ANNE BOUKRIS
I have been with the festival since it started in 1998. Back then we showed the films in the ‘Jewish bunker’ on Ny Kongensgade. We used a projector and a thoroughly old-fashioned canvas that hung dangling from the ceiling. The room was filled to the brim, and people sat on the windowsill and sweated while films and discussions flew over our Jewish members heads. At that time, it was definitely an internal event – today it’s very different.
We have allowed ourselves to invite each other and our fellow citizens to the world of Jewish film. Here we cook up a Jewish chicken-soup of trends and topical events, inviting guests from near and far. The best thing about it all is that we are here to stay, and that we are seen with positive and appreciative eyes.
A little about my background: I am a graduate of the MSc. minority researcher and expert in modern Jewish identity history. I have my own company, Social Cities 2030, and am a partner in the Center for Arts and Interculture (CKI). I was previously director of the Jewish Museum in Oslo. I live partly in Tel Aviv and partly in Copenhagen.
Anne Boukris
Festival chief
boukrisanne@gmail.com
+45 26234069
CASPER HØYBERG
When I was in high school, I drove the local film club. I saw how the movie nights I put together were a true hub for many different people, who met on an ordinary evening and got a collective experience. It was always Dustin Hoffman who was in the main role (The Graduate and Marathon Man for example).
It’s kind of the same thing I still struggle with. The four days we run the Jewish Film Festival are an opportunity to see a multitude of different films that show a picture of the world we find ourselves in, with the Jewish/Israeli context as a starting point. Dustin Hoffman is not represented so much any more, unfortunately, but there is so much else – enjoy!!
Casper Høyberg
Cinematographer DFF & Producer
ch@cphfilmcompany.dk
+45 26241703
DANNY RAYMOND
I have a Ph.D. from DIIS and specialize in Jewish settlers’ culture and stories. I am personally committed to Jewish life and society, and with my great knowledge on the subject, have been involved with the festival for many years. Over the last 15-20 years, I have also worked professionally with Israeli foreign and domestic policy, Jewish identity, history and the Holocaust.
I have been interested in both fiction and documentaries for many years, and have been fascinated by the medium of film as a carrier of both culture and identity. Not least, I have had an interest in film as a creator of historical awareness and self-understanding. I work in Global Refugee Studies at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, and at Roskilde University as an assistant professor.
Danny Raymond
PHD & Assistant Professor
danny@ruc.dk
+45 23374738
KATRINE HØYBERG
From resistance and denial to a team mate. This year’s team behind the festival consists of six very different characters. This plurality shines strongly through the composition of this year’s program. For me diversity is a strength, and is the space that is most exciting to be in and thrive. I lean towards the documentary field, where the personal portrait takes us on a journey into the unexplored, sharpens curiosity and creates dialog.
Most exciting are the Israeli documentaries that open up the study and dialogue of various aspects of the concept of conflict. Those who look, investigate, and go into the heart of Israeli society as it is now. There are voices out there who dare to look at themselves and be confronted.
Katrine Høyberg
Architect MAA
kathtakeoff.dk
LIAT RAVON
From the beginning of the Jewish film festival I have remained in Copenhagen to become enveloped in film’s mystic universe. CJFF screenings led me to movies I would not have been exposed to, even in Israel, and drew me into the complexity it is for me to be Jewish, Danish, Israeli, etc. Consisting of the cults, history, politics and much more this brings.
My interest in film lies in my background as a dramaturge from my study in Israel. I use this today in the therapy I make my living by, and it makes me curious about human stories and the films we live.
Liat Ravon
Cand. Mag. i Teatervidenskab og Psykologi
NLP og Hypnose Master
RUTH (RUTIE) AHARONI NIELSEN
When I was a teenager in Israel in the ’80s, I had a membership card for the Cinematheque in Haifa. Here I spent several evenings every week watching movies from all over the world. There was always a magical vibe to it – especially every year when the Haifa Film Festival took over our sleepy town. Now I live in Denmark, have grown into an adult, and work as a psychologist in my everyday life. So it is a breath of fresh air to work with CJFF and to help create a film festival at the Cinemateket in the center of Copenhagen.
Everyday life in Denmark is very far from Jewish Israel, where I come from. For me, the festival is an opportunity to bring the two worlds a little closer together, and invite others to join us.
Ruth (Rutie) Aharoni Nielsen
Cand.Psych.
www.aharoni.dk
ABOUT US
ANNE BOUKRIS
I have been with the festival since it started in 1998. Back then we showed the films in the ‘Jewish bunker’ on Ny Kongensgade. We used a projector and a thoroughly old-fashioned canvas that hung dangling from the ceiling. The room was filled to the brim, and people sat on the windowsill and sweated while films and discussions flew over our Jewish members heads. At that time, it was definitely an internal event – today it’s very different.
