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Byzanfest 2014: Official Selection

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All 12 finalist films will be made available to view during
Screening Week
15th– 22ndFebruary

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Dance for Two
A tribute to the music and dance of 1960s Greek cinema.

Director: Nondas Poulos
Genre: Experimental
Country: Australia
Archdiocese: Greek Orthodox Church of Australia
Nominations: Best Director


The Desperate Wife Hunter
The woes of the single Orthodox man.

Director/Writer: Andrew Armstrong
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Archdiocese: Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
Nominations: Best Youth Film, Best Screenplay


Bevreti
A film about the Bevreti Monastery, Georgia, built by the initiative of Fr Teimuraz with the blessing of Patriarch IIia II.

Director/Writer: David Kemkhadze
Genre: Documentary
Country: Georgia
Archdiocese: Georgian Apostolic Church
Nominations: Best Film, Best Director


A Husband’s Love
A brief moment in the lives of a married couple.

Director/Writer: Philip Rausch
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Archdiocese: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Nominations: Best Film


Holy Fire & Pascha
A pilgrim’s journey and struggle to get to the Holy Sepulchre to experience the Holy Fire service and miracle of the Holy Fire.

Director/Writer: Justin Daniel
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Archdiocese: Greek orthodox Archdiocese of America


Supergirl
A man in his desperate hour wants to kill himself, but unexpected girl is saving him mysteriously.

Director/Writer: Aleksandar Adzic
Genre: Mystery Drama
Country: USA
Archdiocese: Serbian Orthodox Church of WesternAmerica
Nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay


Coffee with Sister Vassa – Ep. 16 (Christmas Feast)
The 16th episode of a weekly catechetical podcast by Dr. Sr. Vassa Larin, an Orthodox liturgiologist.

Director/Writer: Dr. Sr. Vassa Larin
Genre: Web Series
Country: Austria
Archdiocese: Archdiocese of Berlin and Germany (Russian Orthodox Church Aborad, MoscowPatriarchate)


The Key and the Frame
Four friends, who also form two couples, meet and converse over a night of hookah smoking.


Screened at Boston International Film Festival 2013.

* Warning:infrequent coarse language

Director/Writer: Derek Power
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Archdiocese: Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
Nominations: Best Youth Film, Best Screenplay


The Last Stone Grinder
A documentary about the endangered craft of stone grinding in Romania.

Director/Writer: Madalin Butiurca
Genre: Documentary
Country: Romania
Archdiocese: Romanian Orthodox
Nominations: Best Youth Film, Best Film, Best Director


Power of Dogs
He delivered justice, but became a killer. A trip into darkness, a search for deliverance.

Director/Writer: Joachim Vesely
Genre: Drama
Country: CzechRepublic
Archdiocese: Thyateira & Great Britain
Nominations: Best Youth Film, Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay


Prometheus
Prometheus seeks to be the master of his realm, away from the eyes of the gods. In the deepest, darkest pit of the earth he discovers a power that will help him reach his desire…but can he control it?

Director/Writer: Enus Arau
Genre: Allegory/Fantasy
Country: USA
Archdiocese: Orthodox Church in America (OCA)
Nominations: Best Screenplay


Lucky Girls
A film about the Theotokos Orthodox Girl’s Orphanage in Kolkata, India.

Director/Writer: Christiana Roulakis
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
Archdiocese: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Nominations: Best Youth Film


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