Wait For Me
Drama. Israel.
90 min. 2022.
Writor & Director: Sari Turgeman
DOP: Edan Sasson
Editor: Shira Hochman
Production Designer: Yoram Shayer
Costume Designer: Rona Doron
Sound Recordist: Ori Tchechik
Music Composer: Sapir Matityahu
Sound Designer & Mix: Shahaf Wagshall
Colorists: Yair Nahshon, Boaz Yankelevich
Line Producer: Amit Eran
Visual Effects: Itzik Nadel – 2nd Floor
Casting Director: Chamutal Zerem
Makeup Artist: Shay-Li Cohen
Production: Ronen Machlis-Balzam, David Silber, Hila Guy, Moshe and Leon Edery
Cast: Hallel Yannay Shani, Daniel Litman, Adi Gilat, Ofek Pesach, Moris Cohen
Production Company: Metaphor, Metro Communications
Executive Producers: Osnat Bukofzer, Sivan Cohen
Supported by
Israel Cinema Project – The Rabinovich Foundation for The Arts, Israel Ministry of Culture and Sport, The Cultural Administration, The Israel Film Council, Untied King.
“WAIT FOR ME” is a feature film set in the sea, which follows 16-year-old Maya, who runs away on a sailboat, in order to reach Cyprus and meet her father. But in Cyprus, she misses the cargo ship where her father is supposedly working. She is forced to enlist the help of Nikos, a 34-year-old Greek skipper, in exchange for taking him to her next destination – Crete. During journey, Nikos discovers Maya’s secret and forces her to face reality, but will she be able give up her goal?
One Country One Film Festival, Issoire (France)
– Winner Best Fiction Feature Film
– Winner Best Feature Film in Prix Du Jury Lyceen
Warsaw International Film Festival (Poland)
VVFILMF Kids & Teens International Film Festival (Italy)
Coliseum International Film Festival
– Winner Best International Film (Italy)
Jerusalem Women Film Festival (Israel)
