With the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv, Ada Solomon, producer of the film Aferim!, and Tudor Giurgiu, director of the film Why me?, will participate at the festival.
Aferim! (2015, 105 minutes, Hebrew subtitles)29.09.2015, at 20:30, Tikotin Museum
02.10.2015, at 14:30, Tikotin Museum
Tickets: 04-8338888 or online http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie%20Info.php?id=8689Director: Radu Jude
Cast: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Cuzin Toma, Alexandru Dabija, Luminita Gheorghiu, Victor Rebengiuc, Alberto Dinache, Mihaela Sirbu, Alexandru Bindea, Adina Cristescu, Dan Nicolaescu
Synopsis: Eastern Europe, 1835. Two riders cross a barren landscape in the middle of Wallachia. They are the gendarme Costandin and his son. Together they are searching for a 'gypsy slave' who has run away from his nobleman master and is suspected of having an affair with the noble's wife. Whilst the unflappable Costandin comments on every situation with a cheery aphorism, his son takes a more contemplative view of the world. On their odyssey they encounter people of different nationalities and beliefs: Turks and Russians, Christians and Jews, Romanians and Hungarians. Each harbours prejudices against the others which have been passed down from generation to generation. And even when the 'slave' Carfin is found, the adventure is far from over...
Why me? (2015, 125 minutes, Hebrew subtitles)29.09.2015, at 21:30, Kriger Center
05.10.2015, at 15:00, Cinemateque
Tickets: 04-8338888 or online http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie%20Info.php?id=8777Director: Tudor Giurgiu
Cast: Emilian Oprea, Mihai Constantin, Andreea Vasile, Alin Florea
Details: http://www.librafilm.net/film/why-me-de-ce-eu-2015 Synopsis: Based on real events, "Why Me?" tells the story of Cristian (played by Emilian Oprea), a young idealistic prosecutor whose career is on the rise, tries to crack a case against a senior colleague accused of corruption. The dilemma of choosing between his career and the truth weighs heavily on his shoulders. Looking further to solve the case, he enters a danger zone paved with unexpected and painful revelations.Tudor Giurgiu: “A film so strongly grounded in reality can be made in a thousand ways. I am very much preoccupied with disassembling the mechanisms by which a man, who is strong both physically as well as figuratively, can come to take his own life within no more than 20 days. What internal mechanism is activated, when you find that the entire system within which you are working is corrupt and rotten to its very core? This is a film about the quick disintegration of a man who has chosen to fight the system from within”.
One Floor Below (2015, 93 minutes, Hebrew subtitles)27.09.2015, at 17:15, Cinemateque
03.10.2015, at 12:00, Tikotin Museum
Tickets: 04-8338888 or online http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie%20Info.php?id=8772Director: Radu Muntean
Cast: Teodor Corban, Liviu Cheloiu, Ionuț Bora
Synopsis: After being the sole unfortunate witness to a domestic quarrel that ends up in murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer. The other is his very own conscience.
The Magic Mountain (2015, 95 minutes, Hebrew subtitles)02.10.2015, at 22:30, Tikotin Museum
04.10.2015, at 22:30,Tikotin Museum
Tickets: 04-8338888 or online http://www.haifaff.co.il/eng/Movie%20Info.php?id=8729Director: Anca Damian
Cast: Christophe Miossec (French version), Jean-Marc Barr (English version), Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (Polish version), Lizzie Brochère (English and French version), Julia Kijowska (Polish version)
Details: http://www.lamontagnemagique-lefilm.ro/ Synopsis: The Magic Mountain investigates the adventures of mountain climber and photographer Adam J. Winkler, who fought in Afghanistan with the mujahedin against the Soviets in the 1980s. The director employs a highly original artistic technique involving animated collage of period materials.
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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.
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