''5 Days'' is a 2005 Israeli documentary film directed by

Yoav Shamir Yoav Shamir ( he, יואב שמיר), is an Israeli documentary filmmaker most noted for the films '' Checkpoint'' and ''Defamation''. Personal life Yoav Shamir was born in Tel Aviv in 1970. A ninth-generation Israeli from Tel Aviv, he is the so ...

. It is about the withdrawal of Jewish settlers from the

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that took place from 14 to 18 August 2005. The film played at the 2005

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam. Over a period of twelve days, it has screened more than 300 films and sold more than 250,000 tic ...

. It was shown at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in the section World Cinema Competition: Documentary.

Reception

Leslie Felperin of ''

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'' reviewed the film:

Pic might have ended up playing like a rehash of yesterday’s headlines, but impressively intimate access to subjects turns this into proper drama that captures the essence of the conflict over resettlement — for liberal viewers, at least. Hard-liners may feel the settlers come off slightly worse here than the Israeli military, who acted the heavies more in '' Checkpoint''. ... Use of overlapping sound to bridge scenes and a glowering, ominous soundtrack build up tension adroitly in last 45 minutes, as the clash between settlers and soldiers grows more combustible.

References

External links

Official website
* 2005 films Documentary films about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Films directed by Yoav Shamir Films set in the Gaza Strip 2000s Hebrew-language films Israeli documentary films 2005 documentary films {{poli-documentary-film-stub