Films in the festival
English
Sections
Boldness and Impasse
Like a Sort of Song About Life, But Different
The Calling. Saint Paraskeva
Ecclesiastes
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Dream of Jerusalem
Eye to Eye: Israel–Armenia
The Prayer of Jerusalem
Shadows
The Ten Commandments
The Way
Beyond Closer
The Black House
The Hermit
Shadows of Jerusalem
Alter... Eva
The Fisher of Souls. Father Constantin Galeriu
A Child of God. Dorel Zaica
The Haven. Silvia Radu
Riches
Forgiveness
Triumph of the Heart
Happy Stones
Beyond the Peak
Between borders
Moses the Black
The Moon is a Father of Mine
Beautiful Helena
The House with Angels in Râșnov
Our neighbor
The Little Angel
Dogma᾽71
English
Sections
International Film Festival Quo Vadis will take place over five days: 10 - 14 november 2026, Iași-
Feature Fiction – "The World Through My Neighbor's Eyes"
Moses the Black (USA, 2026, dir. Yelena Popovic)
(Drama, feature film; the story of a Chicago gangster whose life mirrors the journey of a 4th-century saint—Moses the Black)
Between Borders (USA, 2025, dir. Stephen Mark Freiburger)
(Drama, feature film; the story of an Armenian family fleeing religious persecution in Soviet Russia and finding refuge within a faith community in the United States)
Triumph of the Heart (USA, 2025, dir. Anthony D’Ambrosio)
(Drama, feature film; the true story of a priest who gives his life to save a fellow prisoner at Auschwitz)
Riches (Serbia, 2026, dir. Andrej Sepetkovski)
Forgiveness (Romania, 2026, dir. Nicolae Mărgineanu)
And the Moon is My Father (International co-production: Georgia, Luxembourg, Turkey, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, 2025, dir. George Ovashvili)
Beautiful Helen (Georgia, 2022, dir. George Ovashvili)
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Documentary – "A Window to My Neighbor"
Happy Stones (Bulgaria, 2020, dir. Zoya Dimitrova, Milena Stoykova)
Beyond the Peak (USA, 2022, dir. Aleksandar Jovic)
(Documentary feature; a brother and his friends scale a mountain to celebrate a Liturgy in memory of their departed brother)
Dmitri Brikman Spotlight
(Photographic artist, video artist, essayist, and TV host, Israel)
Shadows of Jerusalem (7 min., 2022)
The Ten Commandments (3 min., 2022)
The Prayer of Jerusalem (15 min., 2023)
Eye to Eye: Israel–Armenia (5 min., 2023)
Ecclesiastes (47 min.)
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Dream of Jerusalem (18 min.)
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Portraits of Saints
The Calling. Saint Paraskeva (Trinitas TV)
(Documentary dedicated to Saint Paraskeva of Iași, protector of Moldavia and one of the most venerated saints in Eastern Orthodoxy)
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Special Screenings: "Revolution of Role Models – Real. Committed. Meaningful" (Schools across Iași, Neamț, and Botoșani)
The Haven. Silvia Radu (Romania, 2024, dir. Cristina Chirvasie, prod. Grațiana Lăzărescu)
A Child of God. Dorel Zaica (Romania, 2024, dir. Cristina Chirvasie, prod. Grațiana Lăzărescu)
The Fisher of Souls. Father Constantin Galeriu (Romania, 2023, dir. Cristina Chirvasie, prod. Grațiana Lăzărescu)
Alter... Eva (Romania, 2016, dir. Cristina Chirvasie)
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Quo Vadis Competition. Winning Films in the Short Film Category
The Black House (drama, Dumitru Grosei – First Prize, Quo Vadis Short Film Competition)
Beyond Closer (visual essay/drama, Steliana Blaga – Second Prize, Quo Vadis Short Film Competition)
The Hermit (drama, Cristian Dinu – Special Screening)
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Quo Vadis Competition. Films participating in the short film competition
Like a Sort of Song About Life, But Different (experimental documentary)
Boldness and Impasse (romantic comedy)
The Little Angel (drama)
Dogma᾽71 (drama)
