All 12 finalist films will be made available to view during
Screening Week
15th– 22ndFebruary
All films have a chance at winning theAudience FavouriteAward.
The film that accumulates the mostnumber of‘likes’on the
OFA YouTube Channelwill win.
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
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
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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