Columbus Jewish Film Festival Symposium

This exciting and educational symposium brings together filmmakers, religious leaders, academics, and critics to discuss the power of the film image and its potential for creating social change.

Please call ahead to reserve space. Call (614) 559-6275 to purchase tickets and reserve space. Admission includes lunch.

Panelists: Rabbi Elka Abrahamson, The Wexner Foundation; Elliot Berlin, codirector, Paper Clips; Gabrielle Burton, director, Manna From Heaven; Charles Fox, former director, WORLDNET TV and Film Service; Paul Reitter, associate professor, Germanic Languages & Literatures, The Ohio State University

Moderator: Frank Gabrenya, film critic, Columbus Dispatch

Presented by Columbus Jewish Film Festival. Cosponsored by the Wexner Center. The sympoisum is part of the Columbus Jewish Film Festival's five days of film screenings and celebrations, including a premiere party and a video workshop. For more information, contact Festival Director Liv Gjestvang at (614) 559-6205 or via e-mail to livg@columbusjcc.org.


festival support credits

"Producers": Jewish Arts Endowment, Columbus Jewish Foundation; Emma C. Fullington Fund, Housing/Community Development, The Columbus Foundation; Germain Motor Company; The Heschel Society; Marjie and Jeff Coopersmith; Gigi and Sam Fried; Melva and Ed Schottenstein; Joy and Bruce Soll; Michael and Arlene Weiss

"Directors": Roetzel & Andress; Lenore and Alan Sagner; Fontheim International

"Screenwriters": Jody and Joel Altschule; Randy Arndt and Jeff Baker; Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP; Tobi and Ken Gold; Joy and Michael Gonsiorowski; Kurt and Leslie Malkoff; The Ohio Arts Foundation; Jeri Block and Robert H. Schottenstein; Rhonda and Steve Schottenstein; Joyce and Chuck Shenk; and Ted Simson

List as of February 1, 2005.