Direction: Yoav Shamir

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Yoav Shamir. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Defamation

2009 · Documentary · 91 min. · Israel

Direction Yoav Shamir

Plot An Israeli director travels the world to find out what anti-Semitism means in the modern world. What is anti-Semitism today, two generations after the Holocaust? In his continuing exploration of...

7.3

196 votes

7.3

196 votes

Checkpoint

2003 · Documentary · 80 min. · Israel

Direction Yoav Shamir

Plot Documentary filmmaker Yoav Shamir's depiction of the checkpoints that the Israel Defense Forces man in the Palestinian Authority. More than three million Palestinians live in The West Bank and Gaza...

6.8

108 votes

6.8

108 votes

Flipping Out

2008 · Documentary · 60 min. · Israel

Direction Yoav Shamir

Plot Military service in Israel is compulsive for all able-bodied Jewish men and women. Once their years of service is up they are granted a bonus which many use to travel...

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The Prophet and the Space Aliens

2020 · Documentary · 86 min. · Israel

Direction Yoav Shamir

Cast Claude Vorilhon

Plot "The Prophet and The Space Aliens" follows Rael, who after an alleged encounter with extraterrestrials - that appointed him the "last prophet" - became the founder and leader of the...

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10%: What Makes a Hero?

2013 · Documentary · 88 min. · Israel

Direction Yoav Shamir

Cast Philip Zimbardo · Yoav Shamir

Plot Who is a true HERO? What compels one to maintain their integrity, go against the grain and fight for what is JUST?

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5 Days

2006 · Documentary · 94 min. · Israel

Direction Yoav Shamir

Plot Chronicles the Israeli Defense Forces as they evacuate 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in five days to make way for 250,000 Palestinians.

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