THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER AND THE JEWISH MUSEUM

PRESENT

THE 24TH ANNUAL NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

January 14-29, 2015

Opening Night launches with the U.S. Premiere of

Asaf Galay and Shaul Betser’s The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer

and the Closing Night selection is the New York Premiere of

Maxime Giroux’s Felix and Meira

Highlights include an Artist Focus on Keren Cytter; the 25th anniversary celebration of

Paris Is Burning; films selected by Jennie Livingston; exhibitions of film noir trailers

and antiwar film posters; a midnight showing of Breakin’; a screening of The Birdcage

in memory of Mike Nichols; and more

NEW YORK, NY (December 4, 2014) –The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of

Lincoln Center will present the 24th annual New York Jewish Film Festival at the Film

Society’s Walter Reade Theater and Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, January 14-29,

The festival’s 47 features and shorts from 11 countries—21 screening in their

world, U.S., or New York premieres—provide a diverse global perspective on the Jewish

experience.