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The Haifa International Film Festival is held each year during the holiday of Succoth on the ridge of Mount Carmel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The Festival was founded in 1983 and was the first of its kind in Israel. During its eight days of celebration, the Festival proudly premieres 150 new films from the best and most recent international productions and holds 220 screenings in seven theaters and under the sky: feature films, documentaries, animation, short films, retrospectives and tributes.

Festival Program:
Gala screenings - the biggest film productions from Hollywood and Europe are premiered at the Festival before moving on to commercial distribution.
Panorama - the very best films world cinema has to offer; films that have won enthusiastic reviews and awards at international Festivals over the past two years and are not intended from commercial distribution in Israel.
Israeli Film Competition - new Israeli films that are competing for awards in a number of categories: feature films, documentary films, TV dramas, animation and student films.
The Golden Anchor Competition for Mediterranean Cinema - a competition of quality productions from Mediterranean countries.
The Fipresci Competitionfor new directors
Doc-Talks - American Documentaries with an introduction before each film.
Retrospectives and tributes - this category promotes filmmakers and themes that celebrate the history of filmmaking and its milestones