A retrospective look at three years of military service as a photographer in an isolated desert base. Through the camera and the craft of printing, Shivtown allows one to relive a reality that is barely comprehensible.
2025 · 0h 25m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
"Surrounded by dozens of soldiers like me, I was led by bus to a remote camp in the desert, a place I knew nothing about. As a military photographer, I collected fragments of moments in my photos, serving as solid evidence for me." Shivtown is the story of an ordinary soldier who, in an intimate…
Director: Hillel Ben-Zeev Perlov
Writers: Hillel Ben-Zeev Perlov, Maïa Aboualiten
Music by: Clément Boulier, Théo Perek
Cinematography: Hillel Ben-Zeev Perlov, Oded Ashkenazi
Editor: Yael Perlov