email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

HAIFA 2016

European cinema heads to Haifa

by 

- European titles will land in Israel for the 32nd edition of the Haifa International Film Festival, which will run until 24 October

European cinema heads to Haifa
Graduation by Cristian Mungiu

The Haifa International Film Festival started on 15 October and will run until 24 October in what will be the 32nd edition of the annual celebration in Haifa, Israel, after it was inaugurated in 1983. The event will play host to a wide audience of cinema and media professionals from Israel and abroad and feature competitions, screenings, talks, meetings with professionals, industry events, masterclasses, exhibitions and outdoor activities. Many European titles will be showcased across all of the festival’s film categories.

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

The line-up of the Carmel Competition for international films includes a number of European films: Graduation [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
film profile
]
by Cristian Mungiu, a Romanian, French and Belgian co-production, the co-production between Georgia, Russia, Spain and Croatia, House of Others [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rusudan Glurjidze
interview: Salome Demuria
film profile
]
, directed by Rusudan Glurjidze, All of a Sudden [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Aslı Özge
film profile
]
co-produced between Germany, Netherlands and France and directed by Asli Özge, the Japanese-French production directed by Koji Fukada Harmonium [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
, the co-production between Romania, Poland and France, Illegitimate [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Adrian Sitaru
film profile
]
, by Adrian Sitaru, Hungary’s Lily Lane [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Benedek Fliegauf, German title Original Bliss [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sven Taddicken
film profile
]
by Sven Taddicken, and the Argentinean-Spanish production, The Distinguished Citizen [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
, by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn. These titles, as well as a number of other international films, will compete for the Carmel Award for Best Film, which will be awarded by a jury composed of Andrei Plakhov, a film critic and historian, filmmaker Judith Katzir and Janos Szasz, one of the most gifted Hungarian filmmakers.

In the Mediterranean Golden Anchor Competition, European titles from the Mediterranean coast will hit Haifa to duke it out. The films that have been selected for this section are After Love [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Joachim Lafosse
film profile
]
, co-produced between Belgium and France and directed by Joachim Lafosse, Blind Sun [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Joyce Nashawati, Yesim Ustaoglu’s Clair Obscur [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
, Mustafa Kara’s Cold of Kalandar [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
, Memories of the wind [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
by Özcan Alper, Moka [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
by Frédéric Mermoud, Marco Bellocchio’s Sweet Dreams [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Marco Bellocchio
film profile
]
, Roberto Andò’s The Confessions [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Roberto Andò
film profile
]
, The Exile by Arturo Ruiz and The Last Resort [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Thanos Anastopoulos
film profile
]
by Thanos Anastopoulos and Davide Del Degan.

European cinema will also be present in a number of non-competitive sections, such as the Gala, Panorama, East of West, Documentary Cinema, Animation, Double Feature, Retrospective and Haifa Classics.

The Israeli Feature Films Competition will bring together the best of Israeli cinema, with acclaimed titles such as Maysaloun Hamoud’s In Between [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Maysaloun Hamoud
film profile
]
. The Tobias Szpancer Award for Best Film will feature movies dealing with Israeli and Jewish identity, like Hadas Ben Aroya's People That Are Not Me [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
. The festival also includes sections dedicated to finding the best Israeli documentary, short and animated film.

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

Did you enjoy reading this article? Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive more stories like this directly in your inbox.

Privacy Policy