Judy Gelles
 
 
 

Film


"From Philadelphia to the Front"
                  Distributed by The National Center for Jewish Film
Jewish American WWII Veterans
Official Website

From Philadelphia to the Front is the first documentary to focus on Jewish American World War II veterans. Many documentaries have been devoted to the topic of the destruction of European Jewry in Nazi-occupied Europe but relatively little attention has been focused on Jewish Americans who participated in the Allied victory in World War II.


OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Maine Jewish Film Festival
March 2007
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
April 2006
Sarasota Film Festival
April 2006
Delray Beach Film Festival
March 2006
San Fernando Valley International Film Festival
March 2006
New York Jewish Film Festival
January 2006
Washington Jewish Film Festival
December 2005

AWARDS
2006 Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts,  Denmark
Honorable Mention, Best Documentary
LA Jewish Film Festival, April 2006
Winner, Audience Award
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, October 2005
Winner, Best Short Documentary Second Place
Palm Springs International Film Festival of Shorts, September 2005
Winner, Audience Favorite Award
Winner, Best Documentary Short
Second Place