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“He Preaches Humanity. I Think That’s His Religion”: ‘Francesco’ Director Evgeny Afineevsky On Healing Message Of Pope Francis

As a documentarian Evgeny Afineevsky has spent years immersed in turbulent conflict zones, in the Middle East and in Eastern Europe. His 2015 Oscar-nominated film Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, put him in the middle of the Ukrainian Revolution. "I witnessed positive things [in Ukraine]–unity in Maidan…

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Dec 6, 2021 8:00 am
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‘Francesco’ Director Evgeny Afineevsky Calls Pope Documentary A “Healing Moment” – Contenders Documentary

Evgeny Afineevsky called his Pope Francis documentary Francesco a "healing moment" during a Discovery+ panel for the feature film at Deadline's Contenders Documentary. He also said Pope Francis' leadership inspired him during the Covid pandemic. "I think specifically coming out of the pandemic and coming out of a lack…

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Pope Francis Greets Afghans And Other Refugees After Vatican Screening Of Discovery+ Doc ‘Francesco’

EXCLUSIVE: A group of 200 refugees and immigrants, some newly arrived from Afghanistan, attended a special Vatican screening of the discovery+ documentary Francesco Monday night, and later met with Pope Francis himself. "When the movie finished he was downstairs waiting for them," Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afinee…

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Pope Francis Documentary ‘Francesco’ Acquired By Discovery+ For Easter Week Release

Pope Francis is coming to Discovery+ in time for Easter. The subscription streamer said Wednesday that it has acquired Evgeny Afineevsky's documentary Francesco, an exploration of the pope's ministry and moral leadership in a time of surging right-wing populist movements, a worldwide refugee crisis, and the Covid-19…

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Evgeny Afineevsky’s On His ‘Francesco’ Documentary That Made Worldwide Headlines With Pope Francis’ Comments About LGBT Unions

It's the rare documentary film premiere that triggers worldwide headlines, but that's what has happened with Evgeny Afineevsky's Francesco. The film about Pope Francis debuted at the Rome Film Festival today and first the Catholic press and then secular media picked up on something the pope told Afineevsky in the…

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Pope Francis Endorses Same-Sex Civil Unions In New Documentary

Pope Francis has publicly supported same-sex civil unions for the first time while in office, declaring that "homosexual people have the right to be in a family". His comments were made in a documentary, Francesco, which premiered at the Rome Film Fest today. Directed by Russian filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky, the…

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“This Is Unprecedented”: Documentary Filmmakers Scramble To Deal With Coronavirus Impact

Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Laura Nix was supposed to board a flight to Copenhagen today, en route to the CPH:DOX festival to pitch her latest project. But the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced that event to shift online only, one of countless ways the coronavirus emergency is impacting the documentary…

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