GREEK CINEMA SUMMER 2021 I N D E X N OT E The first part of this catalogue includes feature films that have been completed and/or have premiered in the last twelve months. The second part of the catalogue includes feature films in progress, which will be completed in 2021. At this stage, they are seeking for post-production support and for world premiere in film festivals. All included films are either Greek productions or International co-productions (majority or minority). They have all been financed for their production or festival promotion by the Greek Film Centre.
By Michalis Konstantatos
APPLES....................................... 7 By Christos Nikou
BALLAD FOR A PIERCED HEART........................... 8 By Yannis Economides
DANIEL ‘16................................... 9 By Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
EX.............................................. 10 By George Markakis
GREEN SEA................................ 11 By Angeliki Antoniou
HOLY EMY................................. 12 By Araceli Lemos
THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS... 13 By Stelios Kammitsis
MOON, 66 QUESTIONS................ 14 By Jacqueline Lentzou
TAILOR....................................... 15
18.............................................. 18 By Vassilis Douvlis
BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS........... 19 By Asimina Proedrou
BROADWAY................................ 20 By Christos Massalas
FICTION FEATURES IN PROGRESS
ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES............................ 6
INSIDE....................................... 21 By Vasilis Katsoupis
MEDEA...................................... 22 By Dimitri Athanitis
PACK OF SHEEP......................... 23 By Dimitris Kanellopoulos
RUMBLE OF THE WORLD ............ 24 By Petros Sevastikoglou
SILENCE 6-9............................... 25 By Christos Passalis
VOLUME 7................................. 26 By Panos Pappas, Despina Charalampous
WINTER WITH VALMIRA.............. 27 By Maria Douza
By Sonia Liza Kenterman
YOU SING, I SING........................ 16 By Nikos Kornilios
A PURE PLACE........................... 30 By Nikias Chryssos
DO NOT HESITATE...................... 31 BY Shariff Korver
INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS
FICTION FEATURES
CONTENTS
ΙΝVISIBLE.................................. 46
By Omar el Zohairy
By Marianna Kakaounaki
By Vassilis Xiros
AND THEY MAY STILL BE ALIVE TODAY......................... 35 By Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
By Andreas Apostolidis
MADE IN VAIN............................ 48 By Michael Klioumis
NEW WORLDS: CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION........................ 49 By Andrew Muscato
BALKAYA................................... 36 By Emin Alper
DARKLING (MRAK)..................... 37 By Dusan Milic
DOGWATCH................................ 52 By Gregoris Rentis
DAUGHTERS............................... 38
THE GHOSTS OF THE REVOLUTION....................... 53
By Nana Neul
By Thanos Anastopoulos
DOG........................................... 39 KERR.......................................... 40
THE SANCTUARY IN DOWNTOWN ATHENS SAINT PORPHYRIOS AND THE POLYCLINIC HOSPITAL ....... 54
By Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
By Fenia Papadodima
LA PIEL PULPO........................... 41
LADIES IN WAITING.................... 55
By Ana Cristina Barragan Carrion
By Ιoanna Tsoucala
LIGHT FALLS.............................. 42
MIGHTY AFRIN .......................... 56
By Phedon Papamichael
By Angelos Rallis
MEDITERRANEO......................... 43
STRAY BODIES........................... 57
By Marcel Barrena
By Elina Psykou
By Yianna Americanou
QUICKSAND............................... 44 By Μargot Schaap
DOCUMENTARIES IN PROGRESS
INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTIONS IN PROGRESS
LATIN NOIR................................ 47 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TEDDY BEAR........................... 34
DOCUMENTARIES
FEATHERS.................................. 32
fiction features
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ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES By Michalis Konstantatos
APPLES By Christos Nikou
BALLAD FOR A PIERCED HEART By Yannis Economides
DANIEL ‘16 By Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
EX By George Markakis
GREEN SEA By Angeliki Antoniou
HOLY EMY By Araceli Lemos
THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS By Stelios Kammitsis
MOON, 66 QUESTIONS By Jacqueline Lentzou
TAILOR By Sonia Liza Kenterman
YOU SING, I SING By Nikos Kornilios
ALL THE PRETTY LITTLE HORSES By Michalis Konstantatos
fiction features
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2nd FILM • DRAMA • GREECE, BELGIUM, GERMANY
DIRECTION: Michalis Konstantatos
2020 • 107 min • Greek
SCREENPLAY: Michalis Konstantatos
After a major setback in their lives, Alice and Petros, a married couple, have sought tempo rary refuge at a small provincial seaside town together with their young son Panagiotis. Both of them occupy themselves with temporary jobs, all part of their plan for a quick come back and their eventual return to Athens. When Ali ce however begins to realise that this plan is not working or worse may not even exist, the distance between her and Petros grows bigger than ever.
CAST: Yota Argyropoulou, Dimitris Lalos, Alexandros Karamouzis, Katerina Didaskalou PRODUCER: Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Dries Phlypo, Fabian Massah, Elie Meirovitz PRODUCTION/CONTACT: Horsefly Productions (Greece) CO-PRODUCTION: A Private View (Belgium), Fabian Massah (Germany), ERT (Greece), EZ Films (France) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Pluto Film (Germany), info@plutofilm.de, plutofilms.de
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|H AIFA IFF
| COTTBUS IFF
|C INEMA JOVE, SPAIN
|S ARAJEVO IFF
|W ARSAW IFF
| CHENNAI IFF, INDIA
|S HERBROOKE IFF, CANADA
|C INEDAYS
| THESSALONIKI IFF
|A TLANTIDE IFF, SPAIN
|C ALGARY IFF
| F ILM FEST GENT
| CROSSING EUROPE, AUSTRIA
APPLES By Christos Nikou
fiction features
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1st FILM • DRAMEDY • GREECE, POLAND
DIRECTION: Christos Nikou
2020 • 90 min • Greek
SCREENPLAY: Christos Nikou, Stavros Raptis
As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic caus es people to develop sudden amnesia, Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life. His treat ment: performing daily tasks prescribed by his doctors on cassette tape, and capturing these new memories with a Polaroid camera.
