Waltz With Bashir

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. 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 no longer remember a thing about that period of his life.

Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images…

This haunting restoration work of traumatic memories is conveyed in the most creative manner through the use of animation to form a poignant piece of history.
Now in their forties these men reveal and sometimes discover repressed memories, shedding light on one of Israel’s most controversial wars and on the horrors of the Sabra and Shatila massacre.

‘Will leave its mark forever on the ethics of war films’ Dan Fainaru, Screen International

Art Director and Illustrator David Polonsky will attend the screening which will be followed by a Q&A.