Waltz With Bashir

I would never have put “animated documentary” in the same sentence, let alone together to create a new genre, but here we go.

In a stunning directorial show, Ari Folman has produced an animated film that documents the massacre of thousands of Palestinians during the Israeli-Lebanese war of 1982. His characters are real war veterans but depicted through animation and slowly recall the horrors of war that escalated after the assassination of Lebanese president Bashir Gemayel.

The film was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars this year and won the Golden Globe in the same category. It’s an unnerving, unique and emotionally draining piece of work, but not for the faint hearted or easily bored. Rating: 4 outta 5.