GREEK SHORTS SPRING 2019
GREEK SHORTSSPRING 2019
GREEK SHORTSSPRING 2019
INDEX NOTE
The first part of the catalogue includes 20 short films that were produced in 2018 and have been financed by the Geek Film Cen-tre in the framework of the provided funding programs or sup-ported for their promotion in international film festivals.
The second part of the catalogue includes 11 short films in pro-gress, financed by the Greek Film Centre at the production stage, which will be completed in 2019-2020. At this stage they are seeking for post production support and for world and interna-tional premiere in film festivals.
37 DAYS 6Nikoleta Leousi
AVANOS 7Panagiotis Charamis
AVE EVA 8Oliwia Twardowska
THE BACKPACK 9Michalis Mathioudakis
CLOUD 10Michael Demetrius
ΤHE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY 11
Vasilis Kekatos
THE DUDE 12Alexandros Kakaniaris
ELLINIKON 13Konstantinos Prepis
THE FOREST 14Lia Tsalta
I DREAMED OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS 15
Dimitris Giamloglou
IDENTITY 16Despina Charalampous
THE MECHANIC 17Dimitris Kotselis
MOLLY 6 TO 8 18Efthimis Micheloudakis
MR. NOMAD 19Sifis Stamou
MUFFIN 20Daniel Bolda
NEWSTRIA 21Kostas Stamatopoulos
PATISION AVENUE 22Thanasis Neofotistos
POSTCARDS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD 23
Konstantinos Antonopoulos
SET UP 24Vassilis Goudelis
THE SILENCE OF THE DYING FISH 25
Vasilis Kekatos
ANNA AND PHAEDRA 28Elina Panik
BASIL 29Vangelis Serfas
BELLA 30Thelyia Petraki
THE CAR MECHANIC 31Alexandros Tsadilas
HANSEL 32Vivian Papageorgiou
MARE NOSTRUM 33Dimitris Anagnostou
MARIE 34Panayotis Kravvaris
MOM’S MOVIE 35Stella Kyriakopoulou
A NIGHT AT THE CEMETARY 36Stelios Polychronakis
ROUGE 37Kostis Theodosopoulos
SON 38Kostas Tataroglou
SHORT FILMS
SHORTS IN
PROGRESS
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O1SHORT FILMSSPRING 2019
37 DAYSNikoleta Leousi
AVANOSPanagiotis Charamis
AVE EVAOliwia Twardowska
THE BACKPACKMichalis Mathioudakis
CLOUDMichael Demetrius
ΤHE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKYVasilis Kekatos
THE DUDEAlexandros Kakaniaris
ELLINIKONKonstantinos Prepis
THE FORESTLia Tsalta
I DREAMED OF A WHITE CHRISTMASDimitris Giamloglou
IDENTITYDespina Charalampous
THE MECHANICDimitris Kotselis
MOLLY 6 TO 8Efthimis Micheloudakis
MR. NOMADSifis Stamou
MUFFINDaniel Bolda
NEWSTRIAKostas Stamatopoulos
PATISION AVENUEThanasis Neofotistos
POSTCARDS FROM THE END OF THE WORLDKonstantinos Antonopoulos
SET UPVassilis Goudelis
THE SILENCE OF THE DYING FISHVasilis Kekatos
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| ISSF IN DRAMA
AVANOSBy Panagiotis Charamis
Tasos, an ex-convict, takes the responsibility for a workplace accident at the slaughterhouse where he works. Kiki, a wait-ress at the local tavern, falls victim of sexual harassment once again. When they both find themselves under extreme pressure, the explosion and its consequence don’t take long to be heard.
DIRECTION: Panagiotis CharamisSCREENPLAY: Panagiotis CharamisCAST: Kimon Kouris, Marianthi Pantelopoulou, Kostis Siradakis, Nikos GeorgakisPRODUCER: Konstantinos Baliotis [email protected], T +306974374310PRODUCTION: 2D2R (Greece)
DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 20’
Greek
| ISSF IN DRAMA
37 DAYSBy Nikoleta Leousi
Maria works at a nail salon. She’s working off the books, without insurance or benefits. She’s also suddenly fired. The same night, she has an unsettling dream. She wakes up from the dream certain that she will not go into labor until she gets her job back. And so, Maria’s “Birth strike’’ begins.