CAST: Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovasili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argiris Bakirtzis PRODUCER: Iraklis Mavroeidis, Angelo Venetis, Aris Dayos, Nikos Smpilirs (Boo Productions), Mariusz Wlodarski (Lava Films), Christos Nikou EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini, Andrew Upton (Dirty Films) PRODUCTION: Boo Productions (Greece) CO-PRODUCTION: Lava Films (Poland), Nova (Greece), Perfo Film (Slovenia), Musou Music Group (Greece), ERT S.A. (Greece), EKOME (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
|G REEK OSCAR ENTRY
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|V ENICE OPENING FILM ORIZZONTI
| THESSALONIKI IFF
| TELLURIDE IFF
– BEST ACTOR AWARD
|C HICAGO IFF
| TIFF SELECTS
– BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD
|P HILADELPHIA IFF – HONORABLE MENTION OF BEST DIRECTION
|D ENVER FF – SPECIAL JURY MENTION FOR STORYTELLING ORIGINALITY
| TOKYO IFF
INTERNATIONAL SALES: Alpha Violet (France), Virginie Devesa, virginie@alphaviolet.com, alphaviolet.com
| LES ARCS – YOUTH JURY PRIZE
| IFFI GOA – FESTIVAL CALEIDOSCOPE
| DUBLIN FF – BEST FILM AWARD
| MIAMI FF – BEST POSTER AWARD
BALLAD FOR A PIERCED HEART By Yannis Economides
fiction features
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COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA • GREECE, FRANCE,
DIRECTION: Yannis Economides
GERMANY, CYPRUS • 2020 • 140 min • Greek
SCREENPLAY: Yannis Economides, Harry Langousis, Dimosthenis Papamarkos
In a small town in Greece, when amorous pas sion meets greed for money, dead bodies start piling up and “Sleeping Beauty” Olga will never know the horrors she has been spared of.
CAST: Yannis Tsortekis, Vicky Papadopoulou, Vassilis Bisbikis, Stathis Stamoulakatos PRODUCER: Panos Papahadzis, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Elie Meirovitz, Ingmar Trost PRODUCTION: Argonauts Productions SA, Faliro House (Greece), EZ Films (France), Sutor Kolonko (Germany), Y.E. Films Ltd (Cyprus) CO-PRODUCTION: ERT (Greece), EKOME (Greece), Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, Onassis Foundation (Greece), Yafka (Greece), FILM- UND MEDIENSTIFTUNG NRW, CNC, Region of Central Greece CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
| 16TH ZURICH FF | 61ST THESSALONIKI IFF
INTERNATIONAL SALES: The Match Factory (Germany), info@matchfactory.de, the-match-factory.com
DANIEL ‘16 By Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
fiction features
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2nd FILM • DRAMA, COMING-OF-AGE • GREECE
DIRECTION: Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
2020 • 101 min • Greek, German, Arabic
SCREENPLAY: Panagiotis Christopoulos, Dimitris Koutsiabasakos, Glykeria Patramani, Yannis Tsiros
Daniel, a German teenager, is sent to Greece, in a juvenile offender community, to serve his sen tence. There, in an abandoned village of Evros river area, near the border with Turkey, he ex periences unprecedented emotions and has to solve difficult dilemmas. His final decision will surprise everyone.
CAST: Nikolas Kisker, Alexander Liakopoulos Buchholz, Vasilis Koukalani, Marlen Kaminski, Kostis Kallivretakis PRODUCER: Yiorgos Kyriakos, Costas Lambropoulos PRODUCTION: View Master Films (Greece) CO-PRODUCTION: ERT (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: View Master Films (Greece), info@viewmasterfilms.gr, viewmasterfilms.gr
|B UFF IFF |G IFFONI FF
| KRISTIANSAND INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FF
|S CHLINGEL IFF
| PANORAMA OF EUROPEAN CINEMA – SPECIAL MENTION
|C INEKID | THESSALONIKI IFF – AUDIENCE AWARD
|O LYMPIA IFF – EUROPEAN VALUES AWARD – BEST ACTOR
|M OSCOW FF
EX By George Markakis
fiction features
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QUEER, COMEDY, DRAMA • GERMANY, GREECE
DIRECTION: George Markakis
2021 • 85 min • English, German, Russian, French
SCREENPLAY: George Markakis, Marie Fleuret
While the dancefloor is mythologised as a space for connection, any committed creature of the night knows the real action takes place in the toilet cubicle – at once the club’s engine room and its “confessional” booth.
CAST: Diana Kleimenova, Braulio Bandeira, Mitzucker Rae Samson, Jorge Benavides PRODUCER: George Markakis, Christopher Cornelsen PRODUCTION: Cornelsen Films (Germany), cornelsen-films.de CO-PRODUCTION: I have my Art (Germany) INTERNATIONAL SALES: WIDE (France), infos@widemanagement.com, widemanagement.com
GREEN SEA By Angeliki Antoniou
fiction features
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DRAMA • GREECE, GERMANY • 2020 • 90 min
DIRECTION: Angeliki Antoniou
Greek
SCREENPLAY: Angeliki Antoniou
ANNA has lost her memory, but she hasn’t for gotten how to cook. One night she shows up in a working class neighborhood by a Greek harbor. There she meets the unpredictable loner ROULA and gets a job as a cook and a place to stay at his shabby tavern. In the kitchen, amidst the scents of spices and old forgotten recipes, Anna struggles to rebuild her past. Her simple yet de licious food awakens memories for the regulars, who in turn help her to reconnect with herself. The story takes an unexpected turn when Roula suddenly stumbles upon the Green Sea and dis covers Anna’s true identity.
CAST: Angeliki Papoulia, Yannis Tsortekis, Tasos Palatzidis, Christos Kontogeorgis
| FF KITZBÜHEL 2020
| THESSALONIKI IFF 2020
– AUDIENCE AWARD
| THE GREEK FF BERLIN
PRODUCER: Lilette Botassi, Angeliki Antoniou, Jost Hering PRODUCTION: Inkas Film Productions (Greece) CO-PRODUCTION: ΕRΤ (Greece), Angeliki Antoniou Filmproduktion (Germany), Jost Hering Filme (Germany), EKOME (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: iuvit Media Sales (Italy), iuvitmediasales.com
| HOF IFF 2020
HOLY EMY By Araceli Lemos
fiction features
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1st FILM • DRAMA, COMING-OF-AGE • GREECE,
DIRECTION: Araceli Lemos
FRANCE, USA • 2021 • 110 min • Tagalog, English,
SCREENPLAY: Araceli Lemos, Giulia Caruso
Greek
After their mother returns to the Philippines, sisters Emy and Teresa live within their tight knit Filipino Catholic community in the port city of Athens. But when Teresa gets pregnant, Emy is increasingly drawn to other, more mys terious forces that live inside her.
CAST: Abigael Loma, Hasmine Killip, Angeli Bayani, Irene Inglesi PRODUCER: Konstantinos Vassilaros PRODUCTION: StudioBauhaus (Greece), info@studiobauhaus.gr, studiobauhaus.gr CO-PRODUCTION: Utopie Films (France), Nonetheless (USA) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: StudioBauhaus (Greece), info@studiobauhaus.gr, studiobauhaus.gr
| SARAJEVO’S CINELINK AWARD (2017)
| EAVE SCOLARSHIP AWARD (2018)
| TIES THAT BIND (2018) | MFI SCRIPT2FILM (2016)
| FIRST CUT+, TRIESTE 2021 – FIRST CUT+ AWARD
THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS By Stelios Kammitsis
fiction features
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2nd FILM • GREECE, CYPRUS, ITALY • 2021 • 85 min
DIRECTION: Stelios Kammitsis
Greek, English, German
SCREENPLAY: Stelios Kammitsis
After the death of his grandmother, Victor, a Greek ex-diving champion in his 20s, starts a spontaneous road trip from his Greek home town. On the boat to Italy, he meets Matthias, a charming German drifter. Both head to Germany, each for their own reasons, both seeking for answers, each to their own questions.
