The Haifa International Film Festival will take place between September 22 - October 1, 2018 in various cultural locations in Haifa.
With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, there will be presented, in the official competition of the festival, some of the best Romanian films of the year: ”I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians”, director Radu Jude (Romania, 2018) and one step behind the Seraphim, director Daniel Sandu (Romania, 2018). Also, producer Ada Solomon and director Daniel Sandu will be present at the festival and will participate at the Q&A sessions after the screenings between September 23-24.
One step behind the Seraphim (2018, 147 minutes, Hebrew and English subtitles)
Sunday, 23.09.2018, at 21:00, Japanese Museum of Art Tikotin – director Daniel Sandu in attendance
Sunday, 30.09.2018, at 17:00, Kriger Center
Tickets: *9300 or online https://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Films/4567/One_Step_behind_the_Seraphim
Director and scriptwriter: Daniel Sandu
Cast: Ștefan Iancu, Vlad Ivanov, Ali Amir, Alfred Wegeman, Ștefan Mihai, Niko Becker, Ilie Dumitrescu Jr., Cristian Bota, Marian Popescu, Radu Botar
Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgnoIg3EKXA
Synopsis: 15-year-old Gabriel wants to become a priest and enrolls in an Orthodox seminary. The boy soon discovers that the place is run by a morally corrupt system. Caught in a fight for power between an incorruptible but abusive priest and a cunning, crooked and unscrupulous teacher, Gabriel starts lying, stealing and cheating as well in order to survive in the seminary.
Daniel Sandu’s feature debut is inspired by his own experience attending the St. George Orthodox Theological Seminary in Romania. The film won eight Romanian Academy Awards, including best film, filmmaker and actor.
”I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians” (2018, 140 minutes, Hebrew and English subtitles)
Monday, 24.09.2018, at 19:15, Rapaport Hall – producer Ada Solomon in attendance
Thursday, 27.09.2018, at 16:30, Kriger Center
Tickets: *9300 or online https://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Films/4627/I_Do_Not_Care_If_We_Go_Down_in_History_as_Barbarians
Director: Radu Jude
Cast: Ioana Iacob, Alexandru Dabija, Alex Bogdan, Ilinca Manolache, Şerban Pavlu, Ion Rizea, Claudia Ieremia şi Bogdan Cotleţ.
Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69yIM8D-jdQ
Synopsis: Mariana, an idealistic theater director, is commissioned by the city council to stage a grand outdoor historical pageant. She is expected to celebrate the Romanian victory on the Eastern Front but Mariana has other plans - she bases the pageant on a notorious wartime massacre.
Winner of the Best Film Award at the Karlovy Vary Festival, Radu Jude’s follow-up to ’Aferim!’ is another powerful satirical critique.
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
