Upcoming Screenings

Ashland, OR - Date TBA, Havurah Shir Hadash

Would you like to host a screening?
Contact us via email at
thevilnaproject@gmail.com
or by phone (212) 245-7493


PREMIèRE

The World Was Ours received its world première on April 30th, 2006 at the 9th Annual Film Festival presented by the National Center for Jewish Film at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. This was followed by its New York première on November 7th at the YIVO Institute for Jewish research. Since then, it has been shown at various film festival and venues:

American Public Television (APT), March 2008-2011
Connecticut Public Television (CPTV), March 2008
WNET Channel 13, April 2007-2010


OTHER VENUES

10/21/2015 - The Hollywood Theatre, Portland, OR

3/27/2015 - Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Pittsfield, MA

8/4/2014 - Carle Bach Schul Synagogue, New York, NY

4/27/2014 - Bnai Torah Synagogue, Boca Raton, FL

7/9/2012 - Documentary Film Masterworks Series, Sacramento, CA

2/12/2012 - Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL

5/15/2011 - National Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, New York, NY

4/4/2011 - Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus, Whippany, NJ

3/29/2011 - The National Arts Club, New York, NY

3/27/2011 - Toronto Workman Circle, Toronto, Canada

2/24/2011 - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2/10/2011 - No Simple Stories, London, UK

2/9/2011 - London Jewish Museum, London, UK

1/22-1/29/2011 - Imperial War Museum, London, UK

11/8/2010 - Oranyu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Toronto, Canada

12/22/2009 - The Lithuanian Literature and Folklore Institute and Open Society Fund, Vilnius, LT

11/12/2009 - Jewish Geneological Society of Greater Boston, Farmington, MA

10/13/2009 - Wesleyan University and Screening Event, Middletown, CT

5/3/2009 - Jewish Geneological Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County, Thousand Oaks, CA

11/24/2008 - St. John's College, New York, NY

9/21/2008 - Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre, Elsterwick, AUS

8/17/2008 - International Conference on Jewish Geneology, Chicago, IL

5/15/2008 - The Harvard University Club, New York, NY

2/14/2008 - Jewish History Museum, Tucson, AZ

10/21/2007 - Jewish Book Month at the Jewish Public Library, Montreal, Canada

8/12/2007 - Cornwall Free Library, Cornwall, CT

7/17/2007 - UJA Federation of NY Annual Movie Event, New York, NY

9/23/2007 - Jewish Labor Bund Melbourne City Committee, Melbourne, AUS

5/15/2007 - American Society for Jewish Heritage for Poland at the Temple Emmanuel

4/17/2007 - Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY

1/21/2007 - Temple Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, New York, NY

11/7/2006 - The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY


FILM FESTIVALS

4/2 - 4/3/2011 - Minneapolis Jewish Film Festival, Minneapolis, MN

4/27/2010 - Windsor Jewish Film Festival, Windsor, Canada

10/30/2009 - Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada

8/29/2009 - Kent Film Festival Summer Film Series, Kent, CT

8/12/2009 - HOLAGIF at the Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne,
Australia

3/29/2009 - Reel Women Festival, Los Angeles, CA

3/29/2009 - Kent Film Festival, Kent, CT - *Received the Outstanding
Achievement Award

8/30/2008 - Ashkenaz Film Festival, Toronto, Canada

5/7/2008 - Toronto Jewish Film Festival, Toronto, Canada

4/1/2008 - Dayton Jewish Film Festival, Dayton, OH

3/30/2008 - Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, Amherst, MA

11/9/2007 - Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland

11/22/2007 - Jewish Eye Film Festival, Nir Banim, Israel

4/15-4/17/2007 - Sarasota Film Festival, Hartford, CT

4/23/2007 - Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, Los Angleles, CA

3/18/2007 - Hartford Jewish Film Festival, Hartford, CT

3/11/2007 - Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival, Santa Barbara, CA

3/15/2007 - Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival, Tampa, FL

2/14/2007 - San Diego Jewish Film Festival, San Diego, CA

1/26/2007 - Miami Jewish Film Festival, Miami, FL

1/25/2007 - Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Atlanta, GA, United States

4/30/2006 - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States