The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Jewish Movie Competition and TCM will staff up this autumn to give a gala night time of excerpts from the rankings to “iconic” Jewish-themed movies, the organizations introduced Wednesday.
The Oct. 20 live performance was once introduced throughout the final evening of the 2025 Atlanta Jewish Movie Competition, by the use of the appearing of a video heralding the development that includes TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz, who will host this system this autumn. The night time will happen as a part of the twenty fifth anniversary season for the movie competition; a prior live performance of Jewish movie track came about 15 years in the past throughout a tenth anniversary birthday party.
“I’ve been coming to the Atlanta Jewish Movie Competition for years, and I couldn’t be extra excited for this atypical birthday party of movie and track,” Mankiewicz mentioned in a remark. “Iconic rankings from vintage Jewish cinema carried out reside? That’s an evening you don’t wish to omit. No tuxedo required — only a love for excellent motion pictures, unforgettable track, and a few kvelling. And possibly just a bit kvetching too.”
Even supposing the musical alternatives for the evening have no longer been introduced, movies whose rankings were carried out in previous such occasions have integrated the likes of “Gents’s Settlement,” “Exodus,” “The Diary of Anne Frank,” “Schindler’s Record,” “Yentl,” “Lifestyles Is Stunning,” “The Manufacturers,” “Masada,” “I Have By no means Forgotten You,” “Riding Pass over Daisy” and “Fiddler at the Roof.” The announcement mentioned the track for the night time might be drawn from recent in addition to vintage Jewish movies.
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Mentioned Jennifer Barlament, government director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: “We’re venerated to spouse with AJFF as they rejoice 25 years of affect at the Atlanta group. Simply because the drama of track heightens the emotion of all nice movies, this tournament, that includes the approaching in combination of 2 of the leaders of Atlanta’s cultural group, every bringing our respective strengths, will create an unforgettable night time.”
Price tag data for the Oct. 20 live performance will develop into to be had at a later date.
The Atlanta Jewish Movie Competition wrapped up Wednesday evening with a appearing of the Brazilian dramedy “Cheers to Lifestyles.” All through the competition, 64 movies from 22 international locations have been proven, representing narrative options, documentaries and shorts. The lineup integrated a gap evening screening of Unhealthy Shabbos, with stars Kyra Sedgwick, Cliff “Approach Guy” Smith and Milayna Vayntrub in attendance; a tribute to Jerry Lewis with a restored “The Bellboy”; the North American premiere of the primary Bedouin-Israeli function movie, “Eid”; and the sector premiere of “Charles Grodin: Insurrection with a Purpose.”
The next movies have been venerated with jury awards because the 2025 AJFF drew to a detailed:
Narrative Function: “Crimson Woman”
Documentary Function: “Riefenstahl”
Brief Movie: “The Sacred Society”
Development Bridges Award: “Ain’t No Again to a Merry-Pass-Spherical”
Human Rights Award: “Sapir”
Rising Filmmaker: Tom Nesher (“Come Nearer”)
