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By Christos Nikou

1st FILM • DRAMEDY • GREECE, POLAND 2020 • 90 min • Greek

As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people to develop sudden amnesia, Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life. His treatment: performing daily tasks prescribed by his doctors on cassette tape, and capturing these new memories with a Polaroid camera.

| GREEK OSCAR ENTRY | VENICE OPENING FILM ORIZZONTI | TELLURIDE IFF | CHICAGO IFF – BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD | PHILADELPHIA IFF – HONORABLE MENTION OF BEST DIRECTION | AFI FEST |THESSALONIKI IFF – BEST ACTOR AWARD | TIFF SELECTS | DENVER FF – SPECIAL JURY MENTION FOR STORYTELLING ORIGINALITY | TOKYO IFF DIRECTION: Christos Nikou SCREENPLAY: Christos Nikou, Stavros Raptis 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) COPRODUCTION: Lava Films (Poland), Nova (Greece), Perfo Film (Slovenia), Musou Music Group (Greece), ERT S.A. (Greece), EKOME (Greece) COFINANCED BY: Greek Film Centre 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