"“Waltz With Bashir” is a memoir, a history lesson, a combat picture, a piece of investigative journalism and an altogether amazing film." - THE NEW YORK TIMES

This is simply one of the best films of 2008: incredible animation film about the Isreal war, it talks about the conflict and war in general like you’ve never seen it before.

Personal, touching, human, real, avoiding unnecessary political debates, guilt and sentimentality, it also includes an incredible soundtrack and gorgeous images.

A must see.

THE PLOT

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties.

Ari is surprised that he can’t remember a thing anymore about that period of his life, and starts to investigate, by interviewing people and by trying to remember...

REVIEWS

"“Waltz With Bashir” is a memoir, a history lesson, a combat picture, a piece of investigative journalism and an altogether amazing film." - THE NEW YORK TIMES

"This is an extraordinary film - a military sortie into the past in which both we and Folman are embedded like traumatised reporters." - THE GUARDIAN

"A powerfully ambiguous meditation on personal and collective avoidance." - THE INDEPENDENT

"The power of the film is the cartoon “shield” between the witness and the audience. It has the unsettling effect of intensifying the trauma" - TIMES

"It's a blistering, powerful work" - DAILY TELEGRAPH

PRIZES

Many prizes, amon which:

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - GOLDEN GLOBE

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM - BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

6 ISRAELI ACADEMY AWARDS - including BEST FILM, DIRECTOR, SCREENPLAY

BEST PICTURE - INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival where it was in competition

TRAILER

Watch the trailer here