Miami Jewish Film Festival

Miami Jewish Film Festival

Also known as: MJFF
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The Miami Jewish Film Festival (MJFF) presents narrative and documentary features and shorts about Jewish history, culture and identity, along with films that look at wider life through a Jewish lens; Israeli cinema has a strong place in the programme. Established in 1996, the festival takes place over two weeks each January at cinemas and cultural venues across Greater Miami, combining in-theatre and virtual screenings, and asks for at least a Florida premiere for selected films. Its juries include accredited film critics and a Next Wave jury of 21- to 35-year-olds who choose among directorial debuts, while the Torchbearer prize goes to a film about the Holocaust. Outside the festival, MJFF holds screenings in Miami throughout the year.

The 2027 edition runs from 13 to 28 January 2027.

Country

United States (USA)

Categories

Documentary, Feature, Short

Dates

13 January 2027 — 28 January 2027

Awards and prizes

Grand Jury Prize: the festival's top award, for a jury-selected feature film (60 minutes or longer), narrative or documentary, with substantial Jewish-interest content or produced in Israel. Documentary Achievement Award: for a jury-selected documentary feature (60 minutes or longer) on the same terms. Critics Jury Prize: for a film of any genre, voted by the accredited film critics covering the festival. Kadima Jury Prize: for a film that enhances public awareness of Jewish culture, history and learning. Torchbearer Jury Prize: for the film that most powerfully tells a story centred on the Holocaust, its context and implications. Emerging Filmmaker: a jury prize for a first-time feature filmmaker. Next Wave Jury Prize: chosen by 21-35-year-olds for a directorial debut of any genre. Short Film Competition Jury Prize: the winner receives a non-exclusive US distribution release through Film Movement. Audience Awards: best narrative feature, best documentary feature and best Israeli feature (60 minutes or longer).

Festival rules

The festival accepts narrative and documentary features and shorts through FilmFreeway, submitted as online screeners; works-in-progress are accepted. Selected features and shorts must be at least a Florida premiere. Films are selected for the quality of narrative and production values and the independent nature of the production. Selected films must provide a DCP for in-theatre screening; Blu-ray or ProRes files may also be requested. A film cannot be withdrawn after selection, and the festival does not pay screening fees.

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