Haifa Int’l Film Festival to present the best of world cinema
The 42nd Haifa International Film Festival has announced its program, featuring high-profile international films and directors. The festival will showcase works from Venice and Cannes, including films by Danny Boyle and Nanni Moretti.
Why it matters
The festival serves as a significant cultural bridge, bringing global cinema to the Middle East and highlighting the work of both established and emerging international filmmakers.
The 42nd Haifa International Film Festival, which will run from September 26 to October 3, has unveiled the highlights of its international program.It features much-anticipated new films by leading directors, including Danny Boyle, Nanni Moretti, François Ozon, Lukas Dhont, Olivier Assayas, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Andrey Zvyagintsev.The festival's main international competition, Carmel, will open with Boyle's Ink, which opened this year's Venice Film Festival.The film tells the story of legendary Sun editor Larry Lamb and publisher Rupert Murdoch as they transformed the struggling British tabloid in the late 1960s.The film comes to Haifa directly from the Venice competitionThe festival will close with Moretti's It Will Happen Tonight, based on a story by Israeli author Eshkol Nevo and starring Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca.
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