Haifa International Film Festival
The Haifa International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place every autumn, during the week-long holiday of Sukkot, in Haifa, Israel.
History
The festival was inaugurated in 1983 and was the first of its kind in Israel. Over the years, it has become the country's major cinematic event.The Haifa International Film Festival attracts a wide audience of film-goers and media professionals from Israel and abroad. Throughout the week, special screenings are held of c.170 new films. Apart from movies screened around the clock at seven theaters, the festival features open-air screenings. Film categories include feature films, documentaries, animation, short films, retrospectives and tributes.
Winners
2024: 40th festival
The following awards were announced on January 9, 2025:- Israeli Cinema Awards
- *Real Estate, written and directed by Anat Maltz:
- ** Best Film
- ** Best Screenplay Award for a Narrative Feature for Anat Maltz
- *Jury award for Best Narrative Feature: Halisa, written and directed by Sophie Artus
- * Best Documentary Film: Kafka’s Last Trial, directed by Eliran Peled
- * Best Debut Film: My Missing Screw, directed by Nitsan Tal
- * Best Research for Documentary Film: Hagit Ben-Yaakov, Shani Bar David, and Efrat Shalom Danon for Abortion in the Holy Land
- * Best Acting Award in a Narrative Feature: Hili Yosef-Zada for the role of Shahar in Girls Like Us
- Best Artistic Achievement Award: cinematographer Saar Mizrahi and art director Barak Vazan for Cabaret Total
- The Israeli Short Film Competition
- * Best Independent Film
- **Aba, directed by Claudio Steinberg
- **The Event Horizon, directed by Shira Geffen
- Carmel – The International Cinema Competition
- * Best Film Award: The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet
- * Honorable Mention: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof