Tag Archive: Education
Home Movie Day 2016
Your grandparents’ wedding video, your mother’s college graduation, your first birthday party. Everyone has big moments in their life—recorded on film or VHS tape—sitting in an attic, unwatchable in today’s digital climate. But wouldn’t it be nice to revisit those memories again? Home Movie Day gives you just that opportunity and the Westchester event is happening at [...]
Unique Films With JBFC Kids
By Faculty and JBFC Kids Curator Emily Ohara The movie credits are rolling and the lights are slowly coming up in the theater. A child raises their hand and exclaims, “That was so funny!” causing me to start with excitement and quickly ask, “Why?” The usual response, “Because it just was!” “Yes, but can we [...]
Jacob Burns Film Center Launches New Initiative JBFC Kids
The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) announced the launch of JBFC Kids, an exciting new initiative to welcome a new generation of film lovers into the JBFC community. JBFC Kids is designed to help foster a love for cinema and media-making in children ages three to thirteen, via three different approaches: films, free hands-on activities, and courses for kids and their [...]
Watch With Me, Mom!
By JBFC Executive Director Edie Demas This is a common refrain at my house. I hear it most often when I’m in serious multitasking mode, home late from work, worrying about a wholesome dinner, and trying not to look at my phone to catch any “might be urgent” last minute emails. My child’s plea, made [...]
15 Years of JBFC Education
By Emily Keating, JBFC Director of Education One of the most astonishing ways to reflect upon the last 15 years is to consider how our interaction with visual media has exploded. We understood, even in 2001, that the access to production and distribution of images was changing how we interact with one another. Yet who [...]
Social Impact at the JBFC
By Lori Zakalik, JBFC Marketing Manager On Thursday, May 12, we were honored at the Westchster MLK Jr. Institute for Nonviolence’s seventh annual Celebration of Champions for all the work we do to promote social change throughout the community. With our films, events, community screenings, international fellows, and special guests, we strive to spark dialogue, eliminate [...]
Creating Directors of Words: Image, Sound, and Story
By Janet Matthews, educator at Westlake High School Many students are used to viewing a film uncritically. To them, the techniques filmmakers use appear to be magic and often invisible. I don’t know exactly when the idea came to me and why it came so late but as a classroom English teacher and writing instructor, [...]
JBFC Viewing and Doing Party
We had a great time on Sunday, March 6 at our preview screening of The Little Prince and interactive party. Check out some highlights from the day and hear from filmmaker Mark Osborne, JBFC Executive Director Edie Demas, and JBFC Director of Education Emily Keating!
Introducing Stefaniya Vey: Spring 2016 Emerging Artist Fellow
By Stefaniya Vey, Spring 2016 Emerging Artist I was always the kid with never ending inspiration. I never thought, “what I am going to use this for?” – I just liked creating a good story. My mom thought I would be a journalist, or an actress. Growing up, in Perm City, which is located in [...]
{Cinemania Student Critic} Safety Last!
By JBFC Cinemania Student Critic Shea Stevenson Safety Last!, starring Harold Lloyd, is an old movie in black and white with no sound save the music constantly playing in the background. And if this does not sound like it’s your cup of tea, I implore you to reconsider. Having not seen any silent movies previously, [...]
JBFC Announces Ticket Price Reduction for Family Programs
All tickets $5 starting in April
Big Screen, Big Movies: A Celebration of the Cinema Epic
Now Showing through April 20
Jewish Film Festival 2025
Apr. 23–29: Tickets on Sale Now