NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI
10.00 – 12.00 Screening of the films Ana Arabia (drama, Israel, in Hebrew, Romanian subtitles, 81 min.) and The Book of Amos (drama, in Hebrew, Romanian subtitles, 15 min.)
Director: Amos Gitai, Israel
Films presented by Dr. Milja Radovic, historian and film critic (Austria)
12.30 – 14.00 Screening of the film Saint Nektarios. The Nectar of Forgiveness (docudrama, Romania, in Romanian with English subtitles, 60 min., produced by Trinitas TV)
16.00 – 18.00 OPENING GALA OF THE SECOND EDITION
- Opening with a concert of traditional Romanian music performed by Taraful Rădăcini. - Award ceremony for the short film screenplays selected in the contest on the theme Forgiveness, organized within the second edition of the festival.
18.00 – 21.30 European Absolute Premiere – Screening of the film El Tonto Por Cristo (drama, USA, in English with Romanian subtitles, 140 min.)
Director: Josh David Jordan, SUA
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, IAȘI (Sinaxar Hall)
10.00 – 11.15 Screening of the film Five Seasons at Robaia (documentary, Romania, in Romanian with English subtitles, 55 min.)
Director: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, IAȘI (Sinaxar Hall)
13.00 – 13.30 Screening of the film Athos in My Heart (documentary, Romania, in Romanian with English subtitles, 30 min.)
Director: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
13.30 – 16.00 Screening of the film A Gift of Joy from the Holy Mountain (documentary, Romania, in Romanian with English subtitles, 120 min.)
NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI
14.30 – 17.00 Screening of the film The Greatest Gift (docudrama, Spain, in Spanish with Romanian subtitles, 110 min.)
Director: Juan Manuel Cotelo (Spain)
17.30 – 21.45
Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective
Screenings: Andrei Tarkovsky. A Cinematic Prayer (100 min.) and Andrey Rublev. Memories of the film (70 min.) (docudramas, Italy and Russia, in Russian with Romanian subtitles)
During the break between the two films, director Andrey A. Tarkovsky will share a personal testimony about his father’s life and work and how they influenced his own destiny.
Director: Andrey Andreevici Tarkovsky (son of the renowned director Andrey Tarkovsky) – Italy
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, Way of the Cross
12.30 – 13.00 Opening of the Photography Exhibition Reframing Space. Film as History
Dr. Milja Radović (Austria)
NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI
16.00 – 16.30 Screening of the film The 21 (animated film with contributions from artists from 74 countries, in English with Romanian subtitles, 15 min.)
Producător: Mandi Hart (Germany)
Director: Tod Polson
17.00 – 19.00 Screening of the film The Healing (drama, Serbia, in Serbian with Romanian subtitles, 90 min.)
Director: Ivan Jović (Serbia)
19.15 – 21.15 Screening of the film Alexandra (drama, USA, in English and Romanian with Romanian subtitles, 100 min.)
Director: Diana Angelson Busuioc (SUA)
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM (Ecclesia Hall)
10.00 – 11.00 Conference: Elements of Christian Expression Present in Unexpected Films
Dr. Mina Radović (United Kingdom)
12.00 – 13.30 Screenings: In Search of Ciprian’s Chernivtsi and Father Iraclie Porumbescu (documentaries, Romania, in Romanian, 60 min.)
Director: Cristina Chirvasie (Romania)
13.30 – 14.15 Screening of the film His Colors (documentary, TVR, in Romanian with English subtitles, 30 min.)
Producer TVR, Elena Dinu (Romania)
NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI
16.45 – 18.00 Saint Olga of Alaska. A Director’s Confessions – Simon Scionka (USA, director of the film Holy Alaska)
Live talk event
18.00 – 21.00 Screening of the film The Ladder (drama, Romania, in Romanian with English subtitles, 135 min.)
Director: Vlad Păunescu (Romania)
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM (Ecclesia Hall)
11.30 – 12.30 Screening of the film An Angel in a Human Body. Saint John of Shanghai (documentary, Serbia, in Serbian with Romanian subtitles, 55 min.)
Director: Jasminka Marković
13.00 – 14.00 Screening of the film The Mountain of Transfiguration. Saint Sava of Serbia (documentary, Serbia, in Serbian with Romanian subtitles, 46 min.)
Director: Hadži-Aleksandar Đurović (Serbia)
IUSTIN MOISESCU HALL (Metropolitan Ensemble, Iași)
14.00 – 15.30 Screening of the film Ter Chono. A Mongolian Story (drama, Romania, in Romanian with English subtitles, 35 min.)
Director: Christiana Mongol Budica (Romania)
Following the screening, Christiana Mongol Budica will deliver a lecture entitled The Story of a Double Passion: Martial Arts and Icon Painting.
SALA UNIRII IN IAȘI (formerly Cinematograf Unirea)
20.00 AWARDS CEREMONY
Program:
- Screening of a retrospective film of the second edition
- Screening of the documentary Genesis (production of the Festival trophy)
- The Awarding of the Quo Vadis Trophy
