Farthest North Jewish Film Festival in its 25th year

For 25 years, volunteers in Fairbanks have organized the Farthest North Jewish Film Festival.

This year, they've selected six movies to show in February, with food and a music performance adding to the events. The theme for the festival this year is “Jewish food, Jewish women, and Jewish humour.”

Comic artist Johan Sfar says the movie was a hit in France. Film Festival coordinator Juliet Sheperd says her committee tried to show diversity in cultural outlook as well as emotional range.

From the “borscht belt” of New England to Texas, northern Africa and Europe, Sheperd says the festival showcases a broad swath of different cultures in the Jewish diaspora. The films are not rated, but are considered suitable for teens and older. All the movies this year will be screened at the Alaska Coffee Roasters café on Geist Road. Entry is by donation.

Next Thursday, the 13th, the festival features a live performance of the Almost a Minyan klezmer band at 5 p.m., before the movie screening. Later on in the Festival, Sunday the 16th, there will be two movies with food themes. The food is absolutely a vital component. Alaska Coffee Roasters works with us and actually makes food to complement our films.

Deli food will be featured and then also really rich stews from North Africa, you know, Algiers and Tangier, Tunisia, and some of those areas are featured in our film. So, ACRC is providing tagine and some special treats that are specific to those areas. The details of the movies are on a festival website, and also on the Farthest North Jewish Film Festival’s Facebook page.

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