The 27th Haifa International Film Festival, the leading cinematic even in Israel, starts today. The Haifa Film Festival is held on the green Mount Carmel, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
The festival brings together each year an ever-growing audience of 70,000 spectators along with hundreds of Israeli and foreign professionals from the film and television industries and premiers some 170 new films (280 screenings). 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.
