Haifa 42nd International Film Festival

Paris, 1928. Antoine Balestro, a young painter in vogue, has been unable to paint since his wife died, much to the despair of his gallery owner, Armand. One drunken evening, Antoine tries to contact his wife through a psychic, but instead finds himself speaking with Suzanne, a humble carnival worker who has sneaked in to steal food. Suzanne proves to be a gifted fraudster and, soon aided by Armand, stages fake séances.The Opening Film of the 2026 Cannes Festival, The Electric Kiss is a light-hearted romantic comedy from one of France's most beloved filmmakers, Pierre Salvadori (The Trouble with You, 2018 Haifa IFF).Filmography: The Trouble with You (2018), In the Courtyard (2014), Beautiful Lies (2010), Priceless (2006).*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets. 

Set in 1956, Hallo Betty follows Emmi Creola, a talented copywriter who defies a male-dominated workplace by inventing “Betty Bossi”, a fictional housewife who becomes Switzerland's culinary icon. As Betty's popularity skyrockets, Emmi is thrust into the spotlight and struggles to balance the expectations of her public persona with her role as a wife, mother, and professional. A warm and humorous portrait of the 1950s, Hallo Betty explores female ambition, identity, and the timeless tension between public image and private life.Filmography: Bisons (2024), Needle Park Baby (2020), Recycling Lily (2013). Screening and Culinary Event on September 27*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets. 

The second part of Antonin Baudry's two-part series devoted to the figure of the General follows De Gaulle in his quest for freedom and sovereignty for France.Liberté follows a series of parallel struggles, all aimed at establishing Free France – against the German enemy, of course, but also against the American Allies. It is January 1943, and preparations are underway for the Casablanca Conference, which could well seal the fate of a France placed under Anglo-Saxon control. But de Gaulle (Simon Abkarian) believes in a free and sovereign France, and he is prepared to pursue this seemingly fanciful hope by confronting, on Moroccan soil, both General Giraud (Thierry Lhermitte), a leader backed by the United States who has no qualms about working with the Vichy regime, and President Roosevelt (Campbell Scott), who has a firm vision of a Europe with redrawn borders.Filmography: The Wolf's Call (2019).The film is included in a double-feature ticket with the film “De...

2021. Afghanistan, right before the Taliban's return to power. Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul's main TV station, struggles to retain custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her serial cheater husband. Convinced that no good men exist in her country, Naru is caught off guard when Qodrat, Kabul TV's leading journalist, offers her a career opportunity. As the two crisscross the city reporting on its last days of freedom, sparks fly, and Naru begins to question her beliefs: could there actually be a good man out there?No Good Men, the Opening Film of the Berlin Festival, is an intelligent and charming political romantic comedy.Filmography: The Orphanage (2019), Wolf and Sheep (2016).*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets. 

In Hope Harbor, a remote village near the Demilitarized Zone, police outpost chief Bum-seok receives alarming reports from locals that a tiger has appeared. As the village erupts into panic, Bum-seok is forced to confront a reality beyond belief.Reinforcements have been diverted to battle wildfires, and all communication has been cut off. Hope's police outpost chief, Bum-seok, and officer Sung-ae struggle to defend a village populated by elderly residents, while in the mountains, Sung-ki and the locals who set out to track the beast find themselves hunted instead. What begins in ignorance plants the seeds of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.Filmography The Medium (2021), The Wailing (2016), The Yellow Sea (2010), The Chaser (2008).*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before...

Anker is released from prison following a fifteen-year sentence for robbery. The money from the heist was buried by Anker's brother, Manfred. Only he knows where it is. Unfortunately, Manfred has since developed a mental disorder, causing him to forget everything. Together, the brothers embark on an unexpected journey to locate the money and discover who they really are.The Last Viking is an outrageous and warm-hearted black comedy from award-winning writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen, starring the great Mads Mikkelsen and Nikolaj Lie Kaas.Filmography: Riders of Justice (2020), The Green Butchers (2003), Flickering Lights (2000).*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets. 

In the early 17th century, somewhere in Germany, a mysterious soldier arrives in an isolated Protestant village. Slight and modest in stature, his face disfigured by a scar, the stranger declares himself the heir to a long-abandoned farmstead and produces a document to support his claim before the suspicious villagers. Over time, he overcomes their doubts and becomes part of the community. However, his quest for acceptance is built on a bald-faced lie.Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance at the Berlinale.Filmography: Angelo (2018), Michael (2011).*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets. 

