WALTZ WITH BASHIR is one of five films nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Foreign Film category. All five of the Best Foreign-Language Film nominated films will screen in their entirety at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica and all five directors will appear in person for a free Golden Globe Foreign-Language Nominees Seminar at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on January 10 at 1 p.m. WALTZ screens in a double-feature on January 8 with fellow nominee EVERLASTING MOMENTS. Other nominees are: THE BAADER-MEINHOF COMPLEX, GOMORRAH and I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG.
WALTZ is a mesmerizing and gripping "animated documentary" is a hand-drawn chronicle of director-writer-producer Ari Folman's repressed memories of war. It begins one night at a bar, when an old friend tells Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early 1980s. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he begins to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world in order to rediscover his past, his identity, and the consequences of so much violence on his psyche. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to offer up surreal images. Winner of six Awards of the Israeli Film Academy, including Best Film and Best Director.
