On Monday, February 13, the Institute welcomed writer and director Ofir Raul Graizer, one of today’s most exciting Israeli filmmakers, via Zoom for its first Film Series event of 2023. Graizer participated in a Q&A with Stuart Weinstock, the IIJS Film Series Coordinator, about his latest film, America (2022).
Graizer’s first film, The Cakemaker (2018), was Israel’s official entry for the Best Foreign Film category at the 2019 Academy Awards and won six Israeli Academy Awards in 2018, including Best Film and Best Director. America was released to widespread acclaim in July 2022, premiering at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
In America, an Israeli man returns to Israel after 10 years in America, and has an encounter with a childhood friend and his fiancé that will change everyone’s lives. America is a story set between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, a swimming pool and the Mediterranean Sea, life and death—and somewhere in the middle. After the success of The Cakemaker, writer-director Ofir Raul Graizer returns with an affectionate tribute to 60s and 70s cinema.
The Q&A session is available to view in full below.
This event was made possible by the generosity of the Appel and Kaye families.
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