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Film Line-up 2014

8th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival

As Greece is still grappling with the aftermath of an unprecedented crisis, the upheaval of Greek society is represented in much of the current Greek Cinema, leading its artists beyond the known and the safe. This year’s films reflect the continued search for answers and solutions while pointing out the absurdity of the status quo. Social, personal, identities, borders, morals, values, are all entities to be discussed, questioned and rediscovered. What makes this year’s programming even more special are two key trends that make their presence felt: The strong participation of female filmmakers whose works we are proud to include this year, and the many submissions of first time-directors; almost half of our films are by first-time-at-the-helm efforts of young filmmakers, illuminating the way to a brighter future.

THE OTHER WOMAN
Opening Night Presentation
Co-presented by Earth Friendly Products &
Kolovos Family, G. P. Kolovos & Associates


Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writer: Melissa K. Stack
Producer: Julie Yorn
Exec. Producers: Donald J. Lee Jr., Chuck Pacheco
Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, LBI Productions
Production Designer: Dan Davis
Cinematographer: Robert Fraisse
Editors: Jim Flynn, Alan Heim
Music: Aaron Zigman
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Don Johnson, Kate Upton, Taylor Kinney, Nicki Minaj
[TRAILER]

After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on (Leslie Mann), she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered (Kate Upton), all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.

After-party Entertainment
Presented by West Coast Investors &
Gus Sverkos and Goodtime Events

Gus Sverkos will be spinning his tunes as LAGFF’s DJ-in-Residence on the Festival’s Opening and Closing Night parties for all to dance under the stars in the beautiful courtyard of the Egyptian Theater.

Gus Sverkos is a DJ, concert producer, and promoter. His unique style of blending various styles and genres of music has made him a sought after DJ throughout Southern California, the United States and abroad. Spinning at his own Greek Club Nights and special events, Sverkos has built his reputation on creativity, professionalism and bridging the American and Greek pop scene with jazz, ambient, and house music. Starting with his widely popular Greek Nights in the late-1990s, Sverkos has contributed to the return of the Greek concert to Los Angeles’ top venues such as the Nokia Theater. Artists he has staged concerts for include Dionisiou Brothers, Nikos Vertis, Glykeria, Thanos Petrelis and Antonis Remos. Gus is based in Long Beach, CA where he also runs his popular eatery, Kafe Neo in the heart of downtown Long Beach.

Preceded by live performance by Vassy

Vassy celebrates her individuality through her music. Whether it’s pop, rock, EDM, indie, dance, neo-soul or Billie-inspired jazz, she learned early on it was better to stand out rather than play it safe. Vassy is an accomplished singer, songwriter, musician and producer. You have heard her distinctive voice and talents on global adverts with sultry songs like “Desire” and the quirky “Wanna Fly” for Hilton Hotels, Chevrolet, Victoria’s Secret, Sketchers, Google and Diet Sprite to hit video games and TV shows like ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Human Target, ‘Ugly Betty,’ ‘The Sims’ and FIFA 08. Vassy’s #1 hit, “We Are Young” has been featured in the trailer for Disney’s Oscar-winning film FROZEN. Vassy closed out 2013 with “Mad,” a Top 5 hit on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart, and scored a #1 Beatport club banger with Crazibiza called “Hustlin’.”

Exquisite Greek Wine Tasting
Presented by Old World Vines

In step with America’s growing wine culture, wines from Greece are experiencing newfound popularity led by consumers interested in indigenous grapes and unique experiences with truly authentic wines. As part of their June tour of California, Wines of Naoussa and Domaine Porto Carras are honored to share the rich tradition of Greek wines with the guests of the 2014 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival. Enjoy two Greek cultural contributions – drama and wine. Stin Ygeia Sas! The following wineries will be participating in Opening Night’s Wine Tasting. Winemakers will be there to talk about and pour the wine:

  • Domaine Porto Carras
  • Vaeni Naoussa Co-op
  • Kir-Yianni Estate
  • Foundi Estate
  • Thimiopoulos Vineyards
  • Estate Chrisohoou
  • Karydas Estate
  • Diamantakos Estate
  • Kelesidi’s Estate
  • Elinos SA
  • Kokkinos Stavros Vineyard
  • Melitzanis Winery
  • Dalamara Winery

 

THE ENEMY WITHIN
(O ehthros mou)
Greece, 2013, 107 min, LA Premiere
Closing Night Presentation
Presented by Pabst Brewing Company,
Hostess Brands & the Metropoulos Family