CAST: Vassilis Magouliotis, Anton Weil, Stella Fyrogeni PRODUCER: Vicky Miha, Fenia Cossovitsa PRODUCTION: Felony (Cyprus), Blonde (Greece), Asterisk* (Greece) CO-PRODUCTION: 9.99 Films (Italy) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: m-appeal (Germany), berlinoffice@m-appeal.com, m-appeal.com
| MARDI GRAS FF
| SANTA BARBARA IFF 2021
|M ELBOURNE QUEER FF 2021
| OUTSHINE MIAMI 2021
|R OZE FILMDAGEN 2021
| LOVERS IFF 2021, TORINO
MOON, 66 QUESTIONS By Jacqueline Lentzou
fiction features
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1st FILM • DRAMA • GREECE, FRANCE • 2021
DIRECTION: Jacqueline Lentzou
109 min • Greek, French
SCREENPLAY: Jacqueline Lentzou
After years of distance, Artemis has to get back to Athens due to her father’s frail state of health. Discovering her father’s well-kept secret allows Artemis to understand her father, in a way she was not able before, therefore love him truly for the first time.
CAST: Sofia Kokkali, Lazaros Georgakopoulos PRODUCER: Fenia Cossovitsa PRODUCTION: Blonde (Greece) CO-PRODUCTION: Luxbox (France), ERT (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Luxbox (France) info@luxboxfilms.com, luxboxfilms.com
| BERLINALE – ENCOUNTERS
| MOMA – NEW DIRECTORS/NEW FILMS
| FICUNAM – INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
| VILNIUS IFF – EUROPEAN DEBUT COMPETITION
TAILOR By Sonia Liza Kenterman
fiction features
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1st FILM • DRAMEDY • GREECE, GERMANY, BELGIUM
DIRECTION: Sonia Liza Kenterman
2020 • 100 min • Greek, Albanian
SCREENPLAY: Sonia Liza Kenterman, Tracy Sunderland
Α coming-of-old-age story of an eccentric Tailor who doesn’t quite fit into the world and has iso lated himself into the attic of the family’s tailor ing shop. On the verge of losing everything, he finally gets triggered: with a wondrously strange bricolage coach —a tailor shop on wheels— he reinvents his life and his craft. He changes the brides of Athens and falls in love for the first time in his 50s.
CAST: Dimitris Imellos, Tamila Koulieva, Thanasis Papageorgiou, Stathis Stamoulakatos PRODUCER: Ioanna Bolomyti CO-PRODUCERS: Ioanna Bolomyti, Tanja Georgieva–Waldhauer, Melanie Andernach, Isabelle Truc PRODUCTION: Argonauts (Greece), argonautsproductions.gr, ibolomyti@argonautsproductions.gr, Elemag Pictures (Germany), Made in Germany (Germany), IOTA Production (Belgium), ERT (Greece), Magellan Films (Belgium), Atalante Productions (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
| POFF - TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FF | CINEMAMED
INTERNATIONAL SALES: Pluto Film (Ger many), info@plutofilm.de, plutofilm.de
| THESSALONIKI IFF – FIPRESCI PRIZE – ERT S.A. AWARD – SPECIAL YOUTH JURY PRIZE
|B ELGIUM – FICTION COMPETITION
YOU SING, I SING By Nikos Kornilios
fiction features
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MUSICAL • GREECE • 2020 • 107 min • Greek,
DIRECTION: Nikos Kornilios
Spanish, French
SCREENPLAY: Nikos Kornilios
Paris and Yannis’ cafe is a crossroad where friends from all over the world, lonely neigh bours and mysterious vagabonds meet. On the day of the dead, and also their anniver sary, their stories mingle, their past and pre sent unite, music and dance dominate them. During the night, within an ecstatic rite, the cafe is turned into an ark of memories and desires, that travels through space and time.
CAST: Yannis Petsopoulos, Paris Ferraro, Vangelis Rokkos, Esther Andre Gonsalez
|A THENS IFF |H OF IFF
| SALERNO IFF
PRODUCER: Nikos Kornilios PRODUCTION: Nikos Kornilios (Greece), ncornilios@gmail.com
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VOLUME 7
By Vassilis Douvlis
By Panos Pappas, Despina Charalampous
BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS By Asimina Proedrou
fiction features in progress
BROADWAY By Christos Massalas
INSIDE By Vasilis Katsoupis
MEDEA By Dimitri Athanitis
PACK OF SHEEP By Dimitris Kanellopoulos
RUMBLE OF THE WORLD By Petros Sevastikoglou
SILENCE 6-9 By Christos Passalis
WINTER WITH VALMIRA By Maria Douza
18 By Vassilis Douvlis
fiction features in progress
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In Post Production • COMING-OF-AGE • GREECE
DIRECTION: Vassilis Douvlis
2021 • 95 min • Greek
SCREENPLAY: Vassilis Douvlis
In a working class neighborhood of Athens of the economic crisis, resurgence of fascism and covid19, a racist group of 18-year-old students persecute immigrants, homosexuals, anyone who is just different. A classmate of theirs who does not hide his dislike for their action quickly becomes their target.
CAST: Nikos Zegkinoglou, Anastasis Laoulakos, Iosif Gavrielatos PRODUCER: Panagiotis Kakavias, Katerina Beligianni PRODUCTION: Panagiotis Kakavias Kfilms, (Greece), kfilms365@gmail.com, kfilms.gr CO-PRODUCTION: ΕRΤ (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
| THESSALONIKI IFF – AGORA WORKS IN PROGRESS, ERT AWARD
BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS By Asimina Proedrou
fiction features in progress
19
1st FILM • In Post Production • SOCIAL, FAMILY DRA
DIRECTION: Asimina Proedrou
MA WITH CRIME ELEMENTS • GREECE, GERMANY,
SCREENPLAY: Asimina Proedrou
NORTH MACEDONIA • 2021 • 100 min • Greek,
CAST: Stathis Stamoulakatos, Lena Ouzounidou, Evgenia Lavda, Christos Kontogiorgis, Paschalis Tsarouchas, Dina Michailidou
English, Arabic, Slavomacedonian
Stergios is a Greek fisherman living on the bor der with North Macedonia. He is afraid of go ing to jail for fraud and starts to traffic migrants across the lake to repay the money he took. But soon he finds himself trapped by the mafia and his family starts falling apart.