DIRECTION: Nikoleta LeousiSCREENPLAY: Nikoleta Leousi, Vangelis SerfasCAST: Elli Tringou, Yannis Tsortekis, Katerina LypiridouPRODUCER: Phaedra VokaliPRODUCTION: Marni Films (Greece), T +302103228860 [email protected], https://www.marnifilms.gr INTERNATIONAL SALES: Marni Films
DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 23’
Greek
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THE BACKPACKBy Michalis Mathioudakis
Mary has just stolen a bunch of clothes. The city lures her into seeking refuge inside an Orthodox church. Priest Alekos, at the sight of the unexpected visitor, sees an enormous oppor-tunity to escape his own routine. A reciprocal, irregular and absurd confession for the standards of the Orthodox Church, will take place.
DIRECTION: Michalis MathioudakisSCREENPLAY: Michalis Mathioudakis, Sofia AndroulidakiCAST: Anastasia Giannaki, Fotis ThomaidisPRODUCER: Ntanis Konstantinos, Michalis MathioudakisPRODUCTION: KN Productions (Greece), T +306945512342, [email protected], http://www.knproductions.gr, Michalis Mathioudakis (Greece), T +306976551560, [email protected]
COMEDY, DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 14’
Greek
| ISSF IN DRAMA
AVE EVABy Oliwia Twardowska
Eva, a seven-year-old girl lives with her parents and her younger brother. Her life consists of playful moments and observing nature with the help of her grandmother. Everything seems to be going smoothly until the moment Eva accidentally sees her parents in the act of love.
DIRECTION: Oliwia TwardowskaSCREENPLAY: Oliwia TwardowskaCAST: Emmanouela Pitsika, Maria Skoula, Eleni Vergeti, Simos KakalasPRODUCER: Oliwia TwardowskaPRODUCTION: OLVOS Creative Film Studio (Greece), T +306980757335, [email protected], www.olvosfilms.comCO-PRODUCTION: ART Cut (Greece)
DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 13’
Greek
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ΤHE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKYBy Vasilis Kekatos
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50€ he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
DIRECTION: Vasilis KekatosSCREENPLAY: Vasilis KekatosCAST: Νikolakis Zeginoglou, Ιοko Ioannis KotidisPRODUCER: Εleni KossyfidouPRODUCTION: Blackbird production Greece, T+306946127354, [email protected]: Tripode, Guillaume Dreyfus-Delphine Schmit (France), T +33616442980
DRAMEDY
GREECE
FRANCE
2019 • 9’
Greek
| OFFICIAL SELECTION 72ND FESTIVAL DE CANNES
CLOUDBy Michael Demetrius
Paul is a veteran rock musician. His daughter, Anna, is secretly a phone-sex worker. Drugs, alcohol, sex, ephemeral relation-ships, meaningless lives, rock n’ roll: an allegorical reflection of Athens today, and a raw depiction of a family drama between father and daughter. Two hopeless people, two common lives, countless clouds.
DIRECTION: Michael DemetriusSCREENPLAY: Michael DemetriusCAST: Argyris Xafis, Stefania Kalomoiri, Xaris Markou, Nicholas Vlachakis, Mary Maragoudaki, Laertes Malkotsis, Samuel AkinolaPRODUCER: Michael DemetriusPRODUCTION: Michael Demetrius (Greece) T +306945757098, [email protected], www.michaeldemetrius.com CO-PRODUCTION: ARCTOS Films SA
DRAMA
GREECE
2019 • 20’
Greek
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THE DUDEBy Alexandros Kakaniaris
Stratis is a 12-year-old Gypsy boy who tries to escape the reality of poverty, crime and racial prejudice, by becoming a sailor. He also wants to be the toughest kid around and calls himself “The Dude”. He spends his days at the port, where he becomes friend with a couple of sailors who promise to take him along when he is old enough. Until one day he gets involved in a drug deal that goes horribly wrong.
