# If the Paintings Could Speak – Lecture Series: The World in the Mirror of Cinema > Haifa Events **Category:** lecture ## Description If Paintings Could Talk – Lecture Series: The World Through Cinema For eighty years now, France has been grappling with a complex issue — moral, legal, and historical all at once: what to do if and when a painting is discovered whose trail disappeared during the Nazi occupation of France and the collaborationist Vichy regime. In the art market and at public auctions, economic interests collide with dilemmas from "the past that does not pass" in French history. Lecturer Sabine Yaakobovich – expert in French culture. The film Auction (France, 2024 | 91 min) From the lecture series: The World Through Cinema. Each session includes a lecture and a film screening. Films may change due to screening rights. An open subscription for the lectures can be purchased by phone: 04-8227850 or on site. **Date:** 2026-11-30, 09:30 **Venue:** Aba Hushi House, Haifa **Address:** Aba Hillel Silver St., 71 **City:** Haifa **Price:** from 60 ₪ **Tickets:** https://www.haifa.muni.il/event/%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%95-%d7%94%d7%a6%d7%99%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%99%d7%9b%d7%9c%d7%95-%d7%9c%d7%93%d7%91%d7%a8-%d7%a1%d7%93%d7%a8%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%a6%d7%90%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%9c/ **Image:** https://pub-0a891185c33b4c5a8db7ede117f7c8e7.r2.dev/haifa-events/haifa_municipality/f779e83ff04e8368df7ec0008e19bd63.jpg --- **Canonical event page:** https://www.haifa.events/en/event/esli-by-kartiny-mogli-govorit-tsikl-lektsiy-mir-v-zerkale-kino/ **Other languages:** https://www.haifa.events/he/event/esli-by-kartiny-mogli-govorit-tsikl-lektsiy-mir-v-zerkale-kino/, https://www.haifa.events/ru/event/esli-by-kartiny-mogli-govorit-tsikl-lektsiy-mir-v-zerkale-kino/ Haifa Events is an aggregator. Verify the date, price, and ticket availability on the official website before purchase.