Tonia Mishiali’s THE LION AT MY BACK wins the Grand Prize of the Ecumenical Jury @ Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Congratulations to Tonia Mishiali and the whole team behind THE LION AT MY BACK as winners of the Grand Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Comments from the jury:
Through dense, realistic imagery that becomes metaphorical at key moments, the film tells the story of eighteen-year-old refugee Mariama and forty-year-old Cypriot Stella, with whom she forms an increasingly close bond. From an ecumenical perspective, The Lion at My Back has a Gospel narrative. Surprisingly, Mariama becomes a Christ figure for Stella and others who, through their own strength alone, cannot find their way out of destructive domination.

Full Story from Karlovy Vary here.
Source: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival