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IMμF 2021Student Competition: The Films

HAUNTING SEASON

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DURATION19’
YEAR2020
WRITER & DIRECTOR Dimitris Theocharidis
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Pavlos Lygouris
SOUND DESIGN Ilias Floudas
EDIT Anestis Eralidis
MUSIC The Lost Noise Figure
COSTUME DESIGN Angelika Mouchsiadou
ACTORS Giannis Varvaresos , Stavros Parcharidis , Thomai Ouzouni , Fokionas Bouklis
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Nikos is a low-key man. He works as an assistant accountant at an insurance company, that is facing financial problems. The company's chief accountant and Nikos’ superior, Mr. Alexandridis, is a demanding and rude man who exploits Nikos. One night, on his way home, after work, Nikos stumbles across two men threatening Mr. Alexandridis and decides not to help, leaving him at his own fate. The balance in Nikos' life changes.


BLUE TO RENT


DURATION 9’50’’
YEAR2020
WRITER & DIRECTOR Katerina Maria Tsoukala
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Iasonas Parisopoulos
SOUND DESIGN Nikolaos Tsanais
EDIT Katerina Maria Tsoukala
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Blue to Rent is a story that takes place in the Greek countryside, specifically, in the holiday resort, Blue. The sunny summer morning promises to offer carefree moments to the tenants and maybe hide the wearing out of the place and the owner. Indeed, the morning keeps its silent promise but also keeps in store an unexpected adventure.


A HARD DAY’S NIGHT


DURATION6'
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WRITER & DIRECTOR Manolis Klonaris
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EDIT Alexandros Georgiou
ACTORS Joanna Bitouni, Konstantinos Vasilopoulos, Yorgos Savvidis, Nora Pantou, Tasos Korkos, Nikos Lekakis, Eygenia Xygorou, Roula Dimitriadou Tsaliki, Vasilis Zisis, Dimitris Tsigrimanis
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A working night for a restroom lady in a Greek live music hall.


CYBER-EX


DURATION 11'12’’
YEAR2021
WRITER & DIRECTOR Andigoni Bitsikokou
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Nick Laskos
SOUND DESIGN Iasona Chronopoulos (j-son)
EDIT Andigoni Bitsikokou
GRAPHIC DESIGN Eléna Monogioudi
MUSIC THE QUAD PIANO TRIO (Raphael Meleteas, Kimon Karoutzos & Jason Wastor)
ACTORS Dimitris Kalas, Dimitra Kostala, Cia, Louis Bitsikokos, Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos
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Dimitris wants to break-up with his girlfriend but the quarantine gets in his way.


SMALL TALK WITH THE BAD MAN


DURATION15'45’’
YEAR2020
DIRECTOR Nikos Kolioukos, Meni Tsilianidou
WRITERS Anna Maria Lagortsi, Dimitra Kapsala
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Pelagia Xatzinikita
SOUND DESIGN Alexandros Petsalis, Ar Apost, Eleni Koxenoglou
EDIT Alexandra Riba
MUSIC Neilos Karagiannis
STYLIST -SET DESIGN Lia Keramari
ACTORS Christos Tsavos, Sofia Goulielmou, Giorgos Vezyrgiannidis, Stathis Vezyrgiannidis, Andreas Siadimas
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An 8 year old girl catches a thief red-handed in her own house and mistakes him for her favorite superhero, Batman. What starts as a comical event, turns into something that shakes up both of their lives and changes them forever.


CYCLES LOST


DURATION18’
YEAR2021
DIRECTOR Spyros Mavraganis
WRITERS Spyros Mavraganis, Andreas Drymiotis
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Filena Politopoulou, Koralia Dogani
SOUND DESIGN Chris Douros
EDIT Spyros Mavraganis, Petros Dimitrakopoulos
ACTORS Lefteris Pasparakis, Evi Kourti, Eugenia Papazisi, Yiannis Eleftheriadis, Daphne Stathakopoulou
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Anthi is no longer in love with Stefanos and wants to break up. Stefanos leaves her apartment and spends the night in the park, where he meets a bunch of interesting characters. His interaction with them helps him come to terms with his situation.


PHOTO FRAMES


DURATION5’41’’
YEAR2021
WRITER & DIRECTOR Alexandros Lagkadinos
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Odysseas Karadis
SOUND DESIGN Ioannis Giannakopoulos
EDIT Odysseas Karadis
ACTORS Youlika Skafida, Maximos Moumouris, Gavriil – Fanourios Eleftheriadis
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A three-piece family is entering a decoration store in order to buy a photo frame. The six year’s old son of the family wishes to buy a small decoration rabbit. His mother keeps disagreeing so he desperately chooses to hit her. He is hitting her with the same way his father does at home. This is violence against the mother is so much accepted by her in any form even now that is done by her own child.


MY OWN PERSONAL LEBANON


DURATION15'44’’
YEAR2021
WRITER & DIRECTOR Theo Panagopoulos
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Giorgos Karalias
SOUND DESIGN Simon Howard
EDIT Andrada Neacsu, Theo Panagopoulos
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A short documentary film on the attempts of a young Greek filmmaker to connect with his distant Lebanese half by discovering his mother's secret stories of the war. The film explores the emotional tension between national and personal identity through a conversation in a car, two installations in Athens, a book about Beirut and three spoken languages. Were the stories meant to be silenced for ever or did he not pay enough attention? Why did it take him so long to wake up to his family history?


TRANSISTOR RADIO


DURATION7'37’’
YEAR2021
WRITER & DIRECTOR Orestis Rouskas
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY George Stergiou
SOUND DESIGN Tasos Apostolou
EDIT Tasos Apostolou
ACTORS Paris Papafotis, Myrto Spiridaki, Aggelos Dafnis, Karolos Theodosis
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Nikos is an old man who lives isolated and has no one in his life. The country is in a "lockdown" situation. Nikos feels lonely, having a small radio as his only companion. When the lockdown is over, how much will Nikos's life change?


WASTED MILK


DURATION22’31’’
YEAR2020
DIRECTORS Alkiviadis Papadopoulos & Katerina Adamidou
WRITER Alkiviadis Papadopoulos
DIRECTOR of PHOTOGRAPHY Mantalena Kontogianni
SOUND DESIGN Paul Gerov
EDIT Zoi Karathanasi
ACTORS Ifigenia Karamitrou, Vana Pefani, Spiros Sarafianos, Mayia Rantamani
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Thirty-year-old Marianna returns to her parent’s home after years, due to her dying father. Traumatic memories from her childhood come back as family secrets are revealed.


For the history, the five most favorite films voted by the audience were:


  1. At the first place equally voted the films
  2. ««Small Talk With The Bad Man» by Nikos Kolioukos & Meni Tsilianidou

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    «Cyber -ex » by Andigoni Bitsikokou

  3. «Transistor radio» by Orestis Rouskas.
  4. «Photo Frames» by Alexandros Lagkadinos
  5. «Wasted milk» by Alkiviadis Papadopoulos & Katerina Adamidou

AWARDS


The filmmaker of the winner film will earn the right for free rental rights for equipment and post production services, worth 1000 € from RGB studios for his/her next production


IMμF 2021

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