TARBUT

One-act opera, partially staged - Leonardo Sini conducts Mascani's Cavalleria Rusticana ## Love, betrayal, passion, and tragedy wrapped in heavenly music ## Also on the program - Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italiano and Casella's symphonic suite "The Pitcher" ## Tuesday, February 25, at 8:00 PM

The film 'Not Silent - A Story of Courage' (Canada, 2021) is based on true events ## About students in China who practice one of the Qigong methods that was popular in China - 'Falun Gong', when suddenly the leader of the Communist Party at the time announces a ban on believing in this spiritual path ## From that moment, July 1999, believers of the method are persecuted to death ## The film is currently showing on the Mobileland cinema network

After a sold-out tour of Europe, including 60 shows in France and 30 in Germany, the international symphony orchestra "Lords of the Sound" is coming to Israel and Haifa for the first time ever. The ensemble will play its two iconic concerts - "The Music of Hans Zimmer" and "The Lord of the Rings in Concert" - at the Municipal Auditorium.

On Wednesday, January 15, on the main stage at the Haifa Theater, the premiere of the new play by the Haifa Theater will take place: "Black and White Album." This is the Hebrew version of the successful play Appropriate by the young and award-winning American playwright, Brendan Jacobs-Jenkins.

The ceremony, held two days before the end of the 40th Haifa International Film Festival, 2024-2025, announced the winners in the various categories of the Israeli film competition. The jury included Renen Shor, Dana Morag, Daniela Novitz, Noa Aharoni and Assaf Bernstein.

The call for the release of the kidnapped is given a new platform in the exhibition "The Missing in the Picture", which will open on Thursday at Yad Labanim House. ## Sharon Deri's reconstruction project brings the stories of the kidnapped and their families

During the day, Pini Gourfil is a professor at the Technion, who researches and teaches aerospace engineering. ## In his other hat, Gourfil is a singer and musical composer, who will launch his new album this Friday at the Studio Theater in Beit Hecht.

Israeli premiere of the film 'Nina' about Paralympic badminton player Nina Gorodetsky ## Director Ravit Marcus documented Nina Gorodetsky, a mother of two who lives in Kiryat Tivon ## Documentation that lasted three years, at home, in training, competitions, and the Paralympic Games ## Tuesday, December 31, opening day of the festival

For the first time in Israel - singer and performer Olivier Lorin with a tribute show to Berle's songs ## In the show, Lorin and his four musicians will perform Jacques Berle's iconic songs, including ne me quitte pas ## Many of the hits have also been translated into Hebrew over the years ## Thursday, January 9

The Children of the Wooden House with Yaya Cohen Aharonov and Roni Hadar will arrive on January 11 at Zappa Haifa with a musical performance for the whole family ## Behind the successful project are the activist brothers Ran and Yair Cohen Aharonov ## Ran is an educator, while Yair (Yaya) is a well-known musician from the band Hadag Nahash

The Haifa International Film Festival will open on the last day of 2024, marking its 40th anniversary. ## The films will be screened for 10 days in 5 theaters from morning until midnight. ## Most of the festival's films are award winners and selected by the world's most important festivals. ## Thousands are expected to attend the outdoor events and open screenings.

"We are building a port here" - a new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, centered on a film starring Idan Alterman ## The film was produced in collaboration with the Israel Ports Company, and tells the story of the development of ports in Israel ## 10 fascinating minutes of expanding and enlivening the mind through the use of AI technology and animation