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8th Annual ReelAbilities Film Festival: Northern Virginia

February 20 – March 1, 2020

ReelAbilities Film Festival: Northern Virginia is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with differing abilities. Each year this dynamic festival, powered by the Pozez Jewish Community Center, presents award-winning films that give us a new perspective and bring the community together to explore, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.

ReelAbilities International

ReelAbilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the US dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Founded in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Since then, ReelAbilities events have been held in over 20 cities across the world – transitioning from ReelAbilities North America to ReelAbilities International. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience. Since its start, ReelAbilities has consistently received an increasing number of outstanding film submissions from around the globe.

The Pozez Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia

The Pozez Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia (the J) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to build a strong and vibrant Jewish community through meaningful opportunities to engage in Jewish life. The J welcomes individuals of all ages, abilities, ethnicities, faiths and backgrounds. Our activities span five counties and touch more than 15,000 individuals each year through cultural, educational, wellness programs and Israel celebrations. We build Jewish connection, community and peoplehood with the 121,000+ Jews who call Northern Virginia their home.

ReelAbilities Film Festival: Northern Virginia is managed by the J’s Cultural Arts department, working to demonstrate, illuminate and celebrate the breadth and depth of Judaism’s culture, identity, creativity, diversity, and resiliency through the arts. Learn more at www.theJ.org/Arts.