Director: Yorgos Tsemberopoulos
Writer: Yiannis Tsiros
Producer: Eleni Kossyfidou
Production Companies: Blackbird production, Greek Film Centre, ERT, NOVA, STEFI Productions, FILMIKI Productions, TRIOprods
Production Designer: Spyros Laskaris
Cinematographer: Vangelis Katridzidakis
Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Music: Akis Daoutis
Cast: Manolis Mavromatakis, Maria Zorba, Yorgos Gallos, Ariadni Kavalierou, Elias Moulas, Thanassis Papageorgiou, Tudor Cirilla, Vesela Kazakova
[TRAILER]

Kostas doesn’t want to live in his small mountain village so he leaves for Athens, where attends university, then works, and finally has his own family. Now he’s 48 and all of a sudden, realizes that he lives in a jungle. Violence invades his home. A gang breaks in. There is only one way to survive for Kostas – He needs to embrace again his rough origin. Violence and revenge become his inseparable obsessions. He can’t help committing the ultimate hubris.

Yorgos Tsemberopoulos studied Economics in Greece and Film at AFI in Los Angeles. Back in Greece, he’s produced commercials and directed features, obtaining many national awards.

* 2013 Montreal World Film Festival
* 57th BFI London FF 2013
* 26th AFI EU Film Showcase 2013
* 2013 Luxor IFF (won Silver Djed Pillar)
* 9th L’Europe Autour de l’ Europe – Special Mention
* ÉCU 2014 (won Best European Independent Dramatic Feature)
* 45th Nashville IFF (won Best Actor)

Orpheus Awards

Presented by Pabst Brewing Company,
Hostess Brands & the Metropoulos Family

Celebrate the best films in competition, our honorees, and the winner of the 2nd International Project Discovery Forum (Aegean Award).

Our Honorees

 

Anthony Katagas is one of the most prolific producers working in American independent film. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture for his role in producing 12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013), he has produced over 30 films in the last twelve years and worked with a variety of innovative and award-winning filmmakers, including John Hillcoat, Steve McQueen, Andrew Dominik, Paul Haggis, Brad Pitt, John Singleton, Wes Craven, James Gray, Vadim Perelman, Lasse Hallstrom, Ben Younger, Nanette Burstein, Deny Arcand, and Sofia Coppola.

Steve Nicolaides (Producer) is known for his early work with director Rob Reiner on films such as THE SURE THING, STAND BY ME, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, MISERY, and A FEW GOOD MEN. In 1991 he produced John Singleton’s Academy Award-nominated BOYZ IN THE HOOD, and went on to work with Singleton on POETIC JUSTICE and SHAFT. Throughout the nineties and the 2000s he produced a number of box-office and critical successes, including THE FORGOTTEN, THE SCHOOL OF ROCK, NACHO LIBRE, BUDDY, LITTLE BIG LEAGUE, THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN, and BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA.

Our Presenters

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Jim Gianopulos Tracy Spyridakos
(Chairman/CEO, 20th Century Fox)
Honorary Orpheus Award
(Revolution, NBC)
Best feature Orpheus Award

Simon-Kassianides  Gia_Carides  Angelo_Tsarouchas

Simon Kassianides Gia Carides Angelo Tsarouchas
(‘Yusef’, QUANTUM OF SOLACE)
Best Documentary Orpheus Award
Best Short
Film Orpheus Award
Audience Choice
Orpheus Award

 

Our Hosts

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Christos Vasilopoulos Chrissa Loukas
Host Host

After-party Entertainment
with Gus Sverkos and Goodtime Events

Gus Sverkos will be spinning his tunes as LAGFF’s DJ-in-Residence on the Festival’s Opening and Closing Night parties for all to dance under the stars in the beautiful courtyard of the Egyptian Theater.

Gus Sverkos is a DJ, concert producer, and promoter. His unique style of blending various styles and genres of music has made him a sought after DJ throughout Southern California, the United States and abroad. Spinning at his own Greek Club Nights and special events, Sverkos has built his reputation on creativity, professionalism and bridging the American and Greek pop scene with jazz, ambient, and house music. Starting with his widely popular Greek Nights in the late-1990s, Sverkos has contributed to the return of the Greek concert to Los Angeles’ top venues such as the Nokia Theater. Artists he has staged concerts for include Dionisiou Brothers, Nikos Vertis, Glykeria, Thanos Petrelis and Antonis Remos. Gus is based in Long Beach, CA where he also runs his popular eatery, Kafe Neo in the heart of downtown Long Beach.

