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Tickets and Passes on Sale
Thursday, January 4!

We look forward to seeing you in February of 2024 to continue our work to build bridges, educate, enrich and entertain our community.

The Louisville Jewish Film Festival
announces its 26th season!

The festival is showcasing a spectacular season featuring 17 top-rated, thought-provoking films including 7 short films. In addition, the festival will present 6 special event programs.

Our 26th season will open at the Trager Family JCC with the film Remembering Gene Wilder, an affectionate biographical documentary that displays the full measure of Gene Wilder’s gifts as a comedic actor of great depth, a writer, a director, and a mensch.  The film will be accompanied by a Willy Wonka themed reception at 7 p.m. with light hors d’oeuvres and scrumdiddlyumptious Wonka-style treats. Your Golden Ticket to the event includes a chance to win a gift card to Meesh Meesh, owned and operated by award-winning Chef Noam Bilitzer. The evening will feature a special recorded cameo appearance by comedian, Ariel Elias. Ms. Elias will talk about the value of humor, especially in tough times.

New this year, the festival is featuring a Shorts & Shots event
at Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory.

This bourbon tasting and short film experience will include four award-winning and exceptional short films, a customized tasting experience including four topflight bourbon selections, a light food sampling of cheese and crackers and bourbon balls.
Click here to learn more about the Shorts & Shots event.

Thank you for believing in the power of film to open minds.
Together we’ll continue to inspire, entertain and build bridges.

Thank You to our 2024 Sponsors

Founding Partner

The Louis Levy & Wilma Probst Levy Film and Theater Arts Fund

Festival Presenting

Goldstein Leibson Cultural Arts Fund

Film Presenting

Wilma Probst Levy

 DR. JEFFREY AND MRS. SUSAN CALLEN

Congregation Adath JeshuruN through a grant from the jewish heritage fund AND cantor david lipp’s discretionary funD

ROTH FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC. ON BEHALF OF THE ADOLF & SARA VAN DER WALDE AND ISRAEL ROSENBLOUM FUND

rosA gladstein fund

 

Oscar

ANN & COLEMAN FRIEDMAN CHILDREN’S JUDAIC ACTIVITIES FUND
JANET & JONATHAN HODES
BARTLETT WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Golden Globe

KEILEY & SHARON CASTER
JIM & IRENE KARP
MS. JESSICA LOVING & MR. SHERYL SNYDER

Cannes

CHUCK KAPLAN
JON & LAURA KLEIN
SARAH & CHUCK O’KOON
PHYLLIS & MICHAEL SHAIKUN
ELLEN & MAX SHAPIRA
SUSAN & ROBERT WATERMAN
DR. KENNETH & SHELLY ZEGART 
IN HONOR OF SUSAN & JEFF CALLEN

Celebrity

DR. MATTHEW BESSEN AND ELLANA BESSEN
SHEILA G. LYNCH & STEVEN S. GOLDSTEIN
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, LOUISVILLE SECTION

FIlm Festival COMMITTEE

Keiley Caster, Co-Chair        Janet Hodes, Co-Chair
    Tricia Kling Siegwald, Director

Asaf Angermann
Rabbi David Ariel-Joel
Ellana Bessen
Jeffrey Callen
Abby Glogower
Cantor David Lipp
Bonnie McCullagh
Solange Minstein
Ranen Omer-Sherman
Pami
Mickey Ruby
Susan Waterman