Melancholia

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Melancholia

Melancholia

directed by Ariadne Koutsaftis

The film deals with an issue which has been increasingly predominant in Greece during the recent years of economic crisis: the prevalence of psychological depressive disorders. Witnessing the personal experiences of patients of all ages and social backgrounds who grapple with the problem, we give a tangible and definite form to the abstract notion of Melancholia. At the same time, doctors and nursing staff working in mental care facilities relate to us their daily struggle as they take care of patients while they themselves try to cope with the crisis in their own lives.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Athens International 24th Film Festival – “Nyxtes Premieras” 2018 – Work in Progress
10th Hellenic Film Academy Iris Awards 2019 — Nominated Best Documentary Short

Info

  •  PRODUCTION YEAR
    2018
  •  COUNTRIES
    Greece & Canada
  • PRODUCERS
    A&GFilms Media Entertainment
  •  COPRODUCERS
    Public Psychiatric Hospital of Athens – DROMOKAITIO (Greece), GAMDA International Corporation (Canada)
  •  FORMAT
    16:9 (FHD)
  •  SOUND FORMAT
    5.1 (from stereo mix)
  •  DIRECTOR
    Ariadne Koutsaftis
  •  PRODUCER
    ANTIGONI GAVRIATOPOULOU
  •  CO-PRODUCERS
    George Politis, Demetre James Politis
  •  PRODUCTION MANAGER
    Xenophon Koutsaftis
  •  RESEARCH
    Ariadne Koutsaftis, Antigoni Gavriatopoulou
  •  CINEMATOGRAPHER
    Vangelis Kalambakas
  •  SOUND
    Vasilis Ipirotis
  •  EDITING
    Elpiniki Voutsa
  •  COMPOSER
    Kostas Filippeos, Chris Phillips
  •  VOCALS
    Marianna Polychronides
  •  DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY
    Demetre James Politis
  •  EQUIPMENT
    FilmSixteen
  •  DCP
    Konstantinos Kritikos
  •  MIXAGE
    Kostas Varybobiotis, Valia Tserou
Express Scopelitis

Express Scopelitis

directed by Emilia Milou

For 40 years now Express Scopelitis is the soul of Aegean Sea. We sail with her, watching the sailors’ life onboard and winter life on the islands. The film is a praise to a life lived between heaven and sea. It balances on the edge between reality and transcendence, the same way that seamen’s lives balance, with great effort, between land and sea.

Info

  •  PRODUCTION YEAR
    2020
  •  COUNTRY
    Greece, UK
  • PRODUCERS
    A&GFILMS MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT LTD, GREEK FILM CENTER (GREECE), N-TRANCE-09 LTD (UK)
  •  SCREENWRITER & DIRECTOR
    Emilia Milou
  •  PRODUCER
    Antigoni Gavriatopoulou
  • COPRODUCERS
    Emilia Milou, Giannis Exintaris
  •  ORIGINAL SCORE
    Alkinoos Ioannidis
  •  CAMERA
    Emilia Milou, Fili Olsefski, Ilias Spyrakis
  •  SOUND RECORDING
    Aris Pavlidis, Stelios Bouziotis
  •  SOUND DESIGN
    Valia Tserou
  •  SOUND MIXING
    Kostas Varympopiotis
  •  EDITOR
    Emilia Milou
  • COLOUR CORRECTION
    Manthos Sardis
  • DCP
    Aggelos Mantzios
  •  EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
    Sozos Loizou
Don’t Call Me Stranger

Don’t Call Me Stranger

directed by Ariadne Koutsaftis

The harsh journey that refugees make from their homelands towards Europe, coming through Greece and continuing up north. A modern odyssey unfolds through their accounts and personal stories.

Festivals

22nd Athens International Film Festival: Minority Report / work in progress (September 2016)
GrecDocs — Paris — March 2019

Info

  •  DURATION
    40 min
  •  PRODUCTION YEAR
    2017
  •  COUNTRIES
    Greece & France
  •  GENRE
    Documentary
  • PRODUCERS
    A&G Films Media Entertainment LTD
  •  COPRODUCERS
    Cosplay Productions, Ariane Koutsaftis, University of Nanterre (France)
  •  FORMAT
    16:9 (FHD)
  •  SOUND FORMAT
    5.1 (from stereo mix)
  •  ALSO KNOWN AS
    French: Ne m’appelle pas Étranger
    Greek: Μη με φωνάζεις Ξένο
  •  DIRECTOR
    Ariadne Koutsaftis
  •  RESEARCH
    Marie-Laure Coulmin, Ariadne Koutsaftis
  •  PRODUCER
    ANTIGONI GAVRIATOPOULOU
  •  CO-PRODUCERS
    Ariadne Koutsaftis, Jean-Marie Laronze
  •  PRODUCTION MANAGER
    Xenophon Koutsaftis
  •  CAMERA
    Stephania Mizara, Marie-Laure Coulmin, Fabien Perrier, Johan Saubin, Ariadne Koutsaftis
  •  SOUND
    Tillie Buisson, Cyril Lévy
  •  EDITING
    Myrto Karra, Ariadne Koutsaftis
  •  MUSIC
    Wassim Mukdad
  •  MIXING
    Kostas Varympobiotis, Valia Tserou
  •  THEME SONG
    Fenia Papadodima
No Candies From Heaven

No Candies From Heaven

directed by Vangelis Kalambakas

In today’s Ethiopia of 85 million citizens, thousands of children end up in orphanages each year, relinquished by parents who are unable to raise them or found abandoned by the police even a few days after they are born. These institutions offer them shelter and education until they are adopted, usually by foster parents from abroad. The film records daily life behind the closed gates of one of these orphanages, in which a hard-working staff of nannies, nurses and volunteers takes care of about fifty children aged from a few months to 12 years. Filmed in its entirety as cinéma-vérité, based on direct observation, it explores the complex fabric of the diverse, transient community that lives isolated in this home away from home.

Info

  •  DURATION
    73 min
  •  PRODUCTION YEAR
    2014
  •  COUNTRY
    Greece
  •  GENRE
    Documentary
  •  COPRODUCERS
    FilmSixteen
    2|35
  •  DIRECTOR
    Vangelis Kalambakas
  •  PRODUCER
    Vangelis Kalambakas
  •  DELEGATE PRODUCER
    Antigoni Gavriatopoulou
  •  CINEMATOGRAPHER
    Vangelis Kalambakas
  • EDITING
    Yorgos Savoglou
  • IMAGE PROCESSING, DCP
    2|35 S.A.
  • COLOR CORRECTION
    Manos Chamilakis
  •  SOUND RE-RECORDING
    Kostas Varybopiotis, Valia Tserou
  •  TRANSLATIONS – TRANSCRIPTS
    Azeb Workneh