25 Oct 1968
25 October, the First Day
A short film made by Yuri Norstein for the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, The 25th - the First Day recounts that day using art from the revolutionary period.
From Dust to Light
A cinematic dialogue between the art conservator and the hagiographer of the past.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Μπάμπης Αποστολίδης Self
Αλέξανδρος Γιαννακόπουλος Self
Μαριέττα Πίττα Self
Μπάμπης Γαλανόπουλος Self
Δημήτρης Καραγκιοζόπουλος Self - Narrator
Πέτρος Αποστολίδης Self
Νίκος Βλάσσης Self
Yovica Bogoev Self
Slave Stojanov Self
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