# Komtojen > Haifa Events **Date:** 2026-10-24 **Venue:** סינמטק חיפה **Price:** from 42 ₪ **Category:** cinema **Event language:** he ## Description Country: Romania 2025 Director: Igor Cobileanski Cast: Daniela Nane, Teodor Șoptelia, Andrei Aradi, Ada Lupu, Gheorghe Visu ⏱ Runtime: 104 minutes 🌐 Language: Romanian 💬 Subtitles: Hebrew Alina, a single mother and a nurse by profession, faces an ethical dilemma as she tries to raise a large sum of money to keep her 22-year-old son out of prison. In between are two other characters who influence her decisions — a former love from her past who now runs a real estate office, and the daughter of a wealthy patient at the hospital where she works. The film addresses the inciting incident from four different points of view of the four main characters, thereby presenting viewers with a contemporary drama in which the full picture is revealed as the truth about each character comes to light. Winner of the 2026 Gopo Awards (the Romanian Oscars) for Best Director and Best Screenplay. 104 minutes, Romanian, Hebrew subtitles. After the screening there will be a conversation with Cristian Gogu, the film's producer. The 2026 edition of the Romanian Film Festival in Israel brings everything that's on Romanians' minds today: what's happening at home and what's happening beyond the country's borders, what's happening within the family and what's happening in society itself — a strong focus on the present without forgetting the past, all conveyed through stunning landscapes and a variety of genres and characters of all ages. This edition also lets festival-goers enjoy, ahead of the festival, the films of four young female directors who found original ways of their own to tell a story. Opening film: "Katana" is the most colorful and spectacular of all ten films in this edition, set in a small village in the Apuseni Mountains, where the residents find a way to outwit the authorities, until the authorities surprise them right back (inspired by a mix of Wes Anderson and Kusturica), "Only Us" is a gripping drama about the fate of children whose parents decide to work abroad for long stretches of time, who in turn must face everything life throws at them — beautifully filmed, with excellent performances from the children and teenagers in it, "Komtojen," winner of the Best Screenplay award at the Gopo Awards (the Romanian Oscars), tells the story of a single mother who will do anything to keep her teenage son out of prison, with the full story revealed through 4 different points of view of the 4 main characters, "The Heist of the Century," based on a true story written by Cristian Mungiu, tells the story of friends who find themselves outraged by the treatment of "foreign" workers in the Netherlands and decide to take revenge with a heist that shook all of Europe at the time, "Three Days in September" brings the fallout of a story about a betrayal revealed just moments before the wedding, which turns into a nighttime journey full of dark humor, plenty of insight, and continuous 78-minute cinematography. "A Safe Place" starts as a quiet drama about a vacation of two friend families on the coast of Bulgaria, and continues with thoughts of lost dreams and **Tickets:** https://www.haifacin.co.il/Event/17518/ **Source:** cinehaifa **Image:** https://pub-0a891185c33b4c5a8db7ede117f7c8e7.r2.dev/haifa-events/cinehaifa/c30db55572c5f6145b3b1d00c53083ae.jpg --- **Canonical event page:** https://www.haifa.events/en/event/komtog-n-oct-24/ **Other languages:** https://www.haifa.events/he/event/komtog-n-oct-24/, https://www.haifa.events/ru/event/komtog-n-oct-24/ Haifa Events is an aggregator. Verify the date, price, and ticket availability on the official website before purchase.