Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir
Theatrical release poster
Original titleואלס עם באשיר
Directed byAri Folman
Written byAri Folman
Produced by
  • Ari Folman
  • Serge Lalou
  • Gerhard Meixner
  • Yael Nahlieli
  • Roman Paul
  • Richard O’Connell
StarringAri Folman
Edited byNili Feller
Music byMax Richter
Production
companies
  • Bridgit Folman Film Gang
  • Les Films d'Ici
  • Razor Film Produktion
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • 13 May 2008 (2008-05-13) (Cannes)
  • 12 June 2008 (2008-06-12) (Israel)
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Running time
90 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Germany
  • France
  • Israel
LanguageHebrew
Budget$1.3 million[3]
Box office$11.1 million[4]

Waltz with Bashir (Hebrew: ואלס עם באשיר, translit. Vals Im Bashir) is a 2008 Israeli adult animated war docudrama film written, produced, and directed by Ari Folman. It depicts Folman's search for lost memories of his experience as a soldier during the 1982 Lebanon War and the Sabra and Shatila massacre.[5]

The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. Subsequently, it received wide acclaim from critics and audiences alike, with particular praise given to its themes, animation, direction, story, Max Richter's score, and Nili Feller's editing, and grossed over $11 million at the global box office. It won numerous awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film,[6] the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film, the César Award for Best Foreign Film, and the International Documentary Association Award for Best Feature Documentary, and was nominated for many more, including the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film,[7] the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, and the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature.

Bashir and the stop-motion $9.99, both released in 2008, were the first Israeli feature-length animated films released theatrically since Joseph the Dreamer in 1962.

  1. ^ "Release dates for_WALTZ WITH BASHIR". IMDb. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. ^ "WALTZ WITH BASHIR (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. ^ Ari Folman's journey into a heart of darkness Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine, International Herald Tribune
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hillel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Golden Globes". Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Bashir Makes Oscar Cut|Animation Magazine". 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.