The Haifa International Film Festival will take place between October 5-14, 2017 in various cultural hubs in Haifa.
With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, there will be premiered at the festival: The Dead Nation, director Radu Jude (Romania, 2017) and Marita, director Cristi Iftime (Romania, 2017).
The Dead Nation (2017, 83 minutes, Hebrew and English subtitles)
Monday, October 9th, at 12:00, Haifa Cinematheque
Wednesday, October 11th, at 10:00, Haifa Cinematheque
Tickets: *9300 or online http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Films/3160/The_Dead_Nation
Director andscriptwriter: Radu Jude
Synopsis: The Dead Nation shows a collection of photographs from a small Romanian town in the 1930s and 1940s. The soundtrack, composed mostly of excerpts taken from the diary of a Jewish doctor from the same era, depicts what the photographs do not: the rising of antisemitism and eventually the harrowing depiction of the Romanian persecution of the Jews, a subject rarely talked in contemporary Romania.
“A highly accessible but complex, ambiguous and significant work of cinematic art” – Hollywood Reporter.
Marita (2017, 100 minutes, Hebrew and English subtitles)
Sunday, October 8, at 10:00, Rapaport
Wednesday, October 11, at 16:00, Krieger Center
Tickets: *9300 or online http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Films/3188/Marita
Director: Cristi Iftime
Cast: Alexandru Potocean, Adrian Titieni, Lucian Iftime, Lorena Zăbrăuţanu
Synopsis: Thirty-year-old Costi decides to spend a few days with his family. His parents have long since divorced, but Costi thinks it would be a great idea to arrange a surprise reunion, and he persuades his father to travel with him to meet up with his mother and brothers. Taking the old family car, affectionately known as Mariţa, they head out to the rented mountain chalet.
Cristi Iftime’s family drama touches on the ability to heal past wounds and the true meaning of family. Adrian Titieni (Graduation) impresses as the father, Sandu.
The Haifa International Film Festival, the leading cinematic event in Israel, was founded in 1983 as the first international film festival in the country. Growing steadily in both the number of screenings and attendance, Haifa IFF has earned a world-wide reputation for both the quality of its program and the friendly atmosphere.
The festival brings together each year an ever-growing audience along with hundreds of Israeli and foreign professionals from the film and television industries and offers 280 screenings of new films from around the world, including 70 Israeli productions. 300,000 people in total take part in the activities of the Festival, including the outdoor events, screenings, workshops and more, and dozens of journalists from both the print and broadcast media, from Israel and abroad, cover the event..
The Festival makes its home in the city of Haifa, that has become a symbol of co-existence, tolerance and peace, ideals that the Festival wholeheartedly promotes
Website:www.haifaff.co.il
