GREEK SHORT STORIES - IN COMPETITION VIII
11/10/2024, 17:00, ASTOR
Duration: 83'
Τελετή Μετάβασης, μια Αυτοσχεδιαστική Ταινία και Περφόρμανς της Αλέξιας / Rite of Passage, an Improvised Performance Art Film by Alexia Vassiliou
ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ / DURATION: 6’
ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ / DIRECTOR: Αλέξια Βασιλείου, Βαλεντίνα Καραντώνη / Alexia Vassiliou, Valentina Karantoni
(out of competition)
Every rite of passage is an act of becoming, an act of taking responsibility for the self we are choosing to become. Belonging to the last generation that remembers, Alexia visits her occupied hometown, Famagusta, on the day of her 60th birthday.
74
ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ / DURATION: 15’
ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ / DIRECTOR: Χαράλαμπος Μαργαρίτης / Charalambos Margaritis
An inept figure takes on the impossible task of dealing with the memory of the 1974 Turkish army invasion in Cyprus and its aftermath.
Ασίστ / Assist
ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ / DURATION: 9’
ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ / DIRECTOR: Μαρία Τσιώλη / Maria Tsioli
A girl races towards a football match, her steps echoing through the empty city. Along the way, she comes across her friend in a yellow car. Τwo separate universes, each containing multitudes, destined to connect when a third friend arrives.
7Hz
ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ / DURATION: 14’
ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ / DIRECTOR: Μαρία Χατζάκου / Maria Hatzakou
Anna arrives in a remote area on the city border. A public telephone booth stands there as the last totem on earth. Freedom is just one phone call away.
Αλκυονίδες / Halcyon Days
ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ / DURATION: 15’
ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ / DIRECTOR: Αλέξανδρος Σκούρας / Alexandros Skouras
A young country girl is getting ready for her wedding. It will be a day unlike all the rest. However, her future husband doesn’t share the same longing. When the wedding is postponed, everything is up in the air.
Δέκα Λεπτά Κολύμπι / A 10 Minute Swim
ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑ / DURATION: 24’
ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ / DIRECTOR: Αχιλλέας Τσούτσης / Achilles Tsoutsis
In 70's Albania, the dictatorship regime of Enver Hoxha oppresses personal freedom. Two secret lovers will decide to go against it and try to escape but their actions will become the demise of the rest around them.