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Festival Schedule

International Film Festival Quo Vadis will take place over five days: 10 - 14 november, Iași

BRAUNSTEIN PALACE – LA CUPOLA

09.30 The Aesthetics of the Sacred Colloquium
Photography and Cinematography
Opening of the photography exhibition My Neighbor: The Gospel Lived in Orthodox Communities Around the World

Free admission, subject to availability

11.40 Happy Stones (documentary, Bulgaria, 2021, 60 min) Save your seat

Director: Zoya Dimitrova

13.00 Beyond the Peak (documentary, USA, 2024, 70 min) Save your seat

Director: Aleksandar Jović



NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI

17.00 Opening Gala of the Third Edition and concert by the Rădăcini Traditional Music Ensemble Save your seat

19.00 Forgiveness (drama, Romania, 2026, 110 min) Save your seat

Director: Nicolae Mărgineanu


INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART - BAIA TURCEASCĂ

09.30 The Aesthetics of the Sacred: What Does Faith Look Like on Screen? – Colloquium Save your seat



NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI

13.00 Our Neighbor (documentary, Romania, 2026, 24 min, Andrei Coruț și Alexandru Ionescu) Save your seat

Director: Ileana Gaiță

13.00 The House with Angels in Râșnov (documentary, Romania, 2025, 24 min., Andrei Coruț și Alexandru Ionescu) Save your seat

13.00 The Way (drama, Romania, 2026, 30 min, Valentin Burlacu) Save your seat

17.45 Beautiful Helen (drama, Georgia, 2021, 95 min) Save your seat

Director: George Ovashvili

17.45 The Moon Is a Father of Mine (drama, Georgia, 2025, 100 min) Save your seat

Director: George Ovashvili


INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART - BAIA TURCEASCĂ

10.00 Opening of the photography exhibition The Eyes of Jerusalem Save your seat

Photographer: Dmitri Brickman, Israel

11.00 Beyond the Screen. Stories About the Other Save your seat

Dmitri Brickman, George Ovashvili and Elena Dulgheru in conversation



NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI

16.00 Riches (drama, Serbia, 2026, 85 min) Save your seat

Director: Andrej Šepetkovski

18.30 Triumph of the Heart (drama, USA, 2025, 120 min) Save your seat

Director: Anthony D’Ambrosio


NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI

10.00 Films: Save your seat
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)

12.00 The New Martyrs of Diveevo (documentary, 2026, 26 min) Save your seat

Director: Svetlana Viktorovna Tandit

12.00 In Spite of Death (documentary, 2021, 26 min) Save your seat

Director: Svetlana Viktorovna Tandit

12.00 The Ushakovs and Russia: Three Generations of Saints (documentary, 2025, 50 min) Save your seat

Director: Svetlana Viktorovna Tandit

17.00 Between Borders (drama, USA, 2024, 90 min) Save your seat

Director: Stephen Mark Freiburger

19.30 Moses the Black (drama, USA, 2026, 105 min) Save your seat

Director: Yelena Popovic


NATIONAL ATHENAEUM, IAȘI

11.00 Photographic Film Series (Visual Essays), 120 min, Israel Save your seat
Shadows of Jerusalem (7 min)
The Ten Commandments (3 min)
Shadows (5 min)
The Prayer of Jerusalem (15 min)
Eye to Eye: Israel–Armenia (5 min)
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Dream of Jerusalem (18 min)
Ecclesiastes (47 min)

Director: Dmitri Brickman

16.00 Saint Paraskeva (docudrama, Romania, 2026, 90 min) Save your seat

Director: Mara Ionescu

18.00 Closing Gala and concert by the St. Hierarch Joseph Naniescu Male Choir of the St. Dumitru Stăniloae Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Iași Save your seat



MIHAI EMINESCU AULA MAGNA, ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IAȘI

19.30 Beyond Entertainment: Symbol and Faith in Cinema

Conference by: Jonathan Pageau Save your seat