Festival highlights The screening of "Nicky's Family" at the 16th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Film Festival in March was accompanied by a talk from Alison Pick, author of the book “Far to Go,” who is pictured here (far right) with (left to right) Ivan Backer; Festival chair Ronny Siegel; Abby Alter, and Dr. Avi Patt of the University of Hartford’s Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies. Photo credit: Mandell JCC