Preceded by live performance by the Tripping Souls

The brainchild of New England native Paul Makris, The Tripping Souls’ sound clearly reflects Brit-rock influences – The Beatles, Paul Weller, and Oasis, among others. Although these influences cover several decades, there is a surprising modernity about The Tripping Souls that blends well with its familiar feel. Paul began recording songs with the legendary Brian Charles (The Sheila Divine, Tanya Donelly, The Figgs) in the summer of 2012 with Wayne Whittaker on bass, and Ben Marino and Steve Chaggaris splitting the drum duties. [READ MORE]

 

FEATURES

BLOCK 12
(Oikopedo 12)
Cyprus/Greece, 2013, 94 min, LA Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Kyriacos Tofarides
Writer: Panos Stathoyannis
Production Companies: Avra Productions, Tanweer Alliances, Cyrpus Broadcasting Corporation, OTE TV, AMP Filmworks, Media Studios, Seahorse Films, Soundpath Studios
Production Designer: Liza Tsoulupa
Cinematographer: Yorgos Frentzos
Editor: Stylianos Constantinou
Music: Marios Takoushis
Cast: Costas Demetriou, Carmen Ruggeri, Michalis Marinos, Yannis Tsimetselis, Neetu Chandra, Irene Constantinou, Zoe Kyprianou
[TRAILER]

As a result of the notorious financial crisis, a dysfunctional family moves to their reclusive father’s tiny house. But things change when Cypriot politicians set their eyes on Costantas’ house and his land.

* 2013 Cyprus Film Days IFF – Special Jury Award
* 2013 European Film Awards – Selection

COMMITTED
Cyprus, 2014, 90 min, LA Premiere
Presented by the Hellenic-American Medical
and Dental Society of Southern California (HAMDS)
Exclusive HAMDS Reception, following the screening

Director/Writer: Stelana Kliris
Producer: Stelana Kliris, Mario Piperides
Production Companies: AMP Filmworks, Full Moon Productions, AB Seahorse
Cinematographer: Stephan Metzner
Editor: Stylianos Constantinou
Music: Argyro Christodoulides
Cast: Melia Kreiling, Orestes Sophocleous
[TRAILER]

He can’t propose to his girlfriend so he leaves. Tell you what? He picks up a bride who is running away from her wedding.
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MISS VIOLENCE
Greece, 2013, 98 min, LA Premiere
New Greek Cinema
Presented by Cinemax

Director/Writer/Producer: Alexandros Avranas
Writer: Kostas Peroulis
Producers: Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos, Christos Konstantakopoulos, Lelia Andronikou, Orpheas Emirzas, Giorgos Palamidis
Production Companies: Faliro House Productions, Plays2Place Productions
Production Designer: Thanassis Demiris, Eva Manidaki
Cinematographer: Olympia Mytilinaiou
Editor: Nikos Helidonidis
Cast: Kostas Antalopoulos, Constantinos Athanasiades, Chloe Bolota
[TRAILER]

On her 11th birthday, Angeliki jumps off the balcony. A hidden and hellish world, well-protected from the outside world, begins to unravel.

* 2013 Venice Film Festival (won Best Euro-Mediterranean Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Film in the section ‘Young Cinema Award’)
* 2013 Stockholm Film Festival – Best Screenplay
* 2013 Montreal Festival of New Cinema – Innovation Award

STANDING ASIDE, WATCHING
(Na kathesai kai na koitas)
Greece, 2013, 90 min, LA Premiere
New Greek Cinema
Presented by Cinemax

Director/Writer: Yorgos Servetas
Producers: Fenia Cossovitsa, Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Production Companies: Blonde Audiovisual Productions, ERT, Feel Good Entertainment, Heretic, 235, STEFI
Production Designer: Elias Ledakis
Cinematographer: Claudio Bolivar
Editor: Panos Voutsaras
Music: IO
Cast: Marina Symeou, Yorgos Kafetzopoulos, Marianthi Pantelopoulou, Nikos Yorgakis, Kostis Siradakis, Yorgos Ziovas
[TRAILER]

Antigone moves to the quiet town of Th. in order to live an unassuming life but a surge of violence all of a sudden puts her choice in sheer jeopardy.

