(haipo) - The 40th International Film Festival in Haifa was supposed to take place before Sukkot, but due to the security situation it will probably take place on the Hanukkah holiday, at the same time as the "Holiday of Holidays" events.
Due to the security situation and in accordance with the directives of the Home Front Command, it was decided that the Haifa International Film Festival, which was supposed to take place on Sukkot (2024), has been postponed. The new date set is between the dates 31/12/202 - 11/1/2025.
The Haifa Municipality stated that the festival will be held simultaneously and in cooperation with the events of the "Holiday of the Holidays" festival.
The Haifa International Film Festival celebrates its 40th year this year and is expected to take advantage of the postponement imposed on us to add new and popular films from leading international festivals, while preserving the Israeli and international film program as planned for the original dates.
'Beit Galim' festival
The "Beit Galim" festival (and the 100-year conference), in the Bat Galim neighborhood in Haifa, has also been postponed in light of the security situation and is expected to take place in early January, probably 2-4/1/25, according to the dates of the film festival and the "holiday of holidays".
It should be canceled completely and moved to October 2025
Hoping that by then we might be out of the war and the drones...
There is nothing to hold it in January. It is clear to all of us that this year we need to take the money from events and festivals and invest it in the survival of cultural institutions in Haifa, renovating facilities, protecting facilities and building better infrastructure. This is no less important than the events themselves. There is a large public shelter.
We have been in a war movie for a year.
Massacre in the south. Ballistic missiles from Iran. Kettamim from Iraq. Surface-to-surface missiles from Lebanon. Terror attacks from Samaria. Kidnapped families festival. Political terrorism and anti-Semitism from outside.
And in it the continuous devil dance of a promiscuous and psychotic opposition
This is the movie.
We are all in it.
We're all in the middle of movies right now... 🤷🏼♂️