Checkpoint

  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Yoav Shamir
  • Israel 2003
  • 80 minutes
  • Hebrew
  • Subtitles in English

The West Bank and Gaza Strip have been under Israeli military authority since 1967, forcing over three million Palestinians to live under Israeli occupation. When traveling from one village or city to another to go to work, visit relatives, or seek medical care, they must pass through Israeli checkpoints.

From 2001 to 2003, director Yoav Shamir filmed at these checkpoints, bringing us a chilling look into the destructive impact of the occupation on both societies.


  • Director Yoav Shamir
  • Production Amit Breuer, Edna Kowarsky, Elinor Kowarsky
  • Cinematography Yoav Shamir
  • Editing Era Lapid
  • Source Amythos Films / Eden Production Ltd.