9th Budapest Jewish and Israeli Film Festival

Budapest Jewish and Israeli Film Festival goes online and keeps us connected

With an extensive line-up of recent cinema depicting today’s Jewish culture and heritage around the world, Budapest Jewish and Israeli Film Festival is the largest event of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. This year’s program features a fresh selection of pictures from Germany, the United States, Israel, Norway, Austria, and Hungary, as well as a variety of satellite events, roundtables, discussions.

As many routines and practices in all walks of life, the festival goes through a major transformation this year: all screenings go fully online, that is the movies and other programmes are available via online streaming in Hungary.

„Budapest Jewish and Israeli Film Festival’s core value tratidionally is togetherness, a sense that we all share this world and have to think, act and live accordingly. As having to distance ourselves physically, these days we face an urgent need for maintaning social bonds in any available way. We believe that arts and culture are vital to keep us connected, thus we thrive to give a genuine film festival experience to our audience – apart from that screenings move from the cinema halls to living rooms ” – said Marcell Kenesei, festival director.