Motherwitch
Wed 8 July | 22:10 | Pálás Screen 3
2025 | Cyprus, USA, North Macedonia | 105’ | Subtitled | Irish Premiere
Set in Cyprus in 1882, this impressive folk horror from Minos Papas features a stunning central performance by Margarita Zachariou as a mother whose grief is weaponised against her. After the accidental death of her children, painter Eleni is shunned by her fellow villagers for bringing a curse upon them. Inconsolable and isolated, Eleni tries to resurrect her children through an image-making ritual, only to unwittingly unleash furious otherworldly forces.
Director: Minos Papas
Writers: Minos Papas, Nikolas Kouroumtzis, Euripides Dikaios
Producers: Minos Papas, Constantinos Nikiforou, Darko Popov
Cast: Margarita Zachariou, Miltos Yerolemou, Sifis Katsoulakis, Tristan Josephides