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Haifa International Film Festival

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “annual film festival that takes place every fall”. Today it says “annual film festival that takes place every autumn”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Logo of the 22nd”. It now reads “Israeli film festival Logo of the 22nd”.
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Haifa International Film Festival The Haifa International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place every fall, during the week-long holiday of Sukkot , in Haifa , Israel .1 The festival was inaugurated in 1983, and was the first of its kind in Israel. Over the years, it has become the country's major cinematic event. The Haifa International Film Festival attracts a wide audience of film-goers and media professionals from Israel and abroad. Throughout the week special screenings are held of 150 new films. Apart from movies screened around the clock at seven theaters, the festival features open-air screenings. Film categories include feature films, documentaries, animation, short films, retrospectives and tributes. The Board of Directors is composed of film and culture professionals and public figures. The festival is underwritten by the City of Haifa, the Ministry of Education, the Israeli Film Council, and the European Union, as well as commercial companies.2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “annual film festival that takes place every fall”. Today it says “annual film festival that takes place every autumn”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Logo of the 22nd”. It now reads “Israeli film festival Logo of the 22nd”. Read the current article and compare.
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annual film festival that takes place every fall

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annual film festival that takes place every autumn

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