EMERGING GREEKS COMPETITION: Holy Emy – by Araceli Lemos

Friday, April 1st, 7:30 p.m., Hall 1, German premiere, director present, Q & A after the screening

repetition: Saturday, April 2nd, 8 p.m., Hall 2, director present, Q & A after the screening

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After their mother returns to the Philippines, sisters Emy and Teresa live within their tight-knit Filipino Catholic community in the port city of Athens. But when Teresa gets pregnant, Emy is increasingly drawn to other, more mysterious forces that live within her.

 

 

Araceli Lemos

– Debbie and Janice as the Maids (2010), short film
– Miguel Alvarez Wears a Wig (2012), short film
– Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ No More Shall We Part, 14 paintings 17 years later (2020), short doc, co-direction
– Holy Emy (2021)

 

 

 

release date:

2021

director:

Araceli Lemos

starring:

Abigael Loma, Hasmine Kilip, Michalis Syriopoulos, Angeli Bayani, Ku Aquino and Irene Igglesi

country:

Greece / France / USA

duration:

111 min

language:

Tagalog / Greek / English with English subtitles