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SHALOM
by Meital Zvieli

SYNOPSIS
At Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo, Rushdi—a Muslim Palestinian citizen of Israel—cares for Shalom, an aging rhinoceros nearing the end of his life. As debates over euthanasia unfold inside the zoo, war breaks out beyond its walls. When Rushdi escorts a new rhino to Jerusalem, he begins to question the very idea of captivity—both animal and human. Blending unexpected humor with emotional depth, Shalom is a cinematic parable about borders, caretaking, and the fragile possibilities of coexistence in a region forever on the brink.
DETAILS
80 mins
2026
Israel
Hebrew, Arabic, French

CREDITS
Director, Screenwriter, Editor, Co-Producer: Meital Zvieli
Producer: Avigail Sperber
Cinematographer: Amikam Shilo
Recording: Nir Alon
Original Score: Asher Goldschmidt
Sound design and Mix: Aviv Aldema

BIOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR - MEITAL ZVIELI
Meital Zvieli is graduated from Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel Film & Television School screenwriting program with honors. She has over 25 years of experience as a freelance editor, screenwriter, producer, director, and television format developer for all Israeli broadcast channels. Her feature-length directorial debut, which she also produced and edited, THE CAMERA OF DOCTOR MORRIS, won the Oscar-qualifying Best Israeli Film Award at Docaviv 2022. Most notably, Meital was the Head of Research for the animated documentary WALTZ WITH BASHIR by Ari Folman, a Golden Globe and Cesar winner for Best Foreign Film and Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. She was editor and screenwriter for THE LAST LEAGUE, a docu-series about Jewish and Arab football players competing in the last league of Israeli football. She wrote and edited for DESIGNING A NATION, a docu-series about Israel's design history. Along with writing and editing, Meital directed ADRENALINE, a docu-series examining Israelis' struggle with technology's takeover of everyday life. She is the editor of THE SOUTHERN SEA, a docu-series portrait of Eilat, the most remote city in Israel.
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