PRESS RELEASE
2/21/2010

The Jewish Film Competition is thrilled to announce the winners of this years program.

The winner of First Prize is “Barely Bar Mitzvah’d” by Oren Peleg, a hilarious teen romantic comedy about a back yard Bar Mitzvah party.

This year, the Second place prize is being split between two films. “Shema” by Michael Pycher, is a powerful and somber period piece taking place in a field in Poland, 1943. The other film, “The Last Survivor” by Michael Pertnoy is a moving documentary sharing the stories of 4 different survivors of 4 different genocides in different parts of the world.

We were thrilled to have such a strong program of films this year, and can’t wait for next year’s batch. Send ‘em in!

Ezra Bookstein

Director, Jewish Film Competition

Part of the Jewlicous Festivals

JFC Mission Statement

The Jewish Film Competition is intended to promote and encourage the use of film and animation to explore and articulate the scope, humor and complexities of Judaism, Jewish Identity and the Jewish Experience.