PRODUCERS: Ioanna Bolomyti, Markus Halberschmidt, Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska PRODUCTION: Argonauts SA (Greece), ibolomyti@argonautsproductions.gr, argonautsproductions.gr CO-PRODUCTION: FICTION PARK (Germany), Sektor Film (North Macedonia) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
| THESSALONIKI GOES TO CANNES (2021)
| BERLINALE SCRIPT STATION (2016)
| SARAJEVO SCRIPT LAB (2015)
| FIRST FILM FIRST YOUNG DIRECTORS ACADEMY 2016-2017
| CROSSROADS CO-PRODUCTION MARKET (THESSALONIKI IFF 2016) - AWARDS – CNC DEVELOPMENT AWARD, INITIATIVE FILM
BROADWAY By Christos Massalas
fiction features in progress
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1st FILM • In Post Production • DRAMA • GREECE,
DIRECTION: Christos Massalas
FRANCE, ROMANIA • 2021 • 95 min • Greek
SCREENPLAY: Christos Massalas
Nelly, a dancer on the run, finds refuge in Broad way, an abandoned entertainment complex in Athens, where a group of pickpockets have set up home. Nelly becomes a member of the troupe and together they forge a new scheme: Nelly will perform in the streets to distract the pedestrians, while the thieves rip off their wal lets and mobile phones. The scheme works and Nelly becomes invaluable to the group. But the appearance of a mysterious man covered in blood stained bandages, will bring unforeseen changes in their lives - and in the course of Broadway.
CAST: Elsa Lekakou, Foivos Papadopou los, Stathis Apostolou, Raphael Papad, Salim Talbi, Christos Politis
| SUNDANCE SCREENWRITER’S LAB | ATELIER CINEFONDATION – CANNES FF | ROME MIA MARKET
PRODUCER: Αmanda Livanou, Βertrand Gore, Cristian Nicolescu PRODUCTION: Neda Film (Greece), info@nedafilm.gr, nedafilm.gr CO-PRODUCTION: Blue Monday Productions (France), Digital Cube (Romania) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Le Pacte (France), Thomas Pibarot, t.pibarot@le-pacte.com, le-pacte.com
INSIDE By Vasilis Katsoupis
fiction features in progress
21
1st FILM • In Post Production • SUSPENSE DRAMA
DIRECTION: Vasilis Katsoupis
GREECE, GERMANY, BELGIUM • 2021 • 115 min
SCREENPLAY: Benk Hopkins
English
CAST: Willem Dafoe, Eliza Stuyck
INSIDE follows the struggles of an art thief who in his attempt to steal valuable pieces of art be comes trapped in a luxury, high-tech penthouse when his heist does not go as planned.
PRODUCER: Giorgos Karnavas PRODUCTION: Heretic (Greece), info@heretic.gr, heretic.gr CO-PRODUCTION: Schiwago Films (Germany), schiwagofilm.de, A Private View (Belgium), aprivateview.be INTERNATIONAL SALES: Bankside (UK), bankside-films.com
MEDEA By Dimitri Athanitis
fiction features in progress
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In progress • DRAMA • GREECE • 2021 • 82 min
DIRECTION: Dimitri Athanitis
Greek
SCREENPLAY: Dimitri Athanitis
Medea and Jason with their two children are living as refuges at Corinthos. Jason abandons her to marry king Kreon's daughter. After that, Medea is ordered to leave the city with her chil dren, on penalty of death.
CAST: Alexandra Kazazou PRODUCER: Dimitri Athanitis PRODUCTION: DNA films (Greece), dimathanitis@yahoo.com, athanitis.eu CO-PRODUCTION: Prosenghisi Ltd (Greece), Stefilm (Greece), Greek Film Centre CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Dimitri Athanitis, DNA films (Greece), dimathanitis@yahoo.com, athanitis.eu
PACK OF SHEEP By Dimitris Kanellopoulos
fiction features in progress
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1st FILM • In Post Production • DRAMA, MODERN
DIRECTION: Dimitris Kanellopoulos
WESTERN • GREECE, SERBIA, ALBANIA • 2021
SCREENPLAY: Dimitris Kanellopoulos
112 min • Greek
CAST: Dimitris Lalos, Aris Servetalis
Thanasis can’t pay off his debt to Stelios. When he finds out that Apostolis is in the same posi tion, he asks him to join with him for making a better deal with Stelios. While Thanasis tries to put more players in the game, two young gang sters arrive in town to push over the debtors.
PRODUCER: Elina Psykou, Konstantina Stavrianou PRODUCTION: Jungle Films (Greece), Graal (Greece) CO-PRODUCTION: Artalb (Albania), Film Deluxe (Serbia) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Jungle Films (Greece), reklats@hotmail.com
| SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL (2019) – CINELINK WORK IN PROGRESS
RUMBLE OF THE WORLD By Petros Sevastikoglou
fiction features in progress
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HYBRID • In Post Production • GREECE • 87 min
DIRECTION: Petros Sevastikoglou
2021 • Greek, English, Russian, Portuguese, French,
SCREENPLAY: Petros Sevastikoglou
Chinese
CAST: Martha Lambiri, Vassya Berezin, Ioanna Latousaki, Vassilis Boutsikos, Wei Xun, Wang Na
Six young people who live in different parts of the world are looking for a common goal that will take them out of isolation, against the con servatism and the inequalities of our times. They never meet each other, but their stories con verge into a universal vision, where they will be able to redefine the key questions of their lives. Brazil, America, Africa, Greece, Russia, China: Six young people in front of globalization.
PRODUCER: Stella Theodorakis, Thanos Anastopoulos PRODUCTION: Fantasia LTD (Greece) CO-PRODUCTION: ERT (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Fantasia LTD (Greece), fanfilmpro@gmail.com, fantasiafilmworks.com
SILENCE 6-9 By Christos Passalis
fiction features in progress
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1st FILM • In Post Production • DRAMA • GREECE
DIRECTION: Christos Passalis
2021 • 85 min • Greek
SCREENPLAY: Christos Passalis, Eleni Vergeti
Aris and Anna meet on the outskirts of a small town. In this town, some of the inhabitants disappear but their voices are still heard via a system of antennas that the authorities have in stalled. As the days go by, Anna and Aris fall in love. Suddenly, Anna disappears.
CAST: Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis, Sofia Kokkali, Maria Skoula, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Thanassis Dimou, Rania Ikonomidou, Vassilis Karaboulas, Aris Armaganidis PRODUCER: Μaria Drandaki PRODUCTION: Homemade Films (Greece), info@homemadefilms.gr CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
| CINELINK 2017
VOLUME 7 By Panos Pappas, Despina Charalampous
fiction features in progress
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1st FILM • In Post Production • SCI-FI • GREECE, SERBIA, CYPRUS, USA • 2021 • 92 min • Greek
In a post-digital era, an isolated community lives inside a self-sustaining City-Building, safe guarding “human knowledge” in the memory of gifted people. The unexpected appearance of a young man coincides with the outbreak of a food crisis that shakes the society to its core. Is he their savior or their destroyer?