DIRECTION: Alexandros KakaniarisSCREENPLAY: Alexandros KakaniarisCAST: Dimitris Antoniou, Giorgos Souxes, Menelaos Hazarakis, Simeon Tsakiris, Konstantinos Siradakis, Nea Tsafa, EsperanzaPRODUCER: Andromachi ArvanitiPRODUCTION/CONTACT: ARTemis Productions, Cooperative of Greek Cinema & TV Technicians (Greece), T +302103643136, [email protected], www.artemisproductions.gr INTERNATIONAL SALES: ARTemis Productions, Cooperative of Greek Cinema & TV Technicians (Greece)
FICTION
GREECE
2019 • 17’
Greek
ELLINIKONBy Konstantinos Prepis
In a modern version of the Sisyphus myth, a homeless mid-dle-aged man finds refuge in the old airport of Ellinikon. The abandoned and deserted landscape dictates his daily routines until everything starts falling apart. One morning the airport is swelling the prospective passengers disrupting his every-day life and submerging him in absurdity. When he finds a ticket on the floor, he decides to follow its course, only to end up at the beginning of his story.
DIRECTION: Konstantinos PrepisSCREENPLAY: Konstantinos PrepisCAST: Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos, Manos Vakousis, Fotini Baxevani, Makis PapadimitriouPRODUCER/PRODUCTION: Marni Films (Greece), T +302103228860, [email protected], http://www.marnifilms.gr CO-PRODUCTION: Faliro House (Greece)
DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 22’
Greek
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| ATHENS IFF BEST DEBUT FILM AWARD
| ENCOUNTERS SFF| UPPSALA ISFF| FESTIVAL COURT
METRANGE| NICE SFF
UN FESTIVAL C’EST TROP COURT
| INTERFILM ISFF| BOGOTA SFF | BOGO-
SHORTS
THE FORESTBy Lia Tsalta
In a world with no existing nature, there’s a theme park with a few surviving plants. A guide leads a group of Tourists to the remaining biodiversity exhibited in galleries, leading them to shopping-malls and under-construction mountains. Finally, they will reach the only real Forest left in the world.
DIRECTION: Lia TsaltaSCREENPLAY: Lia Tsalta CAST: Elena Topalidou, Maria Haralambopoulou PRODUCER: Eleni KossyfidouPRODUCTION: Blackbird production (Greece), T +306946127354, [email protected] INTERNATIONAL SALES: Blackbird production
TRAGICOMEDY
GREECE
2018 • 18’
Greek
I DREAMED OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS By Dimitris Giamloglou
A little girl living in a poverty camp suffers an accident. It’s New Year’s Eve and no one in the camp’s volunteer group thinks she has to receive medication immediately. Only Thanassis, a volunteer, and Vivian, a young doctor, will drop their festive preparations and their families to give her the medical care she needs.
DIRECTION: Dimitris GiamloglouSCREENPLAY: Dimitris GiamloglouCAST: George Spanias, Despina GiannopoulouPRODUCER: Nancy Kokolaki, Nikos MoustakasPRODUCTION: Bad Crowd (Greece), T +302108213841, [email protected], www.badcrowd.eu CO-PRODUCTION: HDPM (France)
DRAMA
GREECE, FRANCE
2018 • 14’
Greek
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IDENTITYBy Despina Charalampous
In the passport control area of an airport, a woman travelling… realizes that her face changed during the flight. Since no one can believe this …, Adriana is arrested for illegal entry in the country and is driven to the police station. Bad luck for the authorities; the face of Andriana is still changing every day.
DIRECTION: Despina CharalampousSCREENPLAY: Despina CharalampousCAST: Mavridou, Ektoras Liatsos, Vassilis Koukalani, Sophia GeorgiadouPRODUCER: Nikos Moustakas, Nancy KokolakiPRODUCTION: Bad Crowd, (Greece) T +302108213841, [email protected], http://www.badcrowd.eu INTERNATIONAL SALES: Bad Crowd
FANTASY
GREECE, ROMANIA
2019 • 14’
Greek
| ISFF IN DRAMA
THE MECHANICBy Dimitris Kotselis
Two old friends meet in a café, where they reminisce its ope-ration as a garage, where a bizarre occurrence took place.
