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SHALOM

By Meital ZVIELI

CINEPHIL - as SALES Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World

Documentary - Completed 2026

- Year of production
- 2026
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- ISRAEL
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Director(s)
- 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 re