The stars came out for UK Jewish Film at its first gala dinner, held at the Park Lane Hotel in Mayfair.
Steven Berkoff, Henry Goodman, Greta Scacchi and Maureen Lipman were among those on the red carpet, along with Academy award-winning producer Gareth Unwin (The King's Speech), who brought his Oscar to show the 300 guests.
Ms Lipman - who was accompanied by her daughter, the playwright Amy Rosenthal - said the annual UK Jewish Film Festival had been a great innovation. She added: "The UKJF are making things happen for writers, directors and actors by helping to create the stories we need to see on screen. They helped my own daughter through their short film fund. She made a film about a boy whose mother set him up with Monica Lewinsky."
Jewish film was "burgeoning", Mr Goodman said. "It doesn't matter if it is a story about a tank in Israel, or a shop in Golders Green. Jewish themes have the ability to speak to wide audiences. It's up to the community to tell those stories for them to become universal stories."
