2008 Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

Now in its 20th year, The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival is the longest running Jewish film festival in Canada. With an established track record, the Festival is recognized as one of the best festivals of its type in North America .

The Festival is inclusive, encourages multi-cultural interaction and presents high quality entertainment and knowledge: Comedies, feature dramas, thrillers, topical and historical documentaries appeal to a wide audience base. Our programs reflect the interests and concerns of not only the Jewish community in Vancouver, but also the entire community of Greater Vancouver.

For 2008, the Festival will present close to 50 international films from many countries around the world. Our program this year is aimed at attracting audiences from many population groups including youth and teenagers, adults and seniors and multi-cultural groups where English is not their first language. This year we will be screening sub-titled films in many language groups including: French, German, Russian, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish and of course English.

Quite simply, the Festival provides appealing high quality entertainment and provides your organization with the opportunity to connect to a large and relevant target market.

In addition the Festival considers the following factors:

Audience: Our audience base is comprised of professionally employed, well-educated, socially active, readers and opinion makers.

Record of Success: A 19-year track record of excellence and community support.

Growth: Attendance has doubled to 10,000 in the last five years with an expected increase of 20% for 2008. .

Recognized Programming: We offer entertaining, engaging, progressive and topical films. Indie films, documentaries, art films and international cinema are the cutting edge of the film industry today.

Partnerships and Sponsor Support: A proven history of strong Community and Corporate support including: Festival Cinemas, Vancity Savings, PacBlue Digital Printing, The Vancouver Sun, Community Living, The City of Vancouver Department of Cultural Affairs and Transit , The BC Provincial Gaming Commission, The Jewish Community Foundation and many others.

We invite you to partner with the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival and grow with us!

For a complete Producing Sponsor Benefits Package please contact: Ian Merkel, Executive Director. We will work with you to establish extraordinary value for your” Sponsorship of the 2008 Festival.

The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival is produced by the Vancouver Jewish Festival Society, a non-profit society registered in the Province of British Columbia and has charitable status with Revenue Canada.

Please contact

The Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Ian Merkel
Executive Director, VJFF
6184 Ash Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9

Office Ph: 604.266.0245 Fax:604-266-0244
Direct Line: 604.874-1213
Email: vjff@telus.net