SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL | SFJFF 2010

The New Jewish Filmmaking Project (NJFP), a corps of young adult storytellers, presents Half Remembered Stories , an online multimedia exhibition exploring Jewish heritage from the digital generation’s point of view. SFJFF teamed up with SF-based documentary company Citizen Film and 11 emerging filmmakers, who explored “half-remembered stories” from their family’s past. The result is 50 short films, several of which will premiere on the big screen at the 30th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and 11 online, multi-media stories at www.njfp.org. The exhibition will also be featured at designated interactive kiosks in theatre lobbies throughout the Festival.

By creating and sharing media at a staggering rate, young bloggers and Youtubers are changing the way we think about filmmaking.

Follow these young-adult storytellers as they attempt to fill the voids in their own family stories, using a combination of original motion pictures, illustrations, photos, graphic designs, audio and text to spark conversation about what it means to come of age on the border between Jewish identity and mainstream American life.

Join SFJFF, the NJFP and ZEEK magazine for a bagel reception at the Castro theatre, Saturday July 24 at 12:30pm, preceding a program of shorts from the NJFP and the screening of Te Extraño (I Miss You)

Multimedia stories also appear in ZEEK magazine, powered by the Forward at zeek.forward.com

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