Vals Im Bashir
Also known as: ואלס עם באשיר
English title: Waltz with Bashir
Foreign titles: Valse Avec Bachir (French), Vals Con Bashir (Spanish), Valzer Con Bashir (Italian), Walzer Mit Bashir (German)
- Studio
- Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion GmbH
Co-Produced By: Arte France, ITVS
In Collaboration With: Israel Film Fund, Hot Telecommunication, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, New Israeli Foundation - Distributor
- Le Pacte, The Match Factory, Pandora Filmproduktion, Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis
Examining events around the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, particularly the infamous massacres at the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps, Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman's animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir" merges the fluidity of memory with shifting animation techniques to question the nature of history. Beginning with a story told to him by a friend who dreams of 26 dogs, Folman- who was a 20-year-old Israeli defense fighter at the time of the war- weaves interviews with combat survivors into discussions with some of Beirut's citizens who are involved in the war, piecing together a viable picture of just one of the conflicts that divided the Middle East through the last quarter of the 20th century.
Characters
Carmi Cna'an, Boaz Rein-Buskila, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Ori Sivan, Zahava Solomon
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ari Folman
Producing
- Producer
- Ari Folman, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul, Serge Lalou, Yael Nahlieli
Writing
- Writer
- Ari Folman
Voices
- Voice
- Yehezkel Lazarov (Carmi Cna'an), Mickey Leon (Boaz Rein-Buskila), Ron Ben-Yishai (Himself), Ronny Dayag (Himself), Ari Folman (Himself), Dror Harazi (Himself), Ori Sivan (Himself), Zahava Solomon (Herself)
Music
- Music
- Max Richter
Animation
- Animation Director
- Yoni Goodman
- Animator
- Barak Drori, Sefi Gayego, Neta Holzer, Lilach Sarid, Zohar Shahar, Orit Shimon, Asenath Wald
- Lead Animators
- Gali Edelbaum, Tal Gadon
- Additional Animators
- Micah Kredo, Adva Markovich
Editing
- Editor
- Feller Nili
Crew
- Art Direction
- David Polonsky
- Artists
- Ya'ara Buchman, Michael Faust, Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka
- Art Assistant
- Yoni Solmon
- Production Managers
- David Berdah, Verona Meier
- Sound Designer
- Aviv Aldema
- Sound Mixers
- Meir Alfassi, Oded Ringel
- Sound Effects
- Noemi Hampel
- Violin
- Natalia Bonner
- Solo Violin
- Louisa Fuller
- Viola
- John Metcalfe
- Piano
- Max Richter
- Cello
- Chris Worsey
- Score Producer
- Max Richter
- Score Mixer
- Max Richter
- Recording Engineer
- Stuart Hamilton
- Sound Post-Production Supervisor
- Rebekka Garrido
- Foley Artist
- Carsten Richter
- Foley Recordist
- Marcus Sujata
- Dialogue Editor
- Adrian Baumeister
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Lars Ginzel
- Sound Mix
- Dolby Laboratories
- Stereo Sound Consultant (Dolby)
- Hubert Henle
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Nitzan Roiy
- Visual Effects
- Feller Eran
- After Effects
- Alon Alpert, Meital Miselevich, Avri Olschwang, Roei Tzoref
- Researcher
- Meital Zvieli
- Additional Researcher
- Lior Fridman
- Legal Consultant
- Dr. Frank Brauner
- International Development
- Charlotte Uzu
Production notes
The first animated film nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign language film.
Release date is that of screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Screened in Israel at the Cinema South Festival on June 2, 2008; general Israeli release was June 12, 2008.
Release date is that of screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Screened in Israel at the Cinema South Festival on June 2, 2008; general Israeli release was June 12, 2008.
Awards
Golden Globe, Best Foreign Language Film, 2009.
Academy Award Nominee, Best Foreign Language, 2009.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Film, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Director, Ari Folman, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Screenplay, Ari Folman, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Editing, Nili Peler, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Art Direction, David Polonsky, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Sound, Aviv Aldema, 2008.
Nominee, Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Cinematography, Yoni Goodman, 2008.
Nominee, Golden Palm, Ari Folman, Cannes Film Festival, 2008.
Nominee, Golden Trailer Award, Best Anime Trailer, 2008.
Nominee, Best Animated Feature, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production, Ari Folman, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production, Max Richter, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Ari Folman, Annie Awards, 2008
Academy Award Nominee, Best Foreign Language, 2009.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Film, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Director, Ari Folman, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Screenplay, Ari Folman, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Editing, Nili Peler, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Art Direction, David Polonsky, 2008.
Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Sound, Aviv Aldema, 2008.
Nominee, Award of the Israeli Film Academy, Best Cinematography, Yoni Goodman, 2008.
Nominee, Golden Palm, Ari Folman, Cannes Film Festival, 2008.
Nominee, Golden Trailer Award, Best Anime Trailer, 2008.
Nominee, Best Animated Feature, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production, Ari Folman, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production, Max Richter, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Ari Folman, Annie Awards, 2008