DIRECTION: Dimitris Kotselis SCREENPLAY: Dimitris KotselisPRODUCER: Konstantinos VassilarosPRODUCTION: Studiobauhaus (Greece), [email protected], www.studiobauhaus.gr INTERNATIONAL SALES: StudioBauhaus
DRAMA, FANTASY
GREECE
2018 • 12’
Greek
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| ISFF IN DRAMA
MOLLY 6 TO 8By Efthimis Micheloudakis
It’s the ‘60s and Sporos has a date with Molly his “6 to 8 girl” from his wild teenage years. Their meeting will bring about lost dreams and unfulfilled desires. A bittersweet farewell to a relationship and an era.
DIRECTION: Efthimis Micheloudakis SCREENPLAY: Efthimis Micheloudakis, based on the novel “A hit in the eye of Montezuma” by Nikos NikolaidisCAST: Haris Fragoulis, Sofia Kokkaki, Katerina Zisoudi PRODUCER: Phaedra VokaliPRODUCTION: Marni Films (Greece) T +302103228860, [email protected], http://www.marnifilms.gr
DRAMA, COMEDY
GREECE
2018 • 19’
Greek
| ISFF IN DRAMA
MR. NOMADBy Sifis Stamou
Aggelos’s world is tearing apart. He is unpaid and has been chucked out from his place. His cunning tricks will stop at some point. For how long is he going to act like a blind man?
DIRECTION: Sifis StamouSCREENPLAY: Christina MitropoulouCAST: Fotis Lazarou, Danae Katsameni, Antonis Gougis, Symeon Tsakiris PRODUCER: Christos Giannou (Greece)PRODUCTION: Christos Giannou, T +306977217631 T +4745243238, [email protected] INTERNATIONAL SALES: Christos Giannou
SOCIAL, DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 27’
Greek
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| ISFF IN DRAMA
MUFFINBy Daniel Bolda
Willing to pay the price for a new, fancy life, a man stops his car in the middle of nowhere and forces his father out, leaving him all alone in the woods; Haunted by his regrets, he then tries to cancel the agreement and bring his father back. He visits the company’s headquarters and asks for a transaction cancelation. What a surprise: there is no such thing. He is constantly reminded: “You can have it all. It’s not expensive; it’s not for free either”. What would you trade for a muffin?
DIRECTION: Daniel Bolda SCREENPLAY: Marianna Karamolegkou, Daniel Bolda CAST: Giorgos Gallos, Sofia Kokkali, Katerina Lipiridou, Thodoris SkiftoulisPRODUCER: Matina KonstantinidouPRODUCTION: Foss Productions (Greece) T +302106660500, http://fossproductions.gr, [email protected],
DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 17’
Greek
| ISFF IN DRAMA| TANGER IFF
NEWSTRIABy Kostas Stamatopoulos
“Newstria” is a utopian land or pure happiness. The film is set in the 30’s, when the large cruise ship “Chimera” sails off in search of Newstria. Businessmen, bourgeois, artists, musi-cians, sailors, workers, chefs and the captain with his daugh-ter are all traveling on board in search of a better tomorrow. Gradually though, things start going south. Someone spots a water ingress at the cargo hold. A leak at the engine from the bridge deck. The ship begins to tilt. Nobody is alarmed as they all believe that when they reach Newstria they will be saved. Except the ship never reaches Newstria. It sinks…. Leaving only one survivor behind.
DIRECTION: Kostas StamatopolousSCREENPLAY: Christina MitropoulouCAST: Marianthi Sontaki, Iosif Polyzoidis, Dimitris Tzoumakis, Pavlos OrcopoulosPRODUCER: Christos Giannou PRODUCTION: Christos Giannou (Greece) T +306986183862 INTERNATIONAL SALES: Christos Giannou, [email protected]
DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 24’
Greek
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| CLERMONT-FERRAND ISSF
| THESSALONIKI IFF| TIRANA IFF| 22ND POFF SHORTS I
BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
| BOSPORUS IFF - BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION FILM
| HOLLYWOOD IFF – BEST WORLD SHORT
| CHICAGO IFF
PATISION AVENUEBy Thanasis Neofotistos
Yanni’s mum is on her way to an audition for the role of Shakespeare’s Viola, when she discovers that her son has been left home alone. Through a series of phone calls, she fights to balance the most important roles in her life, whilst walking in the most controversial area of central Athens; Pa-tision Avenue.
