Haifa International Film Festival
Israeli film festival
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History
The festival was inaugurated in 1983[2] and was the first of its kind in Israel.[3] Over the years, it has become the country's major cinematic event.[4]
The Haifa International Film Festival attracts a wide audience of film-goers and media professionals from Israel and abroad.[1] Throughout the week, special screenings are held of c.170 new films.[2] 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.[5]
Winners
2024: 40th festival
The following awards were announced on January 9, 2025:[6]
- Israeli Cinema Awards
- Real Estate (Hebrew: נדל"ן), written and directed by Anat Maltz:[7]
- 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
- Real Estate (Hebrew: נדל"ן), written and directed by Anat Maltz:[7]
- Best Artistic Achievement Award: cinematographer Saar Mizrahi and art director Barak Vazan for Cabaret Total
- The Israeli Short Film Competition
- Best Independent Film (two films)
- Aba, directed by Claudio Steinberg
- The Event Horizon, directed by Shira Geffen
- Best Independent Film (two films)
- 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