Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia

The Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia is a local film festival based in Philadelphia, PA whose goal is bring Israeli film to Philadelphia.^[1]

The festival was founded in 1996 by Mindy Chriqui, Aryeh Rudnik and Ruti Kulka. The first season began at Philadelphia's Gershman Y on Saturday, November 9, 1996 with Eytan Fox's "Song of the Siren".^{[citation needed]}