New trailer released for The Bibi Files documentary

A new trailer for The Bibi Files, the upcoming Alexis Bloom documentary focusing on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, has been released, with the film set to hit Irish cinemas this Friday, December 13.

Described as a “searing documentary focused on high-level familial corruption, and the disastrous lengths a political leader will go to escape accountability,” and “a film about a man singularly focused on his own political survival in a region beset by war,” The Bibi Files is produced by Oscar winner Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side).

It features never-before-seen footage police interrogation videos of Netanyahu, his family, his closest associates, and benefactors as part of a corruption investigation.

Watch the trailer below:

“The leaked footage indicates a steady and continuous pattern of lavish gift-giving and quid pro quo favours in the media and business worlds,” the film’s official description says. “The interrogation videos are interwoven with archival footage that show Netanyahu’s rise to power, and how his nearly 30-year rule as Prime Minister has divided the state of Israel.

“Interspersed throughout are interviews with prominent journalists,” it continues, “Israeli statesmen, Netanyahu associates, and longtime friends, whose observations and anecdotes paint a chilling portrait of a leader who, in his effort to avoid justice has allied himself with radical right-wing extremists.

“Netanyahu’s fixation on his entitlement to remain Prime Minister has, in this way, led to political decisions that have endangered Israel’s safety, and destroyed her standing as a democracy in the Middle East.”

The announcement comes as Netanyahu today began testifying in his long-running corruption trial in Tel Aviv, as Israel continues its attacks on Gaza and contending with the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria.

Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year, the film will be made available in UK and Irish cinemas and on demand from December 13.