The film follows 12-year-old Toma, expelled from school after being bullied. When he returns home, he finds his father Nemo, absent since Toma was two, waiting to take him to their ancestral village in the Caucasus mountains. Recently released from prison, Nemo is not welcome by the locals. But he is determined to pass down the ancient tradition of deer hunting to the boy. Over the course of this fateful weekend, Toma confronts the wilderness, a pack of wolves, his father’s shadowy past and his own fears.Filmmaker George Ovashvili blends memory and myth with stories from his childhood to explore the father-son bond. The title comes from an old Georgian poem that refers to the moon as a father, a metaphor that shapes the film’s tone.Filmography: Khibula (2017), Corn Island (2014), The Other Bank (2009).Screening on September 26, attended by the director.*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the...

Life is good for Derya and Aziz, a celebrated artist couple from Turkey, until an incident at their play’s premiere. Suddenly targeted by the state and struggling to balance their ideals with life’s necessities, their marriage is pushed to a breaking point.The new film from Ilker Catak (The Teachers' Lounge, 2023 Haifa IFF), winner of the Golden Bear Award at Berlinale, is “both a gripping marital drama and a rallying cry against artist censorship” (IndieWire).Filmography: The Teachers' Lounge (2023), Stambul Garden (2021), I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019).*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets. 

Sarah leaves her exciting life as an activist and artist in 1990s San Francisco to return to the small, conservative hometown she fled when Alzheimer's begins to erode her mother's vibrant personality. Forced to grow up quickly, she juggles a new relationship, long-held career ambitions, and an eccentric family, whom she literally follows to Mexico and back in a last-ditch effort to make them take the situation seriously. Confronting a disorienting reality she can't control, Sarah must find her footing – learning to accept her mother's decline and the imperfect beauty of her family – in order to become the daughter they need.Leah Nelson's film brings Sarah Leavitt's acclaimed graphic novel to the screen with an exceptional voice cast. Feature Debut*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the...

The Match revisits the iconic 1986 World Cup clash between Argentina and England at the Azteca Stadium, weaving rare archival footage – including Maradona's "Hand of God" – into a powerful reconstruction of the event. Beyond the pitch, the film traces more than two centuries of conflict between the two nations, from early encounters to the Falklands/Malvinas War, reframing the game as both a sporting milestone and the echo of a deeper historical rivalry, where the beauty of football meets the absurdity of war.Forty years later, Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco’s documentary looks back on this historic match through a combination of archival footage and interviews with former players.Filmography (Juan Cabral): Risa and the Wind Phone (2025), Two/One (2019).*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the...

Sicily, present day. Arturo is a real estate agent who is almost infallible at his job, but far less successful in his love life. He lives alone, somewhat disillusioned, and nurtures a single, unwavering passion: desserts. His life lights up when he meets the woman who is undoubtedly his soulmate. Flora is perfect: beautiful, funny, kind, brilliant... and she's also a pastry chef. An immediate and overwhelming love blossoms between them. But standing in their way is an invisible yet powerful presence: God. Flora is a devout Catholic, while Arturo is not.Filmography: On Our Watch (2021), At War with Love (2016), The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (2013).Screening and Culinary Event on September 29*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets. 

Alec, a soft-spoken, introverted teenager, has always viewed life through the lens of his father's small-time pornography business. When they relocate from London to a sleepy seaside town, Alec hopes for a fresh start, trying to make friends without revealing his unconventional life. Everything shifts when he meets the fiercely independent Nina, whose convictions redefine the world in which he has grown up. As their relationship deepens, Alec's understanding of sexuality and desire begins to change.What begins as an unlikely connection evolves into a tender and unexpectedly heartwarming story about discovering real intimacy – and what it truly means to be seen.Feature DebutScreening on September 27, attended by the director.*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets. 

June 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom. Without an army, without backing, without hope – but with one irrational conviction: France, his France, has not laid down its arms. What follows is a triumphant story of faith, audacity, and an unshakable quest for freedom.Antonin Baudry has crafted a powerful and dramatic portrait of a man at the very center of a turning point in history, on his path to becoming one of the twentieth century's defining leaders. Simon Abkarian commands the screen as the titular General, leading a standout ensemble cast.Filmography: The Wolf's Call (2019).*Dear customers, when buying a multiple number of tickets you are advised to check our "Tickets and Sales" page for the most cost-effective options.Take notice: The multiple-entry ticket must be purchased before the individual movie tickets.