Gonella Productions

LANGUAGES: Greek, Albanian | SUBTITLES: English

Genre: Thriller
Running Time: 17:59
Year of production: 2020

SYNOPSIS

It is Christmas Eve in Athens. Angelos, a mysterious 50-year-old man, is intrigued by a young boy singing the carols in the streets of the city. He convinces the child to go with him in his car. As the sun sets, the boy falls asleep, the car slides toward the woods, Angelos drives to a mysterious destination.

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Production Company: ARTemis Productions
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions

CAST

Dimitris Georgalas
Marios Nousias
Yvonne Maltezou
Kostas Laskos
Mario Banushi
Mary Chrysanthpoulos

MAIN CREDITS

Director: Fotis Zampetakis
Screenwriter: Fotis Zampetakis
Producer: Andromahi Arvaniti
Director of Photography: Kostas Stamoulis
Sound: Christos Papadopoulos
Editing: Nikos Gavalas
Sound Editing: Panayotis Aggelothanasis
Music Composer: Marios Tsiknis

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Genre: Thriller
Sub-genre: Drama - LGBTQ
Languages: Greek, Albanian
Country of origin: Greece
Year of production: 2020
Total running time: 17:59
Shooting format: RAW
Color type: COLOR
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Sound format: stereo

AWARDS

Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival (film festival favorite)
TiSFF, Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (cinematic achievement)
Color's of Love International Queer Film Festival (best cinematography)
Silicon Valley Queer Film (best screenplay, March edition)
Halicarnassus Film Festival (best short film)
Brighton Rocks Film Festival (honorable mention)
Filmay best screenplay
Boden International Film Festival, best LGBT film
9th Pink City International Short Film Festival, best cinematography

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

2021 Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival (film festival favorite)
2021 OUT at the Movies International Film Fest
2021 Fescilmar - session for the first time Spain
2021 TLVFEST -The Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Canada Shorts, finalist
2021 TiSFF, Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (cinematic achievement)
2021 Metricamente Corto
2021 Houston Greek Film Festival
2021 International Queer Film Festival Playa del Carmen
2021 Bahia Independent Cinema Festival
2021 Short to the Point
2021 OutReels Cincinnati
2022 omovies film festival
2022 omovies@school
2022 Color's of Love International Queer Film Festival (best cinematography)
2022 Sphere Digital - World Cinema Carnival
2021 Krampus Film Festival
2021 Okotoks Festive Film Festival
2021 Near Nazareth Festival (semi finalist)
2022 Silicon Valley Queer Film (best screenplay, march edition)
2022 Halicarnassus Film Festival (best short film)
2021 Brighton Rocks Film Festival (honorable mention)
2021 Cinhomo, Muestra Internacional de Cine y Diversidad Sexual International LGBT Film Festival
2022 Filmay - Kumanovo International Short Film Festival (best screenplay)
2022 Thessaloniki Free Short Film Festival
2022 Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
2022 San Francisco Greek Film Festival
2022 Taiwan International Queer Film Festival
2022 Out and loud Pune
2022 ME Film Festival
2022 Miami Short Film Festival, semi finalist
2022 Boden International Film Festival 2022, best lgbt film
2022 9th Pink City International Short Film Festival, best cinematography
2022 Hague global cinema festival, finalist
2023 Kalakari film fest