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Toronto Jewish Film Festival

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Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF)
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Founded1993
No. of films27 (as of 2019)
LanguageInternational
Websitehttps://tjff.com/

The Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF) is an annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is described as the largest Jewish film festival in the world.[1]

The festival was founded in 1993. One of its founders, Helen Zukerman, is the festival's artistic director.[2] The festival's board of directors is chaired by Allison Martin.

The 2014 festival ran from May 1 to May 11[3] and featured 116 films from 23 countries.[3] The 2019 festival, the 27th, was from May 2 to May 12, 2019. The 2020 festival took place online. The 2021 festival is scheduled to run from June 3 to June 13.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Toronto Jewish Film Festival". Doing Jewish in Toronto. UJA Federation. 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Adler, Jordan (24 April 2018). "TJFF founder honoured for decades of public service". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Glassman, Marc (May 7, 2014). "Toronto Jewish Film Festival 2014". Point of View. Toronto. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  4. ^ "TIFF – Toronto Jewish Film Festival". UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
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