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Film tip: Waiting for Giraffes - how political is a Palestinian zoo?

A breath of fresh air. Is Waiting for Giraffes finally a film from Palestinian territory, the Israeli-occupied West Bank in this case, that is not about that hopeless conflict? Really not? Italian-Dutch filmmaker Marco De Stefanis apparently does a pretty good job. At first glance, his documentary about the inspired veterinarian Dr Sami of the zoo in the border town of Qalqilya could be set anywhere. Until Dr Sami pays a visit to a befriended...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

A breath of fresh air. Is Waiting for Giraffes finally a film from Palestinian territory, the Israeli-occupied West Bank in this case, that is not about that hopeless conflict? Really not? Italian-Dutch filmmaker Marco De Stefanis apparently does a pretty good job. At first glance, his documentary about the inspired veterinarian Dr Sami of the zoo in the border town of Qalqilya could be set anywhere. Until Dr Sami pays a visit to a befriended...

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