Support the Festival
The twenty-sixth annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival will take place November 6–16, 2025. Celebrating Jewish history, culture, and experience, the festival showcases award-winning international narrative and documentary films, including highly acclaimed Israeli films. Each year, the festival brings our diverse community together, offering new perspectives on Israeli society, Jews around the world, the Holocaust, and Jewish identity.
Your support of the Rutgers Jewish Film Festival enables us to offer exceptional films that explore the Jewish experience as well as thought-provoking discussions with filmmakers and other dynamic speakers. The generosity of our donors enables us to make a meaningful impact in the community by fostering engagement with Jewish identity, culture, and history.
Ticket revenue accounts for only a portion of the festival's budget.
We rely on our sponsors to bridge the difference and help us create an outstanding film festival.
Sponsor benefits:
- Recognition in festival brochure and on website, including logos for corporate sponsors
- Exclusive invitations to events and opportunities to meet filmmakers
- All donations are fully tax deductible.
2025 Sponsorship Levels:
| Opening Night Sponsor: Sponsor the opening night festivities. Each year, the festival starts with a private reception and a very special film and speaker. Your name will be highlighted in print and online and announced at the reception and film screening. You and your guests will have the opportunity to meet and dine with the speaker at the reception. |
$10,000 |
| Holocaust Education Film Sponsor: Sponsor a free Holocaust education film program for middle and high school students. Each year, public school students and their teachers are invited to attend a Holocaust-related film, followed by a discussion with survivors and filmmakers. This program brings history to life while promoting tolerance and understanding. Sponsors and their guests are invited to attend this special event.* |
$7,000 |
| Film Sponsor: Sponsor a feature film in the festival. Your name will be highlighted in print and online, and announced at the film screening. You and your guests will have the opportunity to meet with the filmmaker or speaker associated with the film. |
$5,000 |
| Film Director Sponsor: Help us bring a filmmaker to the festival. Filmmaker talks bring the films to life and create a special experience for the festival audience. Your name will be highlighted online and in print, and you will have the opportunity to meet with the filmmaker. |
$2,500 |
Patron benefits:
- Access to all films and speakers
- Exclusive "meet and greets" with special guests
- Admission to the opening night reception and film
- Recognition on festival website and printed materials
- Reserved seating at in-person films, bypass general admission lines
| Gold Patron: Two passes to in-person screenings, select guest tickets, plus opportunities listed above. |
$1,800 |
| Silver Patron: Two passes to in-person screenings plus opportunities listed above. |
$1,300 |
| Bronze Patron: One pass to in-person screenings plus opportunities listed above. |
$650 |
For further information, contact Sarah Portilla at
The Festival is made possible by the generous support of donors like you.
Your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
*Free Holocaust education screening for school groups - Read about the impact of our school screenings
Thank you for supporting Jewish culture in New Jersey!