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The Patriarch’s Room
“Jaffa Gate Is Ours!” screamed the headlines in 2005. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Irineos was accused of selling church property to Jewish settlers. He denied all the accusations. But for the first time in the church’s 2000-year history, its leader was ousted. For 11 long years, Irineos was imprisoned in his chambers. In this first-person account, filmmaker Danae Elon unravels what really happened to the former Patriarch. With unprecedented access to the inner workings of the church, a riveting, mysterious, disturbing, and often humorous story is revealed about an unknown world within the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Research Award at Docaviv Film Festival, 2016, Feodora Jury Special Mention at Docaviv Film Festival, 2016
Director: Danae Elon
Producer: Danae Elon, Paul Cadieux
Production Company: Entre Deux Mondes
Cinematographer: Itamar Mendes Flohr
Editor: Sophie Farkas Bolla
Soundtrack Editor: Benoit Dame
Original Soundtrack: Peter Venne
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, IBA - Channel 1
Script: Danae Elon
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: הפטריארך
Category: History / Human Rights / International Stories / Jerusalem / Minorities / Religion
Tag Words: betrayal of loyalty Orthodox church
“Jaffa Gate Is Ours!” screamed the headlines in 2005. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Irineos was accused of selling church property to Jewish settlers. He denied all the accusations. But for the first time in the church’s 2000-year history, its leader was ousted. For 11 long years, Irineos was imprisoned in his chambers. In this first-person account, filmmaker Danae Elon unravels what really happened to the former Patriarch. With unprecedented access to the inner workings of the church, a riveting, mysterious, disturbing, and often humorous story is revealed about an unknown world within the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City.
Festivals and Awards:
Best Research Award at Docaviv Film Festival, 2016, Feodora Jury Special Mention at Docaviv Film Festival, 2016
Director: Danae Elon
Producer: Danae Elon, Paul Cadieux
Production Company: Entre Deux Mondes
Cinematographer: Itamar Mendes Flohr
Editor: Sophie Farkas Bolla
Soundtrack Editor: Benoit Dame
Original Soundtrack: Peter Venne
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, IBA - Channel 1
Script: Danae Elon
Subtitles: Hebrew, English
Film Name in Hebrew: הפטריארך
Category: History / Human Rights / International Stories / Jerusalem / Minorities / Religion
Tag Words: betrayal of loyalty Orthodox church