The Indian Priest

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The Indian Priest is a 2016 Swedish-Indian documentary film about a Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) Catholic priest from south India, Father Raphael Kurian, who is sent to modern and secular Sweden as a missionary on the request from the evergrowing Catholic Church in Sweden and bishop Anders Arborelius.

The documentary mainly focuses on Father Raphael Kurian's daily life, work and life in priestly celibacy at the parishes in Falun and Olofström, Sweden as well as in the Syro-Malabar Church monastery congregation outside Thrissur at Elthuruth in Kerala, India.

The film is produced by Freedom From Choice AB and Film i Dalarna, and directed by award-winning Swedish film director Mattias Löw.

The documentary has received international attention with awards at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival and Los Angeles Film Review (LAFR) Independent Film Awards in United States, nominations and official selections at film festivals including Riverside International Film Festival (RIFF) in United States and Ethnografilm at Claude Lelouche's Ciné 13 Théâtre in Paris, France.

References[]

• "SFI Post". Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
• "The Hindu Article". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
• "True Doc Post". True Doc. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
• "Movie Buff Post". Movie Buff. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
• "Impact Docs Awards Post". Impact Docs. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
• "The Hindu Article". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
• "Sydöstran Article". Sydöstran. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

External links[]

• The Indian Priest at IMDb
• The Indian Priest at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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