The SFJFF year round website http://www.sfjff.org contains: Searchable 800+ title Online Guide to Independent Jewish Cinema; articles on Jewish-subject cinema; News and Information on all SFJFF year-round screenings and co-presentations; Festival archives from 1995 to present; Mission and History of the SFJFF and LOTS MORE!! The New Jewish Filmmaking Project (NJFP), is a program of San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, produced by Citizen Film. The NJFP gives talented teen-aged storytellers a framework, plus training and resources to tell their own stories exploring what it means to be Jewish at this complex time in our history. Since 2001, the NJFP has been developing a body of work that reflects the growing diversity of the American-Jewish community. Films include work by and about recent immigrants from Eastern Europe, Jews of color, Jews of North African heritage and Jews with multiple ethnic and/or national identities, and about Jewish rituals. Productions are exhibited nationally. Their newest production, Holidaze, is a rare film project: This triptych of stories from SFJFF New Jewish Filmmaking Project, produced by Citizen Film (see page xx), delivers candid, funny observations of do-it-yourself holiday rituals. Teenage co-directors from a range of backgrounds consider the mysterious relevance of ritual in secular, multicultural lives. The New Jewish Filmmaking Project has reached approximately 300,000 viewers through broadcast on PBS affiliates, educational institutions, community centers and museums. NJFP is a program of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, produced by Citizen Film. For more information, contact mailto:njfp@citizenfilm.org njfp@citizenfilm.org . YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING INITIATIVES In addition to the annual Festival, SFJFF presents a monthly series of Jewish-subject films as part of Yerba Buena Centers multicultural film program; Israel in Motion, a monthly series of Israeli film at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center; and SFJFF Presents (affectionately known internally as the Mitzvah Series), a film series at Bay Area Jewish nursing homes. The SFJFF also collaborates with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco on programming, provides consultation to festivals around the world, and has programmed several seasons of Jewish films on KQED-TV (PBS/San Francisco). SFJFF JEWISH FILM FORUM Launched in 2007, the Jewish Film Forum is SFJFF membership society, comprising 600+ (and growing!) members who support the mission, annual festival and year-round programs of SFJFF. Jewish Film Forum members enjoy benefits such as ticket discounts and exclusive year-round screenings. Since ticket sales cover only 25% of SFJFF annual costs, SFJFF relies on contributions for 75% of its annual revenue. NINTH STREET INDEPENDENT FILM CENTER SFJFF is located in and is a co-owner of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center along with our three non-profit media arts partners: Frameline, the Center for Asian American Media and Film Arts Foundation. The mission of the Ninth Street Independent Film Center is to secure a lasting space for the creation and dissemination of independent media that promotes democracy, community participation, cultural preservation, access and lifelong learning to a diverse community of artists and audiences. The participating groups first moved into the renovated building at 145 Ninth Street in late 2002 and have to date, raised more than $4.2 million toward our goal of 100% ownership of the building.
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