“It is no longer enough for us to just give access to Jewish-interest films. What is at stake for us now is to present the best of world cinema that has a cultural insight and value,” Igor Shteyrenberg, director of the Miami Jewish Film Festival, says boldly.
Leading the festival since 2013, Shteyrenberg has been able to grow MJFF into the third-largest Jewish film festival on the planet. Only the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival have larger budgets and programming scope.
The number of films presented during the two-week program has increased from 74 last year to 80 this year. More significant, however, is the number of entries Shteyrenberg considered. “This year, [we had] over 2,500 submissions, a 70 percent jump from last year,” he says.
Source: www.miaminewtimes.com
