The Patriarch's Room (Trailer)
LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIVAL
FRIDAY, JUNE 9th 2017 9:00PM at SPILBERG/EGYPTIAN THEATER
THE PATRIARCH’S ROOM
Canada/Israel, 2016, 85 min, West Coast Premiere, Documentary
Director/Producer: Danae Elon
Producer: Paul Cadieux
Director of Photography: Itamar Mendes Flohr
Production Designer: Eva Goulakou
Editor: Itamar Mendes Flohr
Music Composer: Peter Venne
The Patriarch of the Greek Church in Jerusalem is imprisoned in his room for over a decade. Demoted to the rank of a simple monk after being accused of selling church lands to Jewish Settlers; he claims his innocence.
*2016 Doc Aviv – Best Researched Film, Special Mention of the European Critique Circle
*2017 New York Jewish Film Festival
*2017 Toronto Jewish Film Festival – Best Documentary Film Award
*2017 Wales International Film Festival