* 2014 Cyprus Film Days (won the Global Images Award)
* 2014 Hellenic Film Academy Awards: Nikos Yorgakis Best Supporting Actor
* 2014 Berlinale
* 2013 Toronto IFF

THE ETERNAL RETURN OF ANTONIS PARASKEVAS
(I aionia epistrofi tou Antoni Paraskeva)
Greece, 2013, 88 min, LA Premiere
New Greek Cinema
Presented by Cinemax

Director/Writer: Elina Psykou
Producers: Giorgos Karnavas, Elina Psykou
Production Companies: Giorgios Karnavas, Guanco
Production Designer: Pinelopi Valti
Cinematographer: Dionysis Efthimiopoulos
Editor: Nikos Vavouris
Music: Felizol
Cast: Christos Stergioglou, Maria Kallimani, Giorgos Souxes, Theodora Tzimou, Syllas Tzoumerkas, Lena Giaka, Vasilis Dimitroulias
[TRAILER]

Antonis Paraskevas, a TV host, checks in an exclusive hotel in front of the sea. Nobody is there, and Antonis hovers about contemplating suicide, until the television starts speaking of his disappearance…

* 2012 Karlovy Vary IFF – Work in progress (Best Film)

TO THE WOLF
(Sto lyko)
Greece/UK/France, 2013, 74 min, LA Premiere
New Greek Cinema
Presented by Cinemax

Directors/Writers/Producers/DP/Editor: Aran Hughes, Christina Koutsospyrou
Production Company: Linel Films, French Kiss Production
Cast: Giorgos Katsaros, Ilias Katsaros, Spiridoula Katsarou, Adam Paxnis, Kiki Paxni, Vasiliki Spiropoulou
[TRAILER]

The daily struggle of two families of shepherds trying to survive in the wilderness of the Greek mountains while the financial crisis has bottomed out.

* 2013 Berlinale (Forum)
* 2013 Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival
* 2013 Dokufest (Balkan Newcomer Award)
* 2013 DocLisboa (Special Mention)

WILD DUCK
Greece, 2013, 88 min, LA Premiere

Director/Writer/Editor: Yannis Sakaridis
Producers: Yannis Sakaridis, Nikkos J. Frangos, Venia Vergou
Production Companies: Athens Filmmakers’ Co-Operative, ERT
Production Designer: Katerina Zourari
Cinematographer: Jan Vogel
Music: Christos Papageorgiou
Cast: Alexandros Logothetis, Themis Bazaka, Giorgos Pyrpassopoulos, Elias Logothetis, Yannis Stankoglou, Efi Tsapareli
[TRAILER]

An unlikely encounter of debt-ridden Dimitris, a telecommunications engineer, with a very ill middle-aged woman awakens in him a deep moral dilemma.

* 2013 Sao Paulo IFF, Nominated for Best Feature Film
* 2013 Toronto IFF

DOCUMENTARIES

CROSSED LIVES
(Charagmenes zoes)
Greece, 2013, 124 min, US Premiere, Documentary

Director/Writer: Spyros Teskos
Producers: Vangelis Fampas, Spyros Teskos
Production Company: Massive Productions
Production Designer: Savina Akoumianaki
Cinematographer: Apostolis Koklas
Editor: Dinos Vamvakousis, Spyros Teskos
Music: Vangelis Fampas
Cast: Manolis Glezos, Matthias Rath, Leonidas Vatikiotis, Iassonas Chandrinos, Nikitas Kanakis
[TRAILER]

George Crocus was executed by the Germans on May 1, 1944. Dimitris Christoulas ended his own life before the Greek Parliament on April 4, 2012. Both stories are connected to the modern Greek crisis, this film asserts.

DOLLARS FOR A SAINT
(Ta dolaria tou aghiou)
Greece, 2013, 57 min, US Premiere, Documentary
Presented by the Hellenic University Club

Director/Writer: Avra Georgiou
Writers: Pinelopi Kouvara, Grigoris Rentis
Producer: Jan Rofekamp
Production Companies: Film Transit International, Authorwave, Savefrag, Arte Geie
Cinematographer: Olympia Mytilinaiou
Editor: Grigoris Rentis
[TRAILER]

Messolonghi is a small coastal town inhabited by both local Greek and Gypsies for centuries. Once a year then, during the Feast of St. Simeon, they all engage in a five-day exhausting festival of dances, parades, food and drink… and that brings them even closer.

* 2014 Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival

KALAVRYTA – PEOPLE AND SHADOWS
(Kalavryta – Anthropoi kai skies)
Greece, 2014, 111 min, US Premiere, Documentary

Director/Writer/Producer: Elias Giannakakis
Production Designer: Apostolia Papaioannou
Cinematographer: Claudio Bolivar
Editor: Dora Masklavanou

Ever since a holocaust by the Nazis in 1943, the people of the town of Kalavryta in Greece have been struggling to figure out why and how that horror happened.