DIRECTION: Panos Pappas, Despina Charalampous SCREENPLAY: Despina Charalampous, Panos Pappas CAST: Kostis Mpountas, Stella Fyrogeni, Kristel Kaperoni, Vasilis Koukalani PRODUCER: Nikos Moustakas, Nancy Kokolaki PRODUCTION: Bad Crowd (Greece), bardcrowd20@gmail.com, badcrowd.eu CO-PRODUCTION: Bandur (Serbia), Seahorse Films (Cyprus), Two Times Filmmaking (Greece), Eyelandarts (USA) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
WINTER WITH VALMIRA By Maria Douza
fiction features in progress
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2nd FILM • In Post Production • SOCIAL, FAMILY
DIRECTION: Maria Douza
DRAMA • GREECE, BULGARIA • 2021 • 100 min
SCREENPLAY: Maria Douza
Greek, Bulgarian, Greek sign language
CAST: Efthalia Papacosta, Dimitris Kitsos, Yorgos Pyrpasopoulos, Nikos Koukkas, Yoanna Bukovska-Davidova, Vangelio Andreadakis
Financial upheaval forces a teenage deaf girl, Valmira 16, to leave her progressive Athens school and return to her father's island where she is confronted by the danger of prejudice and intolerance, most shockingly - her own.
PRODUCER: Michael Sarantinos PRODUCTION: Steficon S.A. (Greece), msarantinos@steficon.gr, steficon.gr CO-PRODUCTION: Ars Digital (Bulgaria) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
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A PURE PLACE
03
By Nikias Chryssos
DO NOT HESITATE BY Shariff Korver
International Co-productions
FEATHERS By Omar el Zohairy
A PURE PLACE By Nikias Chryssos
international co-productions
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FANTASY, DRAMA • GERMANY, GREECE • 2020
DIRECTION: Nikias Chryssos
91 min • German, Greek
SCREENPLAY: Nikias Chryssos, Lars Henning Jung
A PURE PLACE is an offbeat coming-of-age tale about two young siblings engulfed in a se cret community obsessed with soap, located on a remote Greek island.
CAST: Sam Louwyck, Greta Bohacek, Claude Heinrich PRODUCER: Alexis von Wittgenstein PRODUCTION: Violet Pictures UG (Germany) CO-PRODUCTION: View Master Film (Greece), ZDF (Germany), MBB (Germany), MFG (Germany), FFF (Germany), BKM (Germany), KURATORIUM (Germany), DFFF (Germany), ΕΚΟΜΕ (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Arri Media International (Germany)
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DO NOT HESITATE BY Shariff Korver
international co-productions
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2nd FILM • DRAMA • NETHERLANDS, GREECE • 2021
DIRECTION: Shariff Korver
90 min • English, Dutch
SCREENPLAY: Jolein Laarman
A military convoy is on its way back to base camp after handing out relief supplies to the lo cal citizens. On a deserted plain one of the vehi cles, a bushmaster, suddenly slides off the road. None of the soldiers are hurt, but they will have to retrieve salvage equipment from the camp to get the beast back on the road. Seven soldiers stay behind to guard the bushmaster. Disastrous events pile up quickly that will mark the rest of their lives.
CAST: Spencer Bogaert, Joes Brauers, Tobias Kersloot, Omar Alwan
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PRODUCER: Leontine Petit, Erik Glijnis, Emily Morgan, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Giorgos Karnavas PRODUCTION: Lemming Film (Netherlands), info@lemmingfilm.com, lemmingfilm.com CO-PRODUCTION: Heretic (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: TrustNordisk (Denmark), info@trustnordisk.com, trustnordisk.com
FEATHERS By Omar el Zohairy
international co-productions
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1st FILM • In Post production • DARK COMEDY
DIRECTION: Omar el Zohairy
FRANCE, GREECE, EGYPT, NETHERLANDS
SCREENPLAY: Omar el Zohairy
2021 • 90 min • Arabic
CAST: Domiana Nassar, Sami Bassuiny, Mohamed Abd El Hady
When an abusive Egyptian patriarch turns into a chicken, his family slowly and painfully becomes free.
PRODUCER: Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Derk-Jan Warrink, Koji Nelissen, Giorgos Karnavas, Konstanti nos Kontovrakis, Mohamed Hefzy PRODUCTION: Still Moving (France), stillmoving.fr CO-PRODUCTION: Film Clinic (Egypt), Kepler Films (Netherlands), Heretic (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
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International Co-productions in progress
04
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TEDDY BEAR By Vassilis Xiros
AND THEY MAY STILL BE ALIVE TODAY By Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
BALKAYA By Emin Alper
DARKLING (MRAK) By Dusan Milic
DAUGHTERS By Nana Neul
DOG By Yianna Americanou
KERR By Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
LA PIEL PULPO By Ana Cristina Barragan Carrion
LIGHT FALLS By Phedon Papamichael
MEDITERRANEO By Marcel Barrena
QUICKSAND By Μargot Schaap
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TEDDY BEAR By Vassilis Xiros
co-productions in progress
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1st FILM • In Post Production • ROMANTIC COMEDY
DIRECTION: Vassilis Xiros
CHINA, GREECE • 2021 • 100 min • English, Chinese
SCREENPLAY: Vassilis Xiros
An unwanted teddy bear will be the reason for Jin and Panos to meet and spend together a day in Shanghai, while their lives are on op posite tracks: Jin is wrapping up her old life to have a fresh start in Austria, while Panos has just arrived in Shanghai to work as an architect. While wandering around the neighborhoods of the city, they will try to bridge the gap between them through a series of sentimental challenges. Will the attraction between them prove strong enough to change the course of their lives?
CAST: Tu Hua, Dimitris Mothonaios
Sometimes a day with a stranger can change your life... or not.
PRODUCER: Lan Tian, Yu Xiao, Vassilis Xiros, Dimitris Logiadis PRODUCTION: Insane Film & TV (China) CO-PRODUCTION: Filmiki (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Insane Film & TV (China), Filmiki (Greece) info@filmiki.gr, filmiki.gr
AND THEY MAY STILL BE ALIVE TODAY By Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
co-productions in progress
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In Post Production • DRAMA • ROMANIA, GREECE
DIRECTION: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu
2021 • 95 min • Romanian
SCREENPLAY: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu, Anca Tăbleț
When Vlad is jealous Clara is sure of herself. When Clara is enthusiastic, Vlad is bored. When Vlad is happy, Clara is depressed. When Clara is furious, Vlad is calm. Only when Vlad becomes Prince Charming, does Clara finally become his princess.
