Haifa 2005

One of the critics' favorites in Cannes last year, The Consequences of Love (Le conseguenze dell'amore) by Paolo Sorrentino, is still touring through festivals. It received our prize in Haifa, the festival which has been founded in 1983 and was the first of its kind in Israel. Particularly interesting: an Israeli film competition, and an overview on new films from the Mediterranean countries. The section "New Directors" presents young cinema from all over the world — section on which our jury focused.
Details of the prize

The Consequences of Love	Paolo Sorrentino

Reports:

Israeli Films: A Hard Time Finding An Own Style. Wilfried Reichart observed the reactions on Hany Abu-Assad's film Paradise Now, attended a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian film directors ("After all, they did speak to each other") and introduces some of the new Israeli films shown at the festival. Read more

Israeli Films: First Impressions "The Israeli movies in Haifa were a perfect reflection of our cinema and perhaps of our lives in Israel", writes Gidi Orsher. He portrays four films, Frozen Days (Danny Lerner), The Belly Dancer (Marek Rozenbaum), Comrade (Eyal Shiray) and Out of Sight (Daniel Syrkin). Read more

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