America

Director: Ofir Raul Graizer | Israel / Germany / Czechia | 2022 | Drama | Hebrew / Arabic / English / English Subtitles | 127 min

Tickets

VENUE: Golden Scene Cinema

Screening: Sunday, 12 November, 7:30pm
Tickets: HKD 110 | Students/Seniors HKD 80

SYNOPSIS:

An Israeli swimming coach, living in Chicago, returns home after 10 years of absence to bury his estranged father. An encounter with a beloved childhood friend, and his Ethiopian fiancA(C), sets a series of events in motion that will affect everyone’s lives. This visually arresting story moves between a flower shop and an ancient monastery, between a swimming pool in Chicago and the Mediterranean, between life and death – and somewhere in the middle.

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SPONSORED by The Dorfman Family
SUPPORTED by The Consulate General of Germany in Hong Kong,A Consulate of Israel in Hong Kong and Macau

AWARDS

6 wins

WON 2023 Miami JFF, The Critics Prize
2022 Philadelphia JFF Best Narrative Feature
WON: Audience Award & 2022 Jerusalem FF
Won: Anat Pirchi Award
Best Actress (Oshrat Ingadashet)
Jerusalem Film Festival Nominated, Award for Israeli Cinema Haggiag Competition for Full-Length Israeli Feature