Jewish International Film Festival 2015

Overview

A whopping 60 films will make their Australian debut at the 2015 Jewish International Film Festival. Making its first Brisbane appearance at New Farm Cinemas, a sampler of the nation-wide three-week celebration of Jewish films and filmmakers will screen both fiction and non-fiction films from all around the world, in order to showcase what festival director Eddie Tamir calls "the agony and the ecstasy of the Jewish experience".

Standout narratives in the JIFF 2015 program include French-Canadian romantic drama Felix and Meira, Cannes Grand Prix winner Son of Saul and Natalie Portman's directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness, about Israeli novelist and journalist Amos Oz.

The documentary lineup is similarly strong. Out of Israel, Censored Voices uncovers harrowing recordings made by disillusioned Israeli soldiers shortly after the Six Day War in 1967.