CAST: Nicoleta Hâncu, Bogdan Nechifor PRODUCER: Tudor Giurgiu, Bogdan Crăciun CO-PRODUCER: Konstantina Staurianou, Eirini Vougioukalou PRODUCTION: Libra Film Productions (Romania) CO-PRODUCTION: Graal Films (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Libra Film Productions (Romania), office@librafilm.net, librafilm.net
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| TRANSILVANIA IFF – ROMANIAN DAYS SECTION (WORLD PREMIERE)
BALKAYA By Emin Alper
co-productions in progress
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In pre-production • DRAMA • TURKEY, FRANCE,
DIRECTION: Emin Alper
GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, GREECE, CROATIA
SCREENPLAY: Emin Alper
2021 • 100 min • Turkish
CAST: Selahattin Pasali, Eki̇n Koç, Erol Babaoğlu, Erdem Şenocak, Ni̇zam Nami̇dar, Si̇nan Demi̇rer, Seli̇n Yeni̇nci̇, Okan Avci, Eylül Ersöz, Ali̇ Seçki̇ner Alici, Hati̇ce Asla, Devri̇m Yakut
Emre, a young attorney-general, is newly ap pointed to the small town of Balkaya. With great seriousness he throws himself into his work, and the town notables – first among them the mayor Selim – welcome him with great respect. However, in spite of this warm welcome, from his first day onward he experiences a number of strange and tense interactions.
PRODUCER: Yorgos Tsourgiannis PRODUCTION: Horsefly Films (Greece), info@horsefly.gr, horsefly.gr CO-PRODUCTION: Zola Yapim (Turkey), Glora Films (France), Pandora film (Germany), Circe (The Netherlands), 4film (Croatia) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: The Match Fac tory (Germany), info@matchfactory.de
DARKLING (MRAK) By Dusan Milic
co-productions in progress
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In Post Production • DRAMA • SERBIA, ITALY,
DIRECTION: Dusan Milic
DENMARK, BULGARIA, GREECE • 2021 • 100 min
SCREENPLAY: Dusan Milic
Serbian
CAST: Miona Ilov, Danica Ćurčić, Slavko Štimac Darren Pettie
In the mountainous outback of Kosovo, in the household surrounded by a dense forest, lives MILICA with her mother and grandfather. When the night falls the family barricades in the house, frightened by the terror coming out of the woods. Is that horror of the besieged house an echo of the recent war times, or just their imagination, as the KFOR officials would have them believe? There is no material evidence that something bad is happening, but with every forthcoming night, their fear rises...
PRODUCTION: Film Deluxe International (Serbia), This and That Productions (Serbia) CO-PRODUCTION: Rff International (Bulgaria), Space Rocket Nation Aps (Danemark), Graal (Greece), A Lab s.r.l.s. (Italy) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Film Deluxe International (Serbia), This and That Productions (Serbia), snezana@thisandthat.rs, thisandthat.rs
DAUGHTERS By Nana Neul
co-productions in progress
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In Post Production • DRAMEDY • GERMANY, ITALY,
DIRECTION: Nana Neul
GREECE • 2021 • 90 min • German, English, Greek,
SCREENPLAY: Nana Neul (Based on the novel “Daughters” by Lucy Fricke)
Italian
The friends Betty and Martha set out on a trip to Switzerland, with a dying father in the backseat, who seems to have only one wish: assisted sui cide in a swiss special institute. It’s going to be one last, final ride, but nothing ends, as you had imagined, certainly not life.
CAST: Birgit Minichmayr, Alexandra Maria Lara, Josef Bierbichler, Giorgio Colangeli, Andreas Konstantinou PRODUCER: Bettina Brokemper (Hei matFilm), Giorgos Karnavas (Heretic), Konstantinos Kontovrakis (Heretic), Simone Gattoni (Similar) PRODUCTION: Heimat Film (Germany), office@heimatfilm.biz, heimat.biz CO-PRODUCTION: WarnerBros Pictures (Germany), Little Shark Entertainment (Germany), Heretic (Greece), Similar (Italy) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Match Factory (Germany), info@matchfactory.de, the-match-factory.com
DOG By Yianna Americanou
co-productions in progress
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1st FILM • DRAMA • CYPRUS, GREECE • 2021 • Greek
DIRECTION: Yianna Americanou
Dimitris, on the verge of manhood, has roman ticized his soon-to-be-released-from-prison fa ther to mythic proportions. When his father’s true nature is on display, Dimitris’ longings for a real family are in danger. Now, Dimitris must grasp the reality of his dreams in time to escape the violence of them.
SCREENPLAY: Yianna Americanou, Peter Speyer CAST: Αndreas Konstantinou, Dimitris Kitsos PRODUCER: Monica Nicolaidou, George Pantzis PRODUCTION: Filmblades Ltd (Cyprus) CO-PRODUCTION: View Master Films (Greece), Υianna Americanou (Cyprus), Cyprus Ministry of Education & Culture (The Cyprus Cinema Advisory Commit tee) (Cyprus), ERT (Greece), See Cinema Network CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Urban Distribution (France), sales@urbangroup.biz, urbandistribution.fr
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KERR By Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
co-productions in progress
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POLITICAL THRILLER • TURKEY, GREECE, FRANCE
DIRECTION: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
2021 • 101 min • Turkish
SCREENPLAY: Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
At the train station on his way back to the city from his father’s funeral, C witnesses a murder. He decides to report it to the police and soon he finds himself trapped in the isolated town. He tries to flee but the town is now in quarantine due to rabies epidemic. He’s accused of a crime that's never explained to him and on top of that the murderer appears to him.
CAST: Tansu Biser, Nihan Yalcin, Ercan Kesal, Riza Akin PRODUCER: Vildan Ersen, Nikos Moustakas, Nancy Kokolaki, Guillaume de Seille PRODUCTION: Gataki films (Turkey) vildan.ersen@gmail.com CO-PRODUCTION: Bad Crowd (Greece), Guillaume de seille Arizona prod (France) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
LA PIEL PULPO By Ana Cristina Barragan Carrion
co-productions in progress
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2nd FILM • In Post production • DRAMA ECUADOR, MÉXICO, GERMANY, GREECE • 2021 95 min • Spanish
Agatha and Ariel are 14 year old twins who live with their mother and their older sister Lia on a beach filled with mollusks and reptiles. Their relationship goes beyond the limits of common intimacy and their relationship with nature in their surroundings is unique. One day they find themselves forced to go to the city for the first time.
