Date
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
6:30 PM
PRESENTING SPONSOR
MAJOR GIFTS SIGNATURE EVENT
WITH GUEST SPEAKER GUY NATTIV
As one of our Jewish community’s most committed philanthropic leaders, we are honoured to invite you to our 2023 Major Gifts Gala Dinner, featuring a conversation with Academy Award-winner Guy Nattiv. We’ll hear the behind-the-scenes story from this world-class Israeli director about the creation of his latest film, Golda: a biopic about Israel’s legendary Iron Lady, Prime Minister Golda Meir, starring Dame Helen Mirren and Liev Schreiber. Don’t miss this chance to hear about the impact and importance of telling Jewish stories for global audiences, from one of Israel’s greatest contemporary storytellers.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Concert Hall, C Floor
Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres 6:30 PM
Dinner & Program 7:30 PM
Kashrut Observed | Business Attire
Complimentary Valet Parking
$180 per person
Please RSVP by Monday, October 2, 2023.
For more information, please contact Inna at iyakovlev@ujafed.org
2023 UJA Major Gifts Chairs
Darren Gottlieb, Perri Kirshenblatt, Simone Levine, Robert Schacter
This invitation is extended exclusively to UJA's Major Gifts donor families who contribute $10,000 or more to UJA’s Annual Campaign.
By registering and attending this event, you agree to the use of your photo and/or video for publications, news releases, online, and in other communications related to UJA Federation of Greater Toronto.
SPEAKER
Guy Nattiv
Guy Nattiv is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker from Israel. He is the director of Golda, the 2023 biographical drama film starring Helen Mirren as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2019, Nattiv’s first American short film, Skin, won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short. The feature version, also entitled Skin, premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to significant acclaim, where it won the International Critics Prize.
Before coming to the United States, Nattiv was a lauded director in Israel, where his first feature, Strangers, was in competition at the Sundance and Tribeca Film Festivals in 2008. His second feature, The Flood, won the Generations Prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for six Ophir Awards, where it won Best Actor. Magic Men, his third feature, premiered at Palm Springs International Film Festival in 2014, and also won the Ophir Award for Best Actor.
In February 2023, it was announced that Nattiv will be co-directing a political thriller called Untitled Judo with Zar Amir Ebrahimi from Iran. This is the first time that Israeli and Iranian filmmakers are co-directing a feature together.
Nattiv currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and film producing partner Jaime Ray Newman, and their daughter.
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