FRANCESCO - A POPE FRANCIS DOCUMENTARY FILM
FRANCESCO is the headline-making Pope Francis documentary from Oscar® nominated director and producer,
Evgeny Afineevksy. This groundbreaking film features unprecedented access to His Holiness Pope Francis, providing an intimate look at a global leader who approaches challenging and complex issues with tremendous humility, wisdom and generosity towards all.
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Award-winning filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky built his career on demonstrating a commitment to documenting important stories of change and social justice. His film WINTER ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM was an official Selection of the Venice and Telluride International Film Festivals. It was nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy and won the People’s Choice Award for the Best Documentary from the Toronto International Film Festival. Afineevsky's documentary CRIES FROM SYRIA (2017), about the brutal five-year civil war in Syria, was nominated for four Emmy Awards, earned a nomination for Best Documentary from the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, and Afineevsky won International Documentary Association’s Courage Under Fire Award, and a Humanities Prize and Cinema for Peace Awards as Most Valuable Documentary of the Year.
IMPACT CAMPAIGN
The film’s impact campaign will address the key issue areas and crises highlighted in the film through education and awareness; key partnerships with NGOs, thought leaders and civil society groups; and tangible calls-to-action for public engagement.
Please help us to bring this testament to the power of one person to make a difference so we can inspire the viewer to do the same!
