The IIJS Summer Film Series concludes with “Checkout,” the Israeli hit from director and co-writer Jonathan Dekel. Join us online on Monday, July 15, at 12:00 PM for a virtual Q&A with the filmmaker and IIJS Film Programmer Stuart Weinstock.
In this spy comedy, Dov, an aging and feckless Mossad operative, has just been given notice of his mandatory retirement. About to leave his Istanbul hotel on a wave of self-pity, he decides to stay when he identifies an Arabic-speaking traveler as "Gilgamesh," a notorious terrorist. No spoilers: Dov's pursuit of Gilgamesh plays out more like Curb Your Enthusiasm than Fauda. (97 minutes; English, Hebrew, and Arabic with English subtitles)
Please register for the event below. You will receive an email with a link to watch the film at home on Friday, July 12th. This link will only be available until Monday, July 15th at 11:59pm EDT.
We will be hosting a Zoom Q&A session on Monday, July 15th at 12:00pm EDT with director and co-writer Jonathan Dekel. You will receive a separate email with the Zoom link for the Q&A before the event.
Please email iijs@columbia.edu with any questions.
Jonathan Dekel graduated from Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel School of Film and Television. His thesis film, April Fools, was shot on an iPhone and went on to win Israel's Academy Award (Ophir Award) for Best Short Film along with Best Short at the 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival. Dekel has directed and written for Israeli television and directed music videos. Checkout is his first feature film, and was developed with the Sundance Screenwriter's Lab and won the Emerging Filmmaker Award from the Jerusalem International Film Lab.
Supported by the generosity of the Appel and Kaye families.
While all IIJS events are free and open to the public, we do encourage a suggested donation of $10.