Jamie Lang After a number of attempts to delay this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival, organizers have now scrapped plans for a summer edition following a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Israel, which has resulted in new restrictions from the Ministry of Health on gatherings of large groups, expected to last several months.Instead, a winter edition is now in the works for Dec.
10-20. The new event will include several films selected for the original summer festival as well as new titles ready to launch this winter.
JFF is also developing a series of online programs intended to showcase festival selected titles on the Jerusalem Cinematheque-Israel Film Archive’s streaming platform.“This is a difficult and painful decision as we have been.
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