Wall (2017 film)

Wall
Film poster
Directed byCam Christiansen
Written byDavid Hare
Produced byDavid Christensen
Bonnie Thompson
Music byJames Mark Stewart
Animation byMitch Barany
Price Morgan
Cam Christiansen
Sergey Solokhin
William Dyer
Niranjan Kailainathan
Deepak Kumar
Tyler Lemermeyer
Gregory Marshall
Joe Sie
Production
company
Release date
  • September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25) (CIFF)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Wall is a Canadian animated documentary film, directed by Cam Christiansen and released in 2017.[1] Based on David Hare's theatrical monologue Wall, the film is a reflection on the Israeli West Bank barrier and its effects on peace in the Middle East.[2]

The film was originally announced in 2011 for a planned release in 2014,[3] but it was delayed and instead premiered at the 2017 Calgary International Film Festival.[1] It screened at the 2018 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, in competition for the Cristal for best feature film,[4] and was commercially released to Canadian theatres in 2018.[5]

In 2019 the film received a new screening in Calgary, alongside a talk about the Israeli-Palestinian border wall by writer Marcello Di Cintio.[6]

  1. ^ a b Eric Volmers, "Cam Christiansen, David Hare and the NFB break down barriers with animated 'essay' Wall". Calgary Herald, September 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Pat Mullen (August 16, 2018). "Review: 'Wall'". Point of View.
  3. ^ Vlessing, Etan. "National Film Board of Canada to Animate Israel's West Bank Barrier For Theatrical Doc". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
  4. ^ Jordan Mintzer (June 13, 2018). "'Wall': Film Review | Annecy 2018". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. ^ Jordan Pinto, "NFB animated feature Wall gets theatrical release". Playback, July 30, 2018.
  6. ^ Eric Volmers, "Filmmaker Cam Christiansen brings documentary WALL back to Calgary for screening at Central Library". Calgary Herald, August 22, 2019.