I don’t want to be snarky, but, I get irritated when the elite film festivals find items to screen and celebrate that I find off-putting and controversial for the sake of controversy. I...
Tag - Sundance
Sundance 2020: Shabbat, Films, and Inclusion
Park City, UTAH — DOUBLE CHAI, BABY! The 36th Annual Sundance Film Festival ascended to Park City, and screened over 125, mostly independent, films and projects over its 10 days. The festival has...
Double Chai Sundance 2019: What’s Jew-ish at the Fest
The 36th Annual Sundance 2019 started in Park City, Utah, today with founder Robert Redford standing before attendees and… walking off the stage. After over three decades of kicking off the...
JewliciousReels: Yiddish at Sundance – and Other Highlights 2017
On Thursday, January 19, 2017, the Sundance Institute will convene the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, with additional screenings in Salt Lake City and Sundance. The festival will run...
JewliciousReels: Highlights at The 2017 New York Jewish Film Festival
The 26th annual New York Jewish Film Festival opened last week and is filled with stories of the diversity in the Israeli and diaspora Jewish commmunities. It runs in Manhattan’s Lincoln Center...
What’s Hot at Sundance 2016
The 2016 Sundance Film Festival started Thursday, and already a film has been purchased… by Amazon. One can say that this is representative of the market for indie films… that Amazon and Netflix and...
JewliciousReels: Sundance and Hong Kong Fests
The Sundance Film Festival 2015 announced its main selections last week, and the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival wrapped up its 2014 festival. The 15th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival had the theme of...
Jewlicious Shabbat @ Sundance Film Festival
For our third year in a row Jewlicious will be co-sponsoring shabbat programming at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. More than 50,000 people attend screenings every year at the festival...