America

America is a 2022 romantic drama film written and directed by Ofir Raul Graizer. It follows a swimming coach, who returns to Israel from the United States after his father's death, and his childhood friend's fiancée, who is a florist. The film premiered in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, as did Graizer's previous film The Cakemaker, on 5 July 2022. It is also set to screen in competition at the Jerusalem Film Festival in July 2022. Cast Oshrat Ingedashet as Iris Michael Moshonov as Eli Ofri Biterman as Yotam Moni Moshonov as Moti Irit Sheleg as Orna Evelyn Shafir as Dr. Margarita Ruba Blal Asfour as Dr. Ruba Lukas Henri Kropat as Josh Or Butbul as Moshiko Production Graizer conceived of the film in Chicago when he visited the United States for the first time when The Cakemaker was invited to a festival. According to Graizer, the title America symbolises "a place of longing" and "a distant dream" he had as a child growing up in Israel in the 1980s.