Animated film on Sabra and Shatila massacre- Waltz With Bashir

Israeli film at Cannes explores 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre

A daring new animated documentary follows Israeli director Ari Folman as he tries to piece together memories of the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila camps.

One of the most surprising aspects of the film was the parallel a psychiatrist drew between the Sabra and Shatila massacre and the Holocaust, in which millions of Jews perished.

“The response [to the massacre] in Israel was so huge, in my point of view, because immediately after we had the press release of the first photos of the massacre,” he said, when asked about the parallels. “For us Israelis, it was a direct connection to our Jewish history.”

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