The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival seeks to enrich the moviegoer experience by presenting special guest speakers before and after select screenings. A variety of filmmakers, academics, authors, critics and other experts engage with the audience during introductory remarks and post-film Q&A sessions, at no additional cost.
Select highlights of the 2018 AJFF are below.
- Ferenc Török, director —1945 • Q&A 2/10, 2/11
- Derreck Kayongo, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Founder of the Global Soap Project, and former CNN Hero – An Act of Defiance • Introductory speaker, 1/26
- Alicia Malone, reporter and host – Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story • Q&A 2/15
- Sophie Brooks, director – The Boy Downstairs • Q&As 2/3, 2/4
- Matthew Shear, actor – The Boy Downstairs • Q&As 2/3, 2/4
- Éva Gárdos, director – Budapest Noir • Q&As 1/27, 1/29
- Ofir Raul Graizer, director – The Cakemaker • Q&As 1/27 (both), 1/28
- Jordan Melamed, director and subject of film – Futures Past • Q&A 2/1, 2/2
- Gilbert Gottfried – Gilbert • Q&A 2/8
- Cody Decker and Josh Zeid, baseball players and subjects of film, and Daniel Miller, Jeremy Newberger, Seth Kramer directors – Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel • Appearing at all screenings. 2/10, 2/11
- Ilse Reiner, sister-in-law of Carl Reiner – If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast • Introductory speaker, 2/2, 2/4
- Lois Reitzes, Host of "City Lights" on WABE – Itzhak • Introductory speaker, 2/10
- Yossi Ghinsberg, author and subject of film – Jungle • Q&As 2/7, 2/8
- Brandon Polansky, actor – Keep the Change • Q&A 1/27 (both), 1/28
- Pablo Solarz, writer/director—The Last Suit (*AJFF's Closing Night Film) • Q&A 2/15
- Steven Greenstein, director and grandson of Joseph Greenstein – The Mighty Atom • Q&A 2/10
- Brandon Gross and Skyler Gross, directors and grandchildren of film subjects – On My Way Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi • Q&As 2/11
- Sam Pollard, director – Sammy Davis Jr. I’ve Gotta Be Me (*AJFF's Opening Night Film) • Q&A 1/24
- Joan Kron, director – Take My Nose…Please! • Q&As 2/4, 2/5
- Amichai Greenberg, director – The Testament • Q&As 2/10, 2/11, 2/12
- Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, Holocaust historian – The Testament • Q&A 2/11
- Barry Coburn, attorney and featured in film – The Twinning Reaction • Q&A 2/3, 2/4 (both)
- Astrid Schult, director – Winter Hunt • Q&A 1/31, 2/1, 2/2
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