Haifa International Film Festival

‘A Burning Man’ wins Best Israeli Feature Prize at the Haifa International Film Festival

The awards were announced in a ceremony on Sunday night.

SHAI AVIVI in ‘A Burning Man,’ by Eyal Halfon, which won the award for Best Israeli Feature at the Haifa International Film Festival.
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Laughs and tears: A look at the 41st Haifa International Film Festival

ETHAN HAWKE stars in ‘Blue Moon’, Richard Linklater’s drama about composer Lorenz Hart.

Haifa film fest announces international program

Actor Wallace Shawn participates in a demonstration to support Gaza outside the White House on October 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement staged a demonstration to call for a cease of fire in the Middle East.

Olivia Coleman, Ilana Glazer, Wallace Shawn, among stars pledging to boycott Israeli film industry


Hezbollah's strategic gamble in terrorism: Is it paying off? - analysis

Hezbollah is likely gambling on a war of attrition until it gets the order from Iran to increase its attacks in quantity and quality. 

 Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, August 5, 2024

Iranian film to open Haifa International Film Festival

The 40th Haifa International Film Festival opens October 15 with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof.

 A SCENE from the Iranian film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’

Haifa International Film Festival announces Israeli lineup 

The Haifa Film Festival marks its 40th year with a new Israeli Cinema Competition, merging dramas and documentaries.

 A SCENE from ‘The Property.’

Pnina Blayer, director of Haifa International Film Festival, dies

Blayer was an intellectual who was fascinated by art, music, and literature, as well as movies.

 PNINA BLAYER.

A director, on her debut: 'I wanted to show women who did not make history'

I wanted to talk about someone who is not a rebel, who accepts the life that she has,' says Paola Cortellesi.

 Director Paola Corteselli at the Haifa International Film Festival

Iranian director speaks on Iranian torturers behind Haifa Cinematheque

"How can we touch his conscience and make him see that he is a monster?” He hopes that My Worst Enemy is a first step to doing just that. 

 IRANIAN DIRECTOR Mehran Tamadon at the Haifa International Film Festival

'Jeanne du Barry' director Maiwenn on finding common language with actor Johnny Depp

The movie features Johnny Depp in his first French-speaking role as King Louis XV of France, and Maiwenn as the titular courtesan who becomes the monarch’s favorite. 

JOHNNY DEPP and Maiwenn in 'Jeanne du Barry.'

‘The Monkey House’: Avi Nesher's new funny, thought-provoking film - review

Like all of Avi Nesher’s movies, The Monkey House examines aspects of Israeli life that have a universal appeal.

 SUZANNA PAPIAN and Adir Miller in Avi Nesher’s ‘The Monkey House.’

Much-awaited movies at the Haifa Film Festival enjoyed by distinguished guests

Among the guests this year will be actress Leonie Benesch, Stephan Komandarev, Sofia Exarchou and many others.

 The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Photocall for the film "The Zone of Interest" in competition - Cannes, France, May 20, 2023. Cast member Christian Friedel poses.

‘Jeanne du Barry,’ Johnny Depp’s latest release, to open Haifa Film Festival

The film festival will run this year from September 28 to October 7 at the Haifa Cinematheque and many other theaters in Haifa.

 JOHNNY DEPP in ‘Jeanne du Barry.’