Waltz With Bashir

Director Ari Folman's animated, quasi-documentary Waltz With Bashir follows the filmmaker's emotional attempt to decipher the horrors that unfolded one night in September of 1982, when Christian militia members massacred more than 3,000 Palestinian refugees in the heart of Beirut as Israeli soldiers ...more

Twenty-six rabid dogs tear through the streets, foaming at the mouth, seeking their target: a middle-aged man with glasses. He wakes with their barks, walks to his balcony and stares down into their flaming eyes. He has this dream each and every night and has, ostensibly, ever since the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. His recounting of this dream over a few drinks is where Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman’s beautiful new animated documentary, begins. The film is centered on Folman's quest for ...more

If anyone still harbors doubts as to whether animation can be used to tell a serious-minded story and not simply to entertain children on a Saturday morning, that questioning soul need look no further than Waltz With Bashir to witness just how effective the medium can be at dealing with mature issues with sincerity and reverence. Even if a soldier manages to avoid getting physically wounded in war, no one returns form the battlefield unscathed, and when filmmaker Ari Folman attempts to help a ...more

Waltz With Bashir
Nominee - 81st Oscars®:
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year