Recent Guests
JBFC We welcome over 170 special guests to our theater every year, ranging from filmmakers to screenwriters, actors to activists. See our most recent special guests below, visit our YouTube channel for videos of guests from years past, and visit our special guest archive for past years’ guests.
JBFC Programmer Karen Sloe Goodman, author & chef Maria Loi, and filmmaker Joanna James engage in a panel discussion following a screening of James' film A Fine Line during our Film to Table: Celebrating Women Chefs event. Photo by Lynda Shenkman.
Actress Edie Falco joined us Sunday, Apr. 15 for a Q&A with JBFC Board President Janet Maslin following a screening of her new film, Outside In.
Filmmaker Marta Renzi engaged in a lively Q&A with patrons following a screening of local production Her Magnum Opus.
WJFF series programmer Bruni Burres moderated a Q&A with filmmaker Aaron Wolf (L to R) following a 2018 WJFF screening of his film Restoring Tomorrow.
AJC Chief Executive Officer David Harris leads a post-screening discussion on Strangers at Home during the 2018 Westchester Jewish Film Festival.
AJC's Asia Pacific Institute Director Shira Loewenberg and filmmaker Cellin Gluck joined us for a panel discussion following a screening of Persona Non Grata during the 2018 Westchester Jewish Film Festival.
Filmmaker Hava Kohav Beller and WJFF series programmer Bruni Burres (L to R) are all smiles following a screening of Beller's film In the Land of Pomegranates during the 2018 Westchester Jewish Film Festival.
Actor Alan Arkin rounds out our "Celebrating Alan Arkin" centerpiece with his second Skype Q&A of the 2018 WJFF.
Filmmaker Lisa Ades is joined by vets following the Mar. 25 screening of of her film, G.I. Jews; Jewish Americans in WWII during the 2018 Westchester Jewish Film Festival.
A veteran watches from the audience as filmmaker Lisa Ades, producer Amanda Bonavita & historian James Young engaged in a panel discussion following the Mar. 24 screening.
WJFF series programmer Bruni Burres hosted a Q&A with filmmaker Rachel Grady following a screening of her film, One of Us.
Filmmaker Sam Pollard joined WJFF series programmer Bruni Burres (L to R) for a Q&A following a screening of his film, Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me, during the 2018 series.
Actor Alan Arkin joined us via Skype for a Q&A on The In-Laws, which screened as part of WJFF 2018's "Celebrating Alan Arkin" centerpiece.
Filmmaker Lily Rivlin (Heather Booth: Changing the World) and filmmaker Leah Galant (Death Metal Grandma) graced audiences with their presence during a WJFF 2018 double-feature screening of their documentaries.
Mikkel Hagen Hess, Director of Invest Denmark, joined us for a post-screening Q&A following a 2018 WJFF screening of Across the Waters.
Filmmaker Ferne Perlstein joined WJFF series programmer Bruni Burres (L to R) for a post-screening Q&A.
JBFC Founder Steve Apkon hosted a post-screening Q&A with AJC Director of Contemporary Jewish Life Steve Bayme during the 2018 WJFF.
Filmmaker Alexandra Dean and WJFF series programmer Bruni Burres (L to R) joined us for a post-screening Q&A during the 2018 WJFF.
Filmmaker Alison Chernick kicked off the 2018 Westchester Jewish Film Festival with an opening night screening of her film, Itzhak.
Food Bank of Westchester President & CEO Leslie Gordon & Director, Operations & Food Sourcing Bob Silvia joined us for a Global Watch screening on Mar. 8.
JBFC Board President Janet Maslin and film writer Mark Harris joined us for this very special, annual tradition on Feb. 27.
Following a REMIX screening of The Rape of Recy Taylor, VP - Cinema of BAMcinematek Gina Duncan, filmmaker Nancy Buirski, and Coordinator of Community Engagement and Education at My Sisters’ Place Kymberly McNair (L to R) participated in a panel discussion.
Members of the Order of Interbeing joined JBFC Programmer Karen Sloe Goodman for a Q&A following a Meditative Life screening of Walk With Me.
Following a 35mm screening of 1986 film Children of a Lesser God, cast and creative from the current Broadway revival spoke with patrons, including Broadway director Kenny Leon, producer Hal Luftig, actors Anthony Edwards, Kecia Lewis, and John McGinty with moderator Dori Berinstein.
Filmmaker Barry Strugatz and Tai Chi instructor Ed Young with JBFC Programming Director Brian Ackerman.
Following a REMIX screening of poignant documentary For Ahkeem, filmmaker Landon Van Soest and ACLU Racial Justice Program Director Dennis Parker sat down with Creative Culture Fellow Crystal Kayiza.
Filmmaker Mickey Lemle sat down with JBFC Programmer Karen Sloe Goodman following a screening of his film, The Last Dalai Lama?, during our 2018 Meditative Life series.
Krisna Das and Jane Kolleeny of the Garrison Institute participated in an audience Q&A following a screening in our series The Meditative Life: Meaning, Happiness, and Connection.