We have allowed ourselves to invite each other and our fellow citizens to the world of Jewish film. Here we cook up a Jewish chicken-soup of trends and topical events, inviting guests from near and far. The best thing about it all is that we are here to stay, and that we are seen with positive and appreciative eyes.
A little about my background: I am a graduate of the MSc. minority researcher and expert in modern Jewish identity history. I have my own company, Social Cities 2030, and am a partner in the Center for Arts and Interculture (CKI). I was previously director of the Jewish Museum in Oslo. I live partly in Tel Aviv and partly in Copenhagen.
Anne Boukris
Festival leader
boukrisanne@gmail.com
+45 26234069
CASPER HØYBERG
When I was in high school, I drove the local film club. I saw how the movie nights I put together were a true hub for many different people, who met on an ordinary evening and got a collective experience. It was always Dustin Hoffman who was in the main role (The Graduate and Marathon Man for example).
It’s kind of the same thing I still struggle with. The four days we run the Jewish Film Festival are an opportunity to see a multitude of different films that show a picture of the world we find ourselves in, with the Jewish/Israeli context as a starting point. Dustin Hoffman is not represented so much any more, unfortunately, but there is so much else – enjoy!!
Casper Høyberg
Cinematographer DFF & Producer
Flæsketorvet 75,2.sal
1711 Copenhagen V
ch@cphfilmcompany.dk
+45 26241703
DANNY RAYMOND
I have a Ph.D. from DIIS and specialize in Jewish settlers’ culture and stories. I am personally committed to Jewish life and society, and with my great knowledge on the subject, have been involved with the festival for many years. Over the last 15-20 years, I have also worked professionally with Israeli foreign and domestic policy, Jewish identity, history and the Holocaust. I have been interested in both fiction and documentaries for many years, and have been fascinated by the medium of film as a carrier of both culture and identity. Not least, I have had an interest in film as a creator of historical awareness and self-understanding. I work in Global Refugee Studies at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, and at Roskilde University as an assistant professor.
Danny Raymond
PHD & Assistant Professor
danny@ruc.dk
+45 23374738
KATRINE HØYBERG
From resistance and denial to a team mate. This year’s team behind the festival consists of six very different characters. This plurality shines strongly through the composition of this year’s program. For me diversity is a strength, and is the space that is most exciting to be in and thrive. I lean towards the documentary field, where the personal portrait takes us on a journey into the unexplored, sharpens curiosity and creates dialog. Most exciting are the Israeli documentaries that open up the study and dialogue of various aspects of the concept of conflict. Those who look, investigate, and go into the heart of Israeli society as it is now. There are voices out there who dare to look at themselves and be confronted.
Katrine Høyberg
Architect MAA
kathtakeoff.dk
RUTH (RUTIE) AHARONI NIELSEN
When I was a teenager in Israel in the ’80s, I had a membership card for the Cinematheque in Haifa. Here I spent several evenings every week watching movies from all over the world. There was always a magical vibe to it – especially every year when the Haifa Film Festival took over our sleepy town. Now I live in Denmark, have grown into an adult, and work as a psychologist in my everyday life. So it is a breath of fresh air to work with CJFF and to help create a film festival at the Cinemateket in the center of Copenhagen.
Everyday life in Denmark is very far from Jewish Israel, where I come from. For me, the festival is an opportunity to bring the two worlds a little closer together, and invite others to join us.
Ruth (Rutie) Aharoni Nielsen
Cand.Psych.
www.aharoni.dk
LIAT RAVON
From the beginning of the Jewish film festival I have remained in Copenhagen to become enveloped in film’s mystic universe. CJFF screenings led me to movies I would not have been exposed to, even in Israel, and drew me into the complexity it is for me to be Jewish, Danish, Israeli, etc. Consisting of the cults, history, politics and much more this brings.
My interest in film lies in my background as a dramaturge from my study in Israel. I use this today in the therapy I make my living by, and it makes me curious about human stories and the films we live.
Liat Ravon
Cand. Mag. i Teatervidenskab og Psykologi
NLP og Hypnose Master
CJFF 2020 worked in collaboration with Cinemateket, Kunstforeningen GL Strand, and Forsøgsstationen. The festival would like to thank the following sponsors:
Københavns Kommune, Festivalpuljen/Kultur og Fritidsforvaltningen, U.S. Embassy in Denmark, Women in Film and Television, Det Danske Filminstitut, Hanne og Shmuels anden Fond, Aage og Johanne Louise Hansen Fonden.
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