Indianapolis Jewish Film Festival

A live, real Jewish wedding will be featured as The 2nd Season of the Indianapolis Jewish Film Festival brings a collection of films ranging from Ingrid Bergmann’s starring role in A Woman Called Golda, to The Chosen, starring Robbie Benson, now a film production professor at Indiana University. Above and Beyond relates the story of unbelievable Jewish chutzpah of Jewish-American war pilots who smuggled aircraft out of the US and flew them during the 1948 Israeli War of Independence.

These are three of the nine Jewish movies in the 2nd Season of the Indianapolis Jewish Film Festival. (www.indianapolisjewishfilmfestival.com) which presents topics that raise significant issues, touch the heart and demonstrate true heroism. The Festival begins  April 23 and concludes May 3. The feature-length films will be shown in five locations.

“Last year’s premiere of the Festival was truly rewarding,” said executive producer and founder of the Festival, Indianapolis community leader and attorney Robert Epstein. 

“We knew we had great films and good locations, but you never know what the response will be,” Epstein said. He said the last year’s first Festival drew more than 1,000 film lovers of all faiths and traditions. The Indianapolis Jewish Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.