All Haifa articles
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Haifa Film Festival director Pnina Blayer to step down after 33 years
Yaron Shamir appointed acting artistic director of the festival in Israel.
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‘This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection’ wins best film at Haifa
Lesotho filmmaker Lemohang’s Jeremiah Mosese’s drama is proving a hit with festival juries worldwide.
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Haifa Film Festival moves online as Israel enters three-week lockdown
International competition will go ahead with Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf acting as jury president.
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Haifa Film Festival determined to host 2020 edition
The 36th edition is set to run October 1-10.
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Kino Lorber takes US rights to doc ‘Chichinette: How I Accidentally Became a Spy’ (exclusive)
The documentary premiered at the Haifa Film Festival last week.
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‘Africa’ and ‘Reborn’ share top prize at Haifa film festival
Alejandro Amenábar’s ‘While at War’ wins international award.
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Features
Haifa Film Festival 2019 preview: local talent and a packed industry programme
Haifa International Film Festival (October 12-21) is expanding its international outlook, while supporting the work of local Israeli filmmakers.
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Haifa Film Festival 2018 competition and industry awards revealed
Sameh Zoabi’s Tel Aviv On Fire wins top prize.
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Haifa Film Festival creates English-language script development programme (exclusive)
The Haifa Script Distillery will support Israeli writers.
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Haifa Film Festival warns against "silencing of voices" following funding threat
Festival responds to Israeli culture minister demand that state funds be re-examined over line-up.
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Israeli culture minister issues Haifa Film Festival funding threat
Controversial right-wing politician Miri Regev calls for state funding to be axed over its programming choices.
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Haifa Film Festival 2018 to open with 'The Other Story', close with 'First Man'
The festival programme includes a tribute to director Agnès Varda.
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Haifa Film Festival unveils programme featuring 77 Israeli titles
The competition sections will showcase 72 new Israeli works.
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Features
Amichai Greenberg talks Haifa winner 'The Testament'
Israeli director’s slow-burn thriller probes legacy of Holocaust for survivors and contemporary questions of identity.
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Lev Cinema chain founder Nurit Shani feted at Haifa Film Festival
Exhibition and distribution company has shaped Israeli arthouse film tastes for nearly four decades.
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‘The Speculant’ wins Haifa pitching event
Hollywood veteran Avi Lerner donates $42,000 Chance Grant.
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‘The Testament’, ‘Arrhythmia’ scoop top prizes at Haifa
Amichai Greenberg’s Holocaust investigation drama The Testament clinched the $28,000 top prize.
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Reviews
'Outdoors': Haifa Review
An Israeli couple’s marriage is put to the test as they construct their dream countryside home
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Sam D. Pollard on feature doc 'Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me'
“The issue of race in America never goes away.”
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Features
Haifa's 2017 industry forum puts focus on debut features
The event brings together projects vying for investment, from promising debuts to works by established veterans.