2:30 Minutes for 5 Shekels

synopsis

If you want to see the war live, all you have to do is pay five shekels to look across the Israeli border at the devastated Gaza Strip. In Sderot, Jewish and Israeli society come together around a tourist telescope trained on the front line. An observational sociological study on the monetisation of war and the loss of compassion asks who these people are and how they feel.

“Compassion, even when it feels almost impossible, may be the only place from which healing can begin.” 

This film was created independently through the voluntary collaboration of all creators. This is a fully independent film. No member of the creative or production team, and no member of the crew, received any payment for their work on the film. 

biography

Efim Graboy (1989) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker of Russian descent living in Serbia. He explores the theme of trauma and sees his work as a form of therapy for both himself and his audience. He has made three feature-length documentaries: The War of Raya Sinitsina (2020), Lies I Told Myself (2023) and Chronicles to Our Children: Days Before Sunrise (2026).

film details

director:	Efim Graboy
producer:	Vered Samin Schass
photography:	Efim Graboy
editing:	Efim Graboy

contact

Vered Samin Schass
veredsaminshass@gmail.com