Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

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The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is the largest Jewish film festival in the world and the largest film festival of any kind in the state of Georgia. The 23-day festival is held in late winter at multiple venues in Atlanta, Georgia and in the suburbs of Alpharetta, Marietta and Sandy Springs. Contemporary and classic independent Jewish film from around the world feature at the festival.

The festival was founded in 2000 by the Atlanta regional office of American Jewish Committee and continues to grow each year, having incorporated as an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2014. In 2015, more than 38,600 attended the festival. The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival remains the oldest such event, with reported attendance figures of approximately 35,000. Kenny Blank (son of Atlanta businessman Arthur Blank) serves as the executive director of the organization.

Audience Award winners

Year	Narrative	Documentary
2002	All My Loved Ones	—
2003	—	Strange Fruit
2004	—	Paper Clips
2005	Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi	Rene and I
2006	Live and Become	39 Pounds of Love
2007	Olga	Rape of Europa
2008	Nina's Journey	I Have Never Forgotten You
2009	The Little Traitor	Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
2010	Who Do You Love?	Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story
2011	The Round Up	Crime After Crime
2012	Wunderkinder	Nicky's Family
2013	Süskind	Joe Papp in Five Acts
2014	The Third Half	Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love
2015	Apples from the Desert	Above and Beyond

See also

• Atlanta Film Festival

External links

• Official website
• Atlanta Jewish Film Festival on Facebook
• Atlanta Jewish Film Festival on Twitter