Thousand Yard Stare 

In this highly anticipated film project, “Thousand Yard Stare,” Folman emerges from two decades of groundbreaking achievements in the field of animation to explore live-action cinema and delve deeper into the timeless cinematic tradition through a film to be captured on black & white on 35mm film. 

Refusing to glorify war, it’s a story about human connections—a powerful and tragic love tale that unfolds against the backdrop of historical conflict.

The plot spans over 50 years, starting just before the Yom Kippur War and reaching its climax on October 7th, 2023. It is centered around the love story of the film’s protagonist, a mail delivery pilot, the lowest-ranked pilot in the Israeli Air Force. He is an anti-hero who, due to traumatic events at the outbreak of the war, experiences the loss of both his brother, killed in the first hours of the conflict, and his beloved girlfriend, who leaves him upon his return from the battlefield, displaying the famous “Thousand Yard Stare,” a professional term used to depict the trauma from war. 

The guilt has haunted him for 50 years, leading up to the present date, October 7th, 2023, when he is determined to save his daughter—a result of enduring love, now endangered.

This modern Film Noir addresses the survival of the soul after the loss of the ability to love, guiding the hero from collective tragedy to his own redemption and bringing hope.