From Dust to Light

Feb 20, 2024

0h 56m

★ 0.0

A cinematic dialogue between the art conservator and the hagiographer of the past.

Overview

Filmed In the heart of the mountainous villages of Greece and North Macedonia, the documentary follows a group of conservators of antiquities and works of art on their journey, with the goal of preserving Byzantine iconography. The dialogue between them and the hagiographers of the past comes to life.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Cinéma Expérimental

Retoutch

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Cast

Self

Babis Apostolidis

Self

Alexandros Giannakopoulos

Self

Marietta Pitta

Self

Babis Galanopoulos

Self - Narrator

Dimitris Karagiozopoulos

Self

Petros Apostolidis

Self

Nikos Vlassis

Self

Yovica Bogoev

Self

Slave Stojanov

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