the San Francisco Jewish Film
have the same problems,
Festival, the first
although they are all
Conference of American
unique to their commu-
Jewish Film Festivals
A San Francisco
nities. The audiences are
was held in San
Jewish Film Festival
different. San Francisco,
Francisco in July. It
audience
packs
for example, attracts a
coincided with the local
younger
audience that
festival's 20th anniver-
the house.

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