Jewish Film Institute Unveils 2021 Grant Recipients (EXCLUSIVE)
Ethan Shanfeld The Jewish Film Institute has selected six projects for its second cycle of Completion Grants Program, Variety has learned.JFI, the Bay Area curatorial voice for Jewish film and media, announced the grants at the virtual awards ceremony for the 41st San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.This year, JFI has awarded $100,000 in film completion grants, ranging from $5,000 to $30,000, to filmmakers who are expanding and evolving the Jewish story for audiences “everywhere in every genre — narrative, documentary, short, episodic program and web series.”Recipients include “Remember This,” “1341 Frames of Love and War,” “The Liegnitz Plot,” “Sons of Detroit,” “A Reel War: Shalaal” and “I Will Take Your Shadow.” Directed by Jeff Hutchens