6TH MICRO μ FESTIVAL 2016 - SPECIAL TRIBUTE
During the 6th Micro μ Festival will be held a special tribute with main topic «Youth & Employment, Women & Employment.» The special tribute will consist of the screening of six short films based on the theme, form Greek and foreigners film makers, as well as a round-table with topic: «What does an emerging artist need in order to succeed in Greece nowdays».
In detail, the films that will be screened are: «Dear Keno» by Natko Stipaničev, «Product Manager» by Ilias Florakis, «Work and entertainment» by Kostas Athanasiadis, «Lie Detector» by Paul Emerson, «El Empleo» by Santiago Bou Grasso and «Butterfly Co» by Ifigenia Dimitriou. The screenings will take place on Saturday 1st of October 2016 after the end of the Greek Competition Section and while the audience will vote for their favorite film on the Festival's halls.
Regarding to the second part of the tribute, which includes live conversation with guest artists, social scientists and emerging artists who excel at their work during this hard days. The round-table will take place on Tuesday 27th of September at 19:00 after the Press Release of the 6th Micro μ Festival at Fournos Theater (Mavromihali 168 Αthens).
Τhe special tribute «Youth & Εmployment, Women & Εmployment» is held under the auspices of the Operational Program «Human Resources Development, Education & Lifelong Learning» and is supported by EU and regional programs.
Free entrance for both actions.
PARTICIPATIONS
DEAR ΚΕΝΟ
| DURATION | 6’ |
| COUNTRY | CROATIA |
| DIRECTOR-WRITER | Natko Stipani |
| ΜUSIC | Johan Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No.1 |
| ACTORS | Sanja Šaki |
| MOVIE |
SYNOPSIS
A young and innocent lady from the countryside, comes to Zagreb for a job in order to make money for her family. There she meets a handsome businessman and their lives are going to be joined in a very strange way.
PRODUCT MANAGER
| DURATION | 9' |
| COUNTRY | GREECE |
| DIRECTOR-WRITER | Ilias Florakis |
| DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY | Sean James Sutton |
| ΜUSIC | Tasos Sotirakis |
| EDIT | Ilias Florakis |
| ACTORS | Takis Sakellariou, Evangelos Mihalis |
| MOVIE | LINK |
SYNOPSIS
An old employee in the Big Company, with high and family principles. One Observer who controls his work, the Shadow that is always above him and how he faces the problem that is created. A new employee, with modern life, alienated with different rolemodels. The next number in the Big Company, that has created new ways of controlling its employees. And how all this look like on the eyes of a child or of the child we have hidden inside of us, that their dreams were to become princesses, pirates and heroes.
WORK & ENTERTAINMENT
| DURATION | 12' |
| COUNTRY | GREECE |
| DIRECTOR-WRITER | Kostas Athanasiadis |
| DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY | Dimitris Barbayiannis |
| ΜUSIC | Kostas Athanasiadis |
| EDIT | Anastasia Christoforidou |
| ACTORS | Yiannis Mastroyiannis, Nikos Taplidis, Youli Petkou, Emiliana Tsoukala, Gilles Drag |
| TRAILER | - |
| MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
Aris is very happy for starting his new job. But the basic principle of his company is that happiness is in inverse proportion with his industriousness... A series of escalating gags are focusing on embeding him on its reality…
LIE DETECTOR
| DURATION | 4’ |
| COUNTRY | USA |
| DIRECTOR | Paul Emerson |
| WRITER | Dane Hanson, Mike Heim |
| DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY | Rich Yodsukar |
| EDIT | Paul Emerson |
| ACTORS | Mike Heim, Dane Hanson, Danny Gutierrez |
| MOVIE | LINK |
SYNOPSIS
Dan has a unique opportunity to make an excellent first impression at his first interview. The pro is that there is a lie detector in the room. BIP! Crap! And soon he is going to discover how much pain is caused by the truth.
EL EMPLEO
| DURATION | 7’ |
| COUNTRY | ARGENTINA |
| DIRECTOR | Santiago Bou Grasso |
| WRITER | Patricio Plaza |
| MOVIE | LINK |
SYNOPSIS
A man is preparing himself in order to go to his work in a strange world, where the meaning of human labour force has another dimension.
BUTTERFLY CO
| DURATION | 11' |
| COUNTRY | GREECE |
| DIRECTOR-WRITER | Ifigenia Dimitriou |
| DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY | Alexis Iosifidis |
| ΜUSIC | MINIMUMAXIMUM Improvision |
| EDIT | Ifigenia Dimitriou, Alexis Kouantas |
| ACTORS | Thodoris Pentidis,Sissy Kapetanou, Konstantinos Karvouniaris, Thanasis Petropoulos, Marina Papaioannou, Peggy Trikalioti |
| MOVIE | LINK |
SYNOPSIS
A very creative man is forced to work in a job that doesn't fit to his interests and to face the everyday bureaucracy. Suddenly, through a butterfly, he is leaded to a gate that takes him to an imaginary world in his mind. By crossing different paths of his unconsciousness, finally he achieves the real freedomι.
DESMOS FOR YOUTH
| DURATION | 9' |
| COUNTRY | GREECE |
| DIRECTOR-WRITER | Yiannis Kopsias |
| DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY | Nikos Barlabas |
| EDIT | Dimitris Malahias, Yiannis Kiprianou |
| TRAILER | - |
| MOVIE | - |
SYNOPSIS
This a documentary film about the people working in NGO DESMOS and the program called "DESMOS for youth". It is presented the hole way from the birth of the idea until its actualisation and the impact it had in our everyday lives.