* 16th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Fipresci Award (2014)

LOST IN THE BEWILDERNESS
Greece/USA, 2014, 97 min, US Premiere, Documentary

Director/Writer/Producer/DP/Editor: Alexandra Anthony
[TRAILER]

Lucas was born in Greece. He was 5 when, in the twinkling of an eye, he disappeared into thin air. Several years later, on the evening of his 16th birthday, he’s found in the United States. And now he’s ready to come back.

* 2014 Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival

PASSAGE INTO HISTORY
Greece, 2014, 67 min, World Premiere, Documentary
Presented by American Hellenic Council

Director/Writer: Yiannis V. Lapatas
Producers: Athanasios Takis, Alexis Takis, Joanna Tachmintzis, Yiannis V. Lapatas
Production Company: IMAGINA AE
Cinematographer: Yiannis Drakoylarakos
Editor: Vlasis K. Papadimas
[TRAILER]

Here is the story of people from all over the world gathering in Nemea for the revival of the Nemean Games. They come to take a leap into the past, run in the Stadium, and be crowned with wild celery.

SHORT FILMS

ANNA
Cyprus, 2012, 23 min, US Premiere

Director: Spiros Charalambous
Writer: Theo Panayides
Producers: Andros Achilleos, Harris Charalambous
Cast: Spiros Stavrinides, Imee Lysandrou, Elena Efstathiou, Marios Dimitriou

Michalis, a sick angry 85 year-old man, keeps calling Anna. Mairy, his Philippine caregiver, soon finds out that Anna is not just a character from Michalis’ favorite soap opera.

* Cyprus SFFC 2012 (Best National Film)

BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
USA, 2014, 6 min, World Premiere

Director/Writer: Konstantinos Mousoulis
Producer: Tety Kalafati
Cast: Christos Vasilopoulos, Tety Kalafati
[TRAILER]

She is beautiful and scantily dressed. What an amazing gift for Jack, a rude toughie who likes handcuffs and sex. But can such a smoking hot woman be a real gift?

DEBTFOOLS
Greece, 2013, 9 min, US Premiere

Director: Filippos Vardakas, Despina Economopulu
Producer: Filippos Vardakas
Writers: Filippos Vardakas, Despina Economopulu
Cast: Manolis Mavromatakis, Adrian Frieling, Efthimios Gourgouris, Dimitris Vellios, Christos Glikos, Angeliki Lemoni
[TRAILER]

When a foreigner stops by and gives a 100 euro note to a scruffy hotelier just to check his rooms, everyone in town can get out of debt…

* DISMFMF 2013 – Official Selection
* Short Film Festival in Drama 2013 – Official Selection
* Athens National Short Film Festival 2013 – Official Selection

5 WAYS 2 DIE
(5 tropoi na pethaneis)
Cyprus, 2013, 15 min, LA Premiere

Director/Producer: Daina Papadaki
Writer: Fanos Christophides
Cast: Michalis Marinos, Stela Fyrogeni, Effie Papatheodorou, Andreas Araouzos, Kristie Papadopoulos
[TRAILER]

There are so many ways to kill a man, but each and every one of them looks incredibly complicated to Makis. Maybe it’s because he wants to commit suicide…

* 3rd Black Maria Film & Video Festival Tour 2014 Director’s Choice Award (3rd Prize)

KISS ME LOWER
(Fila me pio kato)
Germany, 2012, 15 min, US Premiere

Director/Writer: Eleni Katsoni
Writer: Eva Strasser
Producer: Franziska Koch
Cast: Lara Beckmann, Daniel Roesner, Alkmini Theodoridou
[TRAILER]

Thanks to her aunt’s magical eggplant, the unhappy Marissa ends up in a world where all is an app, including sex. And yet, love is not even Googleable.

* International Film Festival Cyprus 2012 (Best International Short Film)
* Cologne Design Award 2012 – Special mention

LEA
Greece, 2013, 13 min, US Premiere

Director/Writer: Konstantinos Antonopoulos
Producer: Cindy Hu
Cast: Luigi Campi, Rebecca Thomas
[TRAILER]

His girl comes back. Deep down in his heart, he doesn’t feel good. Their love is no longer safe.