DIRECTION: Ana Cristina Barragan Carrion SCREENPLAY: Ana Cristina Barragan Carrion CAST: Cristina Marchan PRODUCER: Isabella Parra PRODUCTION: Caleidoscopio Cine (Ecuador), isabella@caleidoscopiocine. com, caleidoscopiocine.com CO-PRODUCTION: Version Alpha S.A, de C.V. (México), UnaFilm GMBH (Germany), Graal S.A. (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
LIGHT FALLS By Phedon Papamichael
co-productions in progress
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In Post production • THRILLER • GREECE, GERMANY,
DIRECTION: Phedon Papamichael
GEORGIA, ALBANIA • 2021 • 90 min • English, Greek,
SCREENPLAY: Sven Dagones
Albanian, Georgian
CAST: Elensio Villie, Nini Nebieridze, Makis Papadimitriou, Silvio Goskova, Juxhin Plovishti, Jurgen Marku
A young couple vacationing on a Greek island explores an abandoned hotel, where an acci dent sparks a frantic rescue effort that turns into a nightmare of misunderstandings, violence and revenge.
PRODUCERS: Genc Permeti, Phedon Papamichael, Sven Dagones PRODUCTION: Enkeny Films (Georgia), sophio@enkenyfilms.com, enkenyfilms.com CO-PRODUCTION: SKA-NDAL Pro duction (Albania), Topcut – Modiano Production (Greece), Pallas Film GmbH (Germany) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
MEDITERRANEO By Marcel Barrena
co-productions in progress
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2nd FILM • In Post production • DRAMA • SPAIN,
DIRECTION: Marcel Barrena
GREECE • 2021 • 90 min • Spanish, English, Greek
SCREENPLAY: Danielle Schleif, Marcel Barrena
Oscar, a lifeguard from outside Barcelona, takes on the lonely fight against wind and wave to save lives in the Greek refugee crisis, battling the sea itself, the silence of the authorities and the ghosts from his own past.
CAST: Eduard Fernandez, Dani Rovira, Anna Castillo, Sergi Lopez PRODUCER: Tono Forguera, Sergi Moreno, Adria Mones, Ibon Cormenaza, Ignasi Estape, Sandra Tapia, Giorgios Karnavas, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Gabriel Kaplan PRODUCTION: Lastor Media (Spain), info@lastormedia.com, lastormedia.com, Fasten Films (Spain), fastenfilms.com, info@fastenfilms.com, Arcadia Motion Pictures (Spain), arcadiamotionpictures. com, info@arcadiamotionpictures.com CO-PRODUCTION: Heretic Films (Greece), info@heretic.gr, heretic.gr CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Filmax, filmaxinternationalsales.com, filmaxint@filmax.com
QUICKSAND By Μargot Schaap
co-productions in progress
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1st FILM • In Post production • DRAMA
DIRECTION: Μargot Schaap
NETHERLANDS, ESTONIA, GREECE • 2021 • 106 min
SCREENPLAY: Μargot Schaap
Dutch, English, Estonian
CAST: Hanna van Vliet, Elsie de Brauw, Elin Koleci, Simeoni Sundja
Suze lives a warm-hearted, quiet life on an island in the north of the Netherlands with her husband Lucas and bubbly six-year-old daughter Juul. When her colourful, extravagant mother Helena all of a sudden pays a visit to inform her daugh ter that she’s ill, Suze slowly relapses into severe compulsive behaviour. When she finally realises the suffocating nature of their relationship, Suze makes an emotional but liberating choice.
PRODUCER: Εllen Ηavenith PRODUCTION: PRPL B.V. (Netherlands), info@prpl.nl, prpl.nl CO-PRODUCTION: Homemade Films (Greece), info@homemadefilms.gr, Homeless Bob Production (Estonia), info@too.ee CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
ΙΝVISIBLE
05
By Marianna Kakaounaki
LATIN NOIR By Andreas Apostolidis
documentaries
MADE IN VAIN By Michael Klioumis
NEW WORLDS: CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION By Andrew Muscato
ΙΝVISIBLE By Marianna Kakaounaki
documentaries
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1st FILM • GREECE • 2021 • 82 min • Turkish, Greek,
DIRECTION: Marianna Kakaounaki
English
SCREENPLAY: Marianna Kakaounaki
Α Turkish couple, both teachers, are accused of being terrorists without any evidence. After three years on the run, they escape to Greece. They are now free but they must come to terms with an unbearable loss. INVISIBLE is an acute political film with a human heart about the Turkish persecuted community.
PRODUCER: Marianna Kakaounaki
|C PH:DOX 2021 – F:ACT COMPETITION
| THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2021 – NEWCOMER COMPETITION
PRODUCTION: Marianna Kakaounaki, M_kakaounaki@yahoo.co.uk
LATIN NOIR By Andreas Apostolidis
documentaries
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GREECE, ARGENTINA, MEXICO, SPAIN • 2021
DIRECTION: Andreas Apostolidis
55 min • English, Spanish
SCREENPLAY: Andreas Apostolidis
Latin Noir travels across South America, to dis cover the life and work of famous crime nove lists Leonardo Padura (Cuba), Luis Sepulveda (Chile), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (Mexico), Santiago Roncagliolo (Peru), Gulljermo Orsi and Clau dia Pineiro (Argentina) and explore how they found in noir fiction a unique way to confront their countries’ troubled history.
CAST: Paco Ignacio Taibo, Luis Sepúlveda, Leonardo Padura, Santiago Roncagliolo, Claudia Piñeiro PRODUCER: Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof PRODUCTION: Anemon Productions info@anemon.gr, anemon.gr CO-PRODUCTION: Les Films Du Balibari (France) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Point du Jour International (France), agence@pointdujour-prod.fr, pointdujour-international.com
|M IAMI FF
MADE IN VAIN By Michael Klioumis
documentaries
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1st FILM • GREECE • 2020 • 90 min • Greek
DIRECTION: Michael Klioumis
Devoted Bodybuilders hostages to their image trapped in a relentless struggle with the mirror, perfectionism, the desire to be desired and the pursuit of a perfectly shaped muscular body.
SCREENPLAY: Michael Klioumis PRODUCER: Louizos Aslanidis PRODUCTION: L. Aslanidis & Co (Greece), info@ekso.gr, ekso.gr CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
| THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2021 – NEWCOMER COMPETITION
| THESSALONIKI GOES TO CANNES 2020 | THESSALONIKI IFF – AGORA WORKS IN PROGRESS
NEW WORLDS: CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION By Andrew Muscato
documentaries
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MUSIC FILM • USA, GREECE • 2021 • 102 min • English
DIRECTION: Andrew Muscato
Filmed one summer night in Greece, New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization, captures screen legend Bill Murray and world-renowned cellist Jan Vogler’s final performance of their European “New Worlds” tour. Accompanied by violinist Mira Wang and pianist Vanessa Perez, Murray and Vogler rock the Acropolis with a timeless mix of literature and music on the 2,000 year-old stage of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. By turns poignant and humorous the uniquely entertaining program is filled with Mur ray’s trademark charm. Murray and the classical trio dazzle the Athenian audience with musical reflections on hope, love and relationships.
