Checkpoint

Name: Checkpoint
Director: Yoav Shamir
Released: 2003

2003 film by Yoav Shamir

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Also known as Machssomim

Released: 2003
Director: Yoav Shamir
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Producer: Amit Breuer
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, Edna Kowarsky
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, Elinor Kowarsky
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Runtime: 80 min
Genre: documentary film
Country of origin: Israel
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Original language: Hebrew

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Checkpoint is a 2003 documentary film by Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir, showing the everyday interaction between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians at several of the region's Israel Defense Forces checkpoints. The film won five awards at various film festivals, including Best International Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, best feature-length documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and the Golden Gate Award for Documentary Feature at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Although the film was generally well received, the depictions of the check points were controversial and provoked strong reactions.

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Main subject: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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1.Stated in europeanfilmawards.euRetrieved 2021-07-26
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Israeli checkpoint
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Color: color
Nominations: European Film Award for Best Documentary(2004) statement is subject of: 17th European Film Awards · nominee: Yoav Shamir
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Title: מחסומים
Review score: 71%(October 9, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 7 critic review
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6.6/10(October 9, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Film editor: Era Lapid

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