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WALTZ WITH BASHIR

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WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Produced by:
Ari Folman
Serge Lalou
Yael Nahlieli
Gerhard Meixner
Roman Paul

Directed by:
Ari Folman

One night in September 1982, Christian militia members invaded refugee camps in the heart of Beirut and massacred more than three thousand Palestinians while Israeli soldiers surrounded the area. Ari Folman was one of these soldiers. A fully animated documentary, WALTZ WITH BASHIR is Folman's attempt to decipher the horror of that night.

Production of Bridgit Folman Film Gang (Israel)/Les Film D'ici (France)/Razor Film Produktion (Germany) In co-production with Arte France/ITVS International

"WALTZ WITH BASHIR plays out as one of the most profoundly explosive animated documentaries I have ever seen, and is clearly one of the best pictures of the year."
- New York Observer
"The animated documentary WALTZ WITH BASHIR is a memoir, a history lesson, a combat picture, a piece of investigative journalism and an altogether amazing film."
- New York Times
"WALTZ WITH BASHIR might be the year's most singular visionary experience available at the movies, and catapults [Director Ari] Folman from the obscurity of Israeli TV onto the world stage."
- Salon.com
"A brave, personal and truly original piece of filmmaking."
- Newsday
"The best movie of 2008? The most revealing war film ever made? The greatest animated feature to come out of Israel? All these descriptions could apply to WALTZ WITH BASHIR."
- San Francisco Chronicle
"A powerful, poignant and provocative film, told in an unconventional and effective fashion."
- USA Today
"WALTZ WITH BASHIR, a movie about memory, is as devious and subversive as it is brilliant and nightmarish."
- The Washington Post
"Unlike anything you've ever seen before, WALTZ WITH BASHIR will change your ideas about the possibility of film."
- The Associated Press


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awards

Official Selection - In Competition, Cannes International Film Festival
[2008]
Best Foreign Language Film, BFCA Critics Choice Award
[2008]
Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe Awards
[2008]
Feature Documentary Award, International Documentary Association (IDA)
[2008]
Best Animation, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
[2008]
Best Documentary Runner Up, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
[2008]
Grand Prize, Tokyo Filmex
[2008 ]
Best Documentary Screenplay Nomination, Writers Guild of America Awards
[2008]
Best Foreign Film, British Independent Film Awards
[2008]
Best Composer, European Film Awards
[2008]
Best Foreign Language Film Nomination, Critics Circle Award - London
[2008]
Best Picture, National Society of Film Critics Awards
[2008]
Best Directing Nomination, Annie Awards
[2008 ]
Best Music Nomination, Annie Awards
[2008 ]
Best Writing Nomination, Annie Awards
[2008]
Best Animated Feature Nomination, Annie Awards
[2008 ]
Best Animated Feature Nomination, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
[2008]
Best Foreign Language Film Nomination, Academy Awards
[2009]
Outstanding Directorial Achievement Award, Directors Guild of America
[2009]
Best Foreign Film Award, Cesar Awards - France
[2009]
Graphic Design and Animation Award, Cinema Eye Honors
[2009]
Music Composition Award, Cinema Eye Honors
[2009]
International Feature Award, Cinema Eye Honors
[2009]
Directing Award, Cinema Eye Honors
[2009]



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