CAST: Bill Murray, Jan Vogler, Vanessa Perez
| CANNES FF – OFFICIAL SELECTION
PRODUCER: Andrew Muscato PRODUCTION: Dorn Music, info@dornmusic.com, dornmusic.com, Makuhari Media (USA), info@makuharimedia.com, makuharimedia.com CO-PRODUCTION: Neda Film (Greece) INTERNATIONAL SALES: Tanja Dorn, Dorn Music (Germany), dorn@dornmusic.com, dornmusic.com, Amanda Livanou, Neda Film (Greece), info@nedafilm.gr, nedafilm.gr
DOGWATCH
documentaries in progress
06
By Gregoris Rentis
THE GHOSTS OF THE REVOLUTION By Thanos Anastopoulos
THE SANCTUARY IN DOWNTOWN ATHENS SAINT PORPHYRIOS AND THE POLYCLINIC HOSPITAL By Fenia Papadodima
LADIES IN WAITING By Ιoanna Tsoucala
MIGHTY AFRIN By Angelos Rallis
STRAY BODIES By Elina Psykou
DOGWATCH By Gregoris Rentis
documentaries in progress
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1st FILM • HYBRID • In Post Production • GREECE,
DIRECTION: Gregoris Rentis
FRANCE • 2021 • 80 min • Greek, English
SCREENPLAY: Gregoris Rentis
Privately-hired mercenaries are responsible for protecting vessels crossing the High Risk Area off the Somali coastline against pirate attacks. Rigorously preparing to face the enemy, each watch brings them closer to the day of contact. Yet the sea is full of surprises. Οr lack thereof.
PRODUCER: Gregoris Rentis PRODUCTION: BYRD (Greece), production@byrd.gr CO-PRODUCTION: Asterisk* (Greece), Vicky Miha, vicky@asteriskfilm.gr, Good Fortune Films (France), Clément Duboin, clement@goodfortunefilms.com CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
| LES ARCS WORK IN PROGRESS – TITRA FILM PRIZE
| MEDITERRANEAN FILM INSTITUTE – VILAKULT RESIDENZ PRIZE
| VISIONS DU RÉEL- PITCHING DU RÉEL
THE GHOSTS OF THE REVOLUTION By Thanos Anastopoulos
documentaries in progress
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In Post Production • COMEDY, HISTORICAL DRAMA
DIRECTION: Thanos Anastopoulos
GREECE, ITALY • 2021 • 105 min • Greek, Italian,
SCREENPLAY: Thanos Anastopoulos, Stefano Dongetti
French, German, Serbian
Α Greek filmmaker finds himself in Trieste, Italy where he plans to make a documentary film on the oc-casion of the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution (1821-2021), following the footsteps of the Greek revolutionary Rìgas Feràios. While visiting the Greek Orthodox cemetery, a group of ghosts from the 18th century decides to fol low his path. A modern comedy based on real historic events.
CAST: Pinelopi Tsilika, Georges Corra face, Paolo Rossi, Rade Serbedzija, Nikos Georgakis, Theodora Tzimou, Giorgos Simeonidis, Aineias Tsamatis, Alexan dros Vardaxoglou, Giannis Anastassakis, Ektor Liatsos, Ivan Zerbinati, Max Sbarsi, Laura Bussani PRODUCERS: Stella Theodorakis, Nicoletta Romeo PRODUCTION: Fantasia Ltd (Greece), fanfilmpro@gmail.com, fantasiafilmworks.com CO-PRODUCTION: Mansarda Production Srl (Italy), mansardaproduction@gmail. com, mansardaproduction.com CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
THE SANCTUARY IN DOWNTOWN ATHENS SAINT PORPHYRIOS AND THE POLYCLINIC HOSPITAL By Fenia Papadodima
documentaries in progress
54
SOCIAL & BIOGRAPHICAL • 2021 • 80 min • Greek
DIRECTION: Fenia Papadodima
In the center of Athens, where Sophocles and Socrates walked, today one sees hundreds dwell in the squalor, fighting for survival. Im migrants, addicts, prostitutes, beggars. Once there was a sanctuary in this chaos. The Pol yclinic Hospital of Athens. The hospital of the poor. There, priest-monk Porphyrios lived and attained holiness, while serving as a pastor at the hospital’s small church for 33 years.
SCREENPLAY: Fenia Papadodima CAST: Fenia Papadodima PRODUCER: Giorgos Palamiotis PRODUCTION: MARINA AMKE (Greece), marinaamke@gmail.com CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
LADIES IN WAITING By Ιoanna Tsoucala
documentaries in progress
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1st FILM • In Post Production • GREECE • 2021
DIRECTION: Ιoanna Tsoucala
90 min • Greek
SCREENPLAY: Ιoanna Tsoucala, Avrilios Karakostas
Some say that in ‘madness’, the concepts of time, space, and conscience do not exist, and if in fact they do, they mean something totally different than what we are able to grasp. Ladies in Waiting reveals a different side of ‘madness’, one that embraces intellect, humor, imagination, as well as pain, isolation and patience.
| AMERICAN FILM SHOWCASE INTENSIVE DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM, LOS ANGELES, CA
| EURODOC 2020, PARIS, FRANCE
PRODUCER: Athina Rachel Tsangari PRODUCTION: Haos Film, (Greece), info@haosfilm.com, haosfilm.com CO-PRODUCTION: Elias Katsoufis, elias@haosfilm.com CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
MIGHTY AFRIN By Angelos Rallis
documentaries in progress
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COMING OF AGE • GREECE, FRANCE, GERMANY
DIRECTION: Angelos Rallis
2022 • 90 min • Bengali
SCREENPLAY: Angelos Rallis
Along the mighty Brahmaputra river and its high floodwaters, a 12 year-old orphan girl named Afrin embarks on an epic, personal od yssey to find her father.
PRODUCERS: Maria del Mar Rodriguez Yebra, Angelos Rallis PRODUCTION: AR Productions (Greece), production@angelosrallis.com, angelosrallis.com CO-PRODUCTION: Manny Films (France), ZDF/ARTE (Germany) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre INTERNATIONAL SALES: Cargo Film and Releasing (USA)
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STRAY BODIES By Elina Psykou
documentaries in progress
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SOCIAL • GREECE, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, BULGARIA
DIRECTION: Elina Psykou
2021 • 90 min • Greek, German, Italian, Maltese,
SCREENPLAY: Elina Psykou
French, English
PRODUCERS: Elina Psykou, Antigoni Rota
"Stray Bodies" wander dizzily around highways, tolls, airports, harbors and stations and experi ence a harsh emotional journey, simultaneously surreal and humoristic, that blends the limits be tween logic and absurdity. In the end as all exis tential journeys, it all comes down to the eternal issue of human power over life and death.
| WEMW 2020
PRODUCTION: Jungle Films (Greece), reklats@hotmail.com CO-PRODUCTION: Contrast Film (Switzerland), DocLab Films (Italy), Red Carpet (Bulgaria), Anemon Productions (Greece) CO-FINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre
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