Private Project

Holy Father

The filmmaker and his girlfriend face the news of becoming parents. While the future mother is struggling with no worthy models in her own broken home, the soon-to-be-father must come to terms with his own, long-lost father, now a monk on Mount Athos. The visits to Athos become a way to understand the past and a pursuit to answer questions about the near future. The future father must learn to become the father he never had. But as the nine months go by, the quest for reconciliation, the anxiety and the anger seem to be making way for something much more meaningful.

  • Andrei Dascalescu
    Director
    Constantin and Elena, Planeta Petrila
  • Andrei Dascalescu
    Writer
    Constantin and Elena, Planeta Petrila
  • Anda Ionescu
    Producer
  • Stefan Parlog
    Editors
  • Andrei Dascalescu
    Editors
  • Hanka Kastelicova
    Co-producers
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 15, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    200,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Romania
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece, Romania
  • Language:
    Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    4K (UHD)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Sarajevo Film Festival
    Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    August 15, 2020
    World Premiere
    Special Jury Award Winner
  • Astra Film Festival
    Sibiu
    Romania
    September 11, 2020
    International Premiere
    Audience Award Winner
  • Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
    Tallinn
    Estonia
    November 24, 2020
    Regional Premiere
    Documentary Competition
Distribution Information
  • Cat&Docs
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Andrei Dascalescu

Romanian documentary filmmaker Andrei Dascalescu was born in a small town in 1984. He made a surprising debut in 2008 with Constantin and Elena, winner of IDFA's First Appearance award and a true festival hit.
His second feature-length documentary, Planeta Petrila, also premiered at IDFA and won him the Gopo Award for Best Documentary, the Audience Award at Transilvania Film Festival and traveled to many festivals worldwide.
Holy Father is his third documentary and is co-produced by HBO Europe.

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