One advantage for English speakers of seeing a movie at a film festival is that they show films with English titles, unlike the theater chains, which only offer subtitles occasionally.
The opening ceremony combined a warm embrace of cinema with a somber reflection on those who lost their lives and were kidnapped on October 7.
Jesse Eisenberg’s "A Real Pain" follows two cousins on a journey through Holocaust sites in Poland in a poignant and funny road-trip story.
Some of these films will open eventually at theaters, but many can only be seen at the festival, and there really is something special about watching movies in this joyous atmosphere.
Last year’s festival was set to end on the evening of October 7, but it was canceled in the morning when the war broke out.
Films starring Selena Gomez, Demi Moore, and Jesse Eisenberg will also be screened.
Hezbollah is likely gambling on a war of attrition until it gets the order from Iran to increase its attacks in quantity and quality.
The 40th Haifa International Film Festival opens October 15 with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof.
The Haifa Film Festival marks its 40th year with a new Israeli Cinema Competition, merging dramas and documentaries.
Blayer was an intellectual who was fascinated by art, music, and literature, as well as movies.
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