The movie Forbidden Power, based on the novel, just won Best Original Screenplay at the Florence Film Awards Festival in Italy. Now available for rental on Amazon. Watch Forbidden Power on Amazon
The winner’s statuette represents the David by Michelangelo. The original is in Florence, The Cradle of the Renaissance.
Paul Kyriazi wrote the novel and is the writer / director of the movie.
The movie competed with 28 countries, hundreds of entries and 90 finalists.
The First Movie about Sexually Transmitted Power
Movies like Lucy, Limitless and The Wolfman have transmitted power to their victims via drugs or animal bite. Now comes a new take on that idea: Sexually transmitted power in the award winning feature film; Forbidden Power.
The story concerns a young man who has a one-night affair with a mysterious woman.When he wakes up in the morning, she’s gone, but leaves him empowered and a cryptic message: Short Red Train.The man searches for her and the meaning of the message.
Forbidden Power is the 7th feature film from director Paul Kyriazi. He is a graduate of the San Francisco State University film department. He’s directed 23 name actors, such as Rod Taylor, Robert Culp, George Chakiris and David Hedison in his movies and full-cast audio-books based on his novels.
The movie is Executive Produced by Conrad Denke of Victory Studios and Harry Mok who also produced the upcoming Animal Crackers with the voices of Sylvester Stallone and Danny DeVito.
Forbidden Power was shot with a 6K Red Epic camera which was used on Jurasic World, Gone Girl and Deadpool.
This is the 13th award for the movie. Other awards are:
2018 – Las Vegas International Action on Film Mega-Fest, competing with over 600 entries:
Best Young Performer – Kaiya Grey
Best Special Effects – Aaron Amort & Preston Sawyer
2018 – International BITB Hollywood Film Festival, competing with over 1,000 entries:
Best Picture – Forbidden Power
Best Director – Paul Kyriazi
Best Actor – Lincoln Bevers (2nd win)
Best Actress – Nasanin Nuri (2nd win)
2019 – Best Thriller – London Flicks Festival.
2019 – Best Science Fiction Movie – Oklahoma BB Film Festival
2019 – Best Original Screenplay – Florence Film Awards Italy.
Paul Kyriazi 