* Honorable Mention at 2013 Athens International Film Festival

MAASAI
Greece, 2014, 16 min, LA Premiere

Director/Writer: Harry Lagoussis
Producer: Lelia Andronikou
Cast: Youlika Skafida, Syllas Tzoumerkas, Nikos Georgakis
[TRAILER]

Two brothers sit in a hospital waiting room while their mother is having surgery. While they share the fear of death, there is nothing in common about how each deals with it.

* 2014 Aspen Shortsfest – Official selection

MAN IN A BOX
Greece, 2012, 4 min, US Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Elias Papastamatiou
[TRAILER]

It arises half man-shaped from a piece of clay, but then needs to figure out how to leave its box-prison.

* 32nd Munich International Short Film Festival
* 36th Drama International Short Film Festival
* 19th Athens International Film Festival

NICOLETA
Greece, 2012, 19 min, LA Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Sonia Liza Kenterman
Writers: Tracy Sunderland
Producers: Alexandros Danikas, Ben Gibson
Cast: Kora Karvouni, Giorgos Triantafilakis, Giorgos Ninios, Konstantina Takalou, Giannis Tsortekis
[TRAILER]

In the aftermath of the Greek Civil War, a young boy must endure a harrowing journey along with his baby sister Nicoleta, in search of a better life.

* 15th ReelWorld Film Festival (Canada) – Award for Outstanding International Short Film
* 46th Worldfest (Houston) – Platinum Award for Student Short Film
* 12th Rome Independent Film Festival (Italy) – Honorable Mention from the Jury
* 4th Bangkok International Student Film Festival (Thailand) – Honorable Mention from the Sundance Festival Jury
* 19th Athens International Film Festival Film Festival (Greece) – 3rd Award for Best Short Film

PASS
Greece, 2013, 7 min, US Premiere

Director/Writer: Lampros Georgopoulos
Producer/Writer: Vassilis Mazomenos
Cast: Orestis Dikaios, Vangelis Mihailis, Anastasia Baliou

Slightly in the future of Europe, a bearded priest enters a grey facility. He denudes himself and gets on a forklift truck.

* Fantasporto 2014, official competition

PIETÀ
Greece, 2013, 13 min, US Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Alexandros Tsadilas
[TRAILER]

Before sunrise, a man lies on the ground in the middle of an alley. He shrieks. He tries to stand. He falls again and again. He is all alone, or so he thinks.

* Athens International Film Festival 2013
* Clermont-Ferrand 2013

RED HULK
Greece, 2013, 27 min, US Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Asimina Proedrou
Cast: Frixos Proedrou, Nestoras Fanaras, Christos Kontogeorgis, Dimitris Tzoumakis, Elissaios Vlachos, Domenica Regou, Simeon Tsakiris

No drive. No confidence. No respect from his peers. Giorgos doesn’t even know who he is. His only way out is being Red Hulk, until he gets involved in acts of racial violence.

* 2013 Short Film Festival in Drama – Grand Prix (Best Film), Male Actor, Cinematography Award
* 2013 Athens International Film Festival – Grand Prix (Best Short Film)
* 2014 Clermont-Ferrand

SCHOOLYARD
(Proavlio)
Greece, 2013, 10 min, US Premiere

Director/Writer: Rinio Dragasaki
Producer: Guanaco, Greek Film Centre
Cast: Avra Vordonaraki, Giorgios Vordonarakis, Kriton Doris, Michaela Zahariou, Klio Papatzanaki
[TRAILER]

Athens, a stifling summer, school is empty. A handful of teenagers hang out in the playground. A water balloon floats in the air. It’s time to play, until the shocking ending.

* 2013 Berlinale-14 plus Generation
* 2013 Athens International Film Festival

THE IMMORTALIZER
Cyprus, 2013, 22 min, LA Premiere

Director/Writer/Producer: Marios Piperides
Cast: Yiannis Kokkinos, Numan Acar, Katerina Misichroni, Nedi Antoniades, Eliana Kakoura
[TRAILER]

Cyprus 1878. A desperate man, whose daughter is dying, knocks on the door of another man who, in people’s eyes, can keep her alive.

* 2013 International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (Best Short Film, Best Actor, Best Sound Design)
* 2014 Kansas City International Film Festival

TRAVEL EXPRESS
Greece, 2013, 23 min, US Premiere

Director/Writer: Natassa Xydi
Producer: Nikos Moustakas
Cast: Eleana Stravodimou, Zack Momoh.

Margarita is about to take a holiday trip to a Greek island. When she misses the boat, she finds herself traveling much further away.

* 2013 36th Drama Short Film Festival (Special Mention)
* 2013 19th Athens International