Araceli Lemos is a director, writer, and editor born in Athens, Greece, currently based in Los Angeles. Her debut feature, “Holy Emy” premiered at Locarno Iff 2021, where it won the Special Mention of the competition section “Filmmakers of the Present.”
Abigael Loma is an actress who made her debut in Holy Emy.
Joel Garber is a consulting producer in Holy Emy, and also a script writer, director, editor and actor. Other works of his include Connie (2017) and Scenes from a Real Marriage (2018).
On the occasion of “Holy Emy” screening in Thessaloniki International Film Festival, we speak with them a
Can you tell me a bit about how you ended up shooting a film about two Filipino sisters in Greece?
Araceli Lemos: In the beginning, the script was a theoretical idea about two sisters, which actually came from a short story from Japanese writer Yoko Ogawa, who was writing about her...
Abigael Loma is an actress who made her debut in Holy Emy.
Joel Garber is a consulting producer in Holy Emy, and also a script writer, director, editor and actor. Other works of his include Connie (2017) and Scenes from a Real Marriage (2018).
On the occasion of “Holy Emy” screening in Thessaloniki International Film Festival, we speak with them a
Can you tell me a bit about how you ended up shooting a film about two Filipino sisters in Greece?
Araceli Lemos: In the beginning, the script was a theoretical idea about two sisters, which actually came from a short story from Japanese writer Yoko Ogawa, who was writing about her...
- 11/17/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It is not everyday we get to watch a Greek production about Filipinos in Greece, and even more, one that looks as a Filipino film at least as much as a Greek. Araceli Lemos, however, has managed to do just that, in a movie that is as weird as it is intriguing, and captivating on occasion.
“Holy Emy” is screening at the 62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival
With their mother having returned to the Philippines after some mysterious incidents in the house she used to work as a domestic help, sisters Emy and Teresa are left to fend for themselves for the most part, with the help of an aunt, Linda, and the Filipino Catholic community in Athens. Teresa works at a fish seller’s and she tries to convince the owner to hire her sister also, but Emy has an unusual condition that causes her to shed tears of blood,...
“Holy Emy” is screening at the 62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival
With their mother having returned to the Philippines after some mysterious incidents in the house she used to work as a domestic help, sisters Emy and Teresa are left to fend for themselves for the most part, with the help of an aunt, Linda, and the Filipino Catholic community in Athens. Teresa works at a fish seller’s and she tries to convince the owner to hire her sister also, but Emy has an unusual condition that causes her to shed tears of blood,...
- 11/12/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Araceli Lemos’ mystical drama “Holy Emy,” which received a special mention for first feature after its Locarno world premiere, arrives at the Thessaloniki Film Festival this week, where it plays in the main competition just days ahead of its North American premiere at the AFI Fest.
The Athens-set drama, which screened in Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente competition, is the story of Emy, a young Filipina, played by newcomer Abigael Loma, searching for the missing links between her strange bleeding condition and her faraway mother’s healing powers.
The film is produced by Studiobauhaus and Utopie Films, in association with Nonetheless Productions and Ginedo Films. Tvco is handling international sales.
Speaking to Variety in Thessaloniki, Lemos said she was drawn to the idea of “a healer that is misunderstood, that is interpreted in different ways,” as she was searching for the inspiration for her protagonist. “I think that was the...
The Athens-set drama, which screened in Locarno’s Cineasti del Presente competition, is the story of Emy, a young Filipina, played by newcomer Abigael Loma, searching for the missing links between her strange bleeding condition and her faraway mother’s healing powers.
The film is produced by Studiobauhaus and Utopie Films, in association with Nonetheless Productions and Ginedo Films. Tvco is handling international sales.
Speaking to Variety in Thessaloniki, Lemos said she was drawn to the idea of “a healer that is misunderstood, that is interpreted in different ways,” as she was searching for the inspiration for her protagonist. “I think that was the...
- 11/10/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Araceli Lemos shooting her feature debut, Holy Emy - Production / Funding - Greece/France
The Greek writer-director is getting stuck into the shoot for her first feature, which follows a young woman suffering from a strange, supernatural condition. Splitting her time between Athens and Los Angeles, Greek writer-director and editor Araceli Lemos had her latest short film, Miguel Alvarez Wears a Wig, screened at several festivals, including Tampere and Leeds, among others. Lemos is currently shooting her debut feature-length film, Holy Emy, which won the North Macedonian Film Agency Award at Sarajevo CineLink in 2017, and which participated in the 2018 Eave and Ties That Bind programmes. The screenplay, written by the director and Giulia Caruso, follows Emy (Abigael Loma) and her sister, Teresa (Hasmine Kilip), who are both members of the Catholic Filipino community of Piraeus. For unknown reasons, Emy experiences some unexpected bleeding episodes. Teresa decides to hide her from the outside world and protects Emy by keeping her isolated, as she’s...
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