DIRECTION: Thanasis NeofotistosSCREENPLAY: Yorgos Angelopoulos, Thanasis Neofotistos, Pavlos SifakisCAST: Maria Symeou PRODUCER: Ioanna BolomytiPRODUCTION: Argonauts Productions S.A. [email protected] http://www.argonautsproductions.gr INTERNATIONAL SALES: Radiator IP Sales, Ben Vandendaele, [email protected] http://www.radiatoresales.eu/film/pa
DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 13’
Greek
| EURO CONNECTION CO-PRODUCTION FORUM-SHORT FILM MARKET CLERMONT- FERRAND
| HELLENIC FILM ACAD-EMY’S FILM FACTORY SHORT FILM FUND – WINNER OF THE COSMOTE TV CO-PRO-DUCTION AWARD
| DRAMA PITCHING LAB AWARD – WINNTER OF THE GFC AWARD
| SMALL STORIES BIG IDEAS
POSTCARDS FROM THE END OF THE WORLDBy Konstantinos Antonopoulos
Dimitra and Dimitris try to endure the rest of their vacation with their two daughters in a remote Greek island. Following an alarming interruption of telecommunications, the couple is looking for a way to leave the island. An absurd comedy about a collapsing relationship in a collapsing world.
DIRECTION: Konstantinos AntonopoulosSCREENPLAY: Konstantinos AntonopoulosCAST: Giorgos Gallos, Aggeliki DimitrakopoulouPRODUCER: Fani SkartouliPRODUCTION: Either/Or Productions (Greece), T +302112155066, [email protected], http://www.eitherorproductions.com INTERNATIONAL SALES: Premium Films, Martina Fiorellino, [email protected], Jean-Charles Mille, [email protected], https://premium-films.com/en
DRAMA, COMEDY
GREECE
2019 • 23’
Greek, English, French
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SET UPBy Vassilis Goudelis
During the Greek civil war in 1949 two soldiers meet with two young women, but things are not going as planned.
DIRECTION: Vassilis GoudelisSCREENPLAY: Tassos GoudelisCAST: Antonis Sanianos, Giovanna SartiPRODUCER: Vassilis Mazomenos PRODUCTION: Horme Pictures (Greece), T +306944458723, [email protected], http://www.hormepictures.wordpress.com/
DRAMA
GREECE
2018 • 13’
Greek
| ISFF IN DRAMA BEST SOUTH EAST EUROPE FILM
| ATHENS IFF - BEST SECOND SHORT FILM
| TANGIER IFF| ROME INDEPEND-
ENT FF| TIRANA IFF| TOUS COURT IFF
AIX EN PROVENCE| VILLEURBANNE
SFF BEST FILM| ZINEBI IFF| BILBAO| CORTO DORICO SFF| BELGRADE AUTEUR’S
FF
THE SILENCE OF THE DYING FISHBy Vasilis Kekatos
Makis is a fish farm worker. One morning on his way to work, he is informed that he has died the day before. After he tries unsuccessfully to prove that he is alive, he accepts his fate with indifference and spends his last day trying to secure shelter and caretakers for his beloved canaries, up until the time of his funeral.
DIRECTION: Vasilis KekatosSCREENPLAY: Vasilis KekatosCAST: Andreas Konstantinou, Alexandra K., Aggelos Skasilas, Alexandros PapaioannouPRODUCER: Eleni KossyfidoyPRODUCTION: Blackbird Production (Greece) T +302106457836, [email protected]: Tripode productions (France)INTERNATIONAL SALES: Short Cuts, Judith Abitbol, [email protected], http://shortcuts.pro
COMEDY
GREECE, FRANCE
2018 • 19’
Greek
O2SHORT FILMS
IN PROGRESSSPRING 2019
ANNA AND PHAEDRAElina Panik
BASILVangelis Serfas
BELLAThelyia Petraki
THE CAR MECHANICAlexandros Tsadilas
HANSELVivian Papageorgiou
MARE NOSTRUMDimitris Anagnostou
MARIEPanayotis Kravvaris
MOM’S MOVIEStella Kyriakopoulou
A NIGHT AT THE CEMETARYStelios Polychronakis
ROUGEKostis Theodosopoulos
SONKostas Tataroglou
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ANNA AND PHAEDRA By Elina Panik
Anna is a 30-year-old actress who strives to be looked at, while Phaedra is a woman of similar age who doesn’t know what it means to look or to be looked at, as she was born blind. When they will meet for the needs of a theatre role, their encounter will catapult them in a complex web of tension, dy-namics and, ultimately, reconciliation.
