Riders of the Wind

A story about a poor man who finds a way out of his situation by escaping into dreams and desires. The screenplay is based on the short story "A Little Sun" by the contemporary Syrian writer Zekerija Tamir.

A young painter comes to the monastery where he's supposed to paint Virgin Mary. There he meets and falls in love with a beautiful novice named Agripina, eventually modeling his artwork by her appearance. This gets him in trouble with the church canons and Mother Superior, and he leaves.

The film is inspired and is an adaptation of the story "Forgiveness" by Blaze Koneski. We follow the pagan custom, the ritual with masks on the occasion of the Feast of Forgiveness, through the dream of a child who is obsessed with the severe illness of his sister.