Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Yoav Shamir - Flipping out - Checkpoint - Defamation


http://www.yoavshamirfilms.com

"Yoav Shamir is an Israeli documentary filmmaker most noted for the films Checkpoint and Defamation. Shamir's films have received awards from independent film festivals including Best Feature Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Best International Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival.[1] Shamir's viewpoint of Israeli political policies in his documentaries made him a focal point of criticism and garnered accusations of anti-semitism. His latest film, 10% - What Makes A Hero? - A Documentary, is focused on the premise that a small minority of people, less than 10%, will always fight for what is just regardless of circumstance."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoav_Shamir

Flipping out (2008)

Flipping Out is a 2008 documentary film directed by Yoav Shamir describing the drug use of Israeli men and women in India.[1] It follows Israeli soldiers who take their discharge bonus and travel to India, where 90 percent will take drugs and around 2,000 will eventually need professional help after experiencing drug-induced mental breakdowns, or "flipping out".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipping_Out_(film)



Defamation (2009)


"The film examines whether anti-Semitic has become an all purpose label for anyone who criticizes Israel and the possibility that some Jews' preoccupation with the past -- i.e., the Holocaust -- is preventing progress in the here and now. Shamir decided to make this film after a critic of an earlier
film accused him of antisemitism."






Checkpoint (2003)

"Checkpoint (original title: Machssomim) is a 2003 documentary film by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, showing the everyday interaction between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians at several of the regions Israel Defence Forces checkpoints."