DIRECTION: Elina PanikSCREENPLAY: Elina PanikCAST: Effi Rabsilber, Romanna Lobach PRODUCER: Giorgos Karnavas, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Gabija SiurbytePRODUCTION: Heretic, Dansu FilmsPRODUCTION/CONTACT: Heretic, [email protected] SALES: Heretic Outreach
In Post Production
FICTION
GREECE, LITHUANIA
2019 • 20’
Greek
BASILBy Vangelis Serfas
A man returns to his birthplace for his mother’s funeral. She has left a pot of basil for him to take care of. During the time he spends there he confronts his past.
DIRECTION: Vangelis SerfasSCREENPLAY: Vangelis SerfasCAST: Andreas Konstantinou, Pavlos Iordanopoulos, Elena MavridouPRODUCER: Yorgos Paterakis PRODUCTION/CONTACT: Post Room, T +306938809524, [email protected]
2nd FILM
FICTION
GREECE
2019 • 18’
Greek
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| BERNINALE TALENTS 2019
BELLABy Thelyia Petraki
Greece 1986-1987, just at the end of the Cold War. Anthi’s ma-jor priorities are human ideals. While she handles the prac-tical day-to-day problems, she misses Christos who is away to Moscow. But Greece is changing, the world is changing and with them Christos seems to be changing as well.
DIRECTION: Thelyia PetrakiSCREENPLAY: Thelyia PetrakiCAST: Helena Topalidou, Nikos Kouris, Eleni MegreliPRODUCER: Kostas TagalakisPRODUCTION/CONTACT: TOPSPOT PETRAKI THEOLOGIA (Greece), T +306937121987, www.topspot.gr CO-PRODUCTION: ERT S.A., GFC (Greece)
In Post Production
HYBRID FICTION,
DOCUMENTARY
GREECE
2019 • 20’
Greek
THE CAR MECHANICBy Alexandros Tsadilas
A car mechanic, locked in his own world, spends his life repairing cars but he communicates with them emotionally... as if they were alive.
DIRECTION: Alexandros TsadilasSCREENPLAY: Alexandros TsadilasCAST: Stelios IakovidisPRODUCER: Ioanna Soultani PRODUCTION: SOUL PRODUCTIONS (Greece), T +306972093857, [email protected], www.soulproductions.grCO-PRODUCTION: AUTHORWAVE (Greece)
DRAMA
GREECE
2019 • 15’
Greek
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| SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL (PACK &PITCH 2016)
HANSELBy Vivian Papageorgiou
A young Boy disobeys his Mother and gets lost in the For-est. Desperate and scared he finds shelter in a “Gingerbread House” and is jailed by a Wizard. His mother frantically looks for him in a place where fear and reality merge.
DIRECTION: Vivian PapageorgiouSCREENPLAY: Vivian PapageorgiouCAST: Nestoras Kopsidas, Andromachi Makridou PRODUCER: Mina Dreki, Marni FilmsPRODUCTION: Marni Films (Greece), [email protected], www.marnifilms.gr, T +302103228860 INTERNATIONAL SALES: Marni Films
DRAMA, THRILLER
GREECE
2019 • 18’
Greek
MARE NOSTRUMBy Dimitris Anagnostou
At the edge of a vast and desolated coast, a man plants poles in the sand and cordons off the area. On the background, two policemen are holding a stretched lined sheet. Behind this, lies the dead body of a person without identity. Motionless, almost paralyzed, an anonymous crowd stands numb and looks…
DIRECTION: Dimitris AnagnostouSCREENPLAY: Dimitris AnagnostouCAST: Thanasis Dovris, Drosos Skotis, Aris Balis, Stathis Apostolou, Pinelopi Darsakli, Alex Vangelis, Vassilis Samourgkas, Katerina Giannouli, Serafeim RadisPRODUCER: Antigoni Rota, Yorgos ZoisPRODUCTION: Square Squared (Greece) Mild Productions (Greece), [email protected]
FICTION
GREECE
2019 • 25’
Greek
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MARIEBy Panayotis Kravvaris
Michalis, a young lonely student moves into a terrace loft in downtown Athens. Marie, a young African woman lives in the same building, and in the eyes of the young man she repre-sents everything he hates: she’s lazy, vulgar, stupid, foreigner. The more reasons he finds to hate her, the more attracted he gets to her confident and carefree manners. When Marie finds herself in a dangerous situation, Michalis faces the dilemma whether to act or remain an observer.
DIRECTION: Panayotis KravvarisSCREENPLAY: Panayotis KravvarisCAST: Konstantinos Gogoulos, Marie Kanama, Lamine Kabe, Thanos TokakisPRODUCER: Lilette BotassiPRODUCTION: Inkas Films Productions (Greece), T +302108237467, [email protected], www.inkasfilms.com CO-PRODUCTION: Cekta (Greece), Dimitris Stamboulis (Greece)
DRAMA
GREECE
2019 • 14’
Greek
| EUROPEAN SHORT PITCH 2018 – NISI MASA
MOM’S MOVIEBy Stella Kyriakopoulou
While proudly filming her 2-year-old daughter’s accomplish-ments in her backyard pool, Maria runs into technical diffi-culties.
DIRECTION: Stella KyriakopoulouSCREENPLAY: Stella Kyriakopoulou, Marisha TriantafyllidouCAST: Maria Filini, Sofia KoroniPRODUCER: Fani SkartouliPRODUCTION: EITHER/OR PRODUCTIONS, www.eitherorproductions.com, [email protected], T +30 6945525017 CO-PRODUCTION: LA AVENTURA AUDIOVISUAL (Spain)
In Post Production
BLACK COMEDY
GREECE, SPAIN
2019 • 13’
Greek
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A NIGHT AT THE CEMETARYBy Stelios Polychronakis
Maria lives in Crete. She heads to the cemetery every week, to tend her beloved husband’s grave. Yanni was a grumpy cave-man of a husband, but Maria visits regularly and performs her duty with love and care. When she is forced to spend the night among the tombstones, she will finally be rewarded for all her years of dedication.
DIRECTION: Stelios PolychronakisSCREENPLAY: Stelios Polychronakis CAST: Marina Vlachaki, Evaggelos Metocharakis, Myron Kalogerakis PRODUCER: Konstantinos VassilarosPRODUCTION: StudioBauhaus, Zaimi 28, 10683, Athens (Greece), T +30 2130322117, [email protected], www.studiobahaus.gr INTERNATIONAL SALES: StudioBauhaus, Zaimi 28, 10683, Athens (Greece), T +30 2130322117, [email protected], www.studiobahaus.gr
In Production
ANIMATION
GREECE
2019 • 10’
Greek
ROUGEBy Kostis Theodosopoulos
Three young feminist activists question the boundaries of their friendship when they get caught in an incident of sex-ist violence. Torn between theory and practice, they find that killing the patriarchy is easier said than done, and have scars to show for it.
DIRECTION: Kostis TheodosopoulosSCREENPLAY: Kostis TheofosopoulosCAST: Sofia Kokkali, Sissy Toumasi, Romana Lobach, Panos Koronis, Maria Kehayioglou, Aineias TsamatisPRODUCER: Phaedra VokaliPRODUCTION: Marni Films (Greece), [email protected], T +302103228860INTERNATIONAL SALES: Marni Films
In Post Production
FICTION
GREECE
2019 • 17’
Greek
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SONBy Kostas Tataroglou
In a modern Greek province, a young man after burying his father, leaves his mother and his home in search of work.
DIRECTION: Kostas TataroglouSCREENPLAY: Yiannis ZafeirisCAST: Lambros Konstaneas, Evangelia Adreadaki, Costas XikominosPRODUCER: Vassilis Mazomenos, Panos PapadopoulosPRODUCTION: Horme Pictures, 28 Tzavella str, 10681, Athens (Greece), T +30 6944458723, [email protected], www.hormepictures.wordpress.com CO-PRODUCTION: Prosenghisi, 9A Korinthou str, Peuki, Athens (Greece), T +30 2102725340
2nd FILM
DRAMA
GREECE
2019 • 10’
Greek
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