Drama short films festival 2018

On Tuesday 10 December at 19:00 and on Wednesday 11 December at 21:00 a selection of seven short films and documentaries awarded at the 2018 Drama City Short Film Festival will be screened in cinema Utopia, in the Greek original version with English or French subtitles. Total duration: 132 minutes. The films are suitable for children older than 16. The same films will be screened on both days.

Synopsis

THE LAST DAUGHTER by EVI KARAMPATSOU

Documentary, 21 min, 2018
Who becomes a mother? Anyone… Anyone ….
I could have been her mother… And Aurora could have been my daughter…
I didn’t receive her alive, but dead… It’s the same, though…»


CALLING by ARTEMIS ANASTASIADOU

Fiction, 16 min, 2017
A violent event fractures the relationship between a Mexican-American seamstress and her intellectually challenged adult son.


GO FOR BROKE by MARINOS SKLAVOUNAKIS

Fiction, 30 min, 2018
Michalis is in debt to the banks and in a desperate attempt addresses a loan shark. Andreas, a friend of Michalis, wants to help his friend. The only solution is to place a bet…


AVANOS by PANAGIOTIS CHARAMIS

Fiction, 20 min, 2018
Tasos, an ex-convict, feels guilty of a workplace accident his friend had at the slaughterhouse where he works. Kiki, a waitress at the local tavern, once again falls victim of sexual harassment. When they both find themselves under extreme pressure, the explosion and its consequences are at hand.


FOURTH WALL by DIMITRIS GKOTSIS

Documentary, 10 min, 2018
The fourth wall is the invisible aspect of the social fabric, which looks unchanged, with the only difference being the characteristics of people. People breeding in order to produce, surviving rather instinctively. The film is based on the notes of a ten-month trek.


CHANDELIER by ANTONIS GLAROS

Fiction, 10 min, 2018
Eumenis Nolakis, an army officer, is trapped in a dark box. Soon he will realize that it is his coffin, on his funeral day. He will inevitably come face to face with all the important people of his life for the final account. And the ups and downs are just around the corner ... of Hades.


HECTOR MALOT - THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR by JACQUELINE LENTZOU

Fiction, 25 min, 2018
The last day of the year is dawning under the moon, while Sophia has a dream and does not tell anyone about it: while walking in the desert, she learns that she is ill. She pretends she does not care. Has she lost her heart?

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Drama short films festival

Drama Short Film Festival travels to Luxembourg: this month we are bringing you the best short Greek films that were awarded prizes in the 2017 Short Film Festival in Drama.

Please note that this time Cine Club Hellénique makes an exception by bringing variety in our two-day screenings. In order to be able to screen every single film that won a prize or a distinction in "2017 Short Film Festival in Drama", we have a different programme for each of the two days of our screenings. You can pick the day that inspires you the most, or join us both days!

Screenings are taking place at Utopia Cinema, as usual. Program as follows:

Tuesday, November 20 at 19.00 

Play / Vangelis LIBEROPOULOS / 32 min
Profiterol / Chrysanthi KARFI COI / 13 min
The Method / Charis GIOULATOS / 13 min
Life after / Christos SAGIAS / 17 min
Mad Dogs / Danae PAPAIOANNOU / 12 min
The Ticket / Haris STATHOPOULOS / 17 min
Ourania / Despoina KOURTI / 16 min
The insignificant of Eleni Pavli / Μichael HAPESHIS /16 min

(total time 136 min)

Wednesday, November 21 at 21.00

Goodnight / Thanos KERMITSIS / 35 min
Brazuca / Faidonas GKRETSIKOS /19 min
Testing Greta / Abbie LUCAS / 11 min
Maneki Neko / Manolis MAVRIS / 19 min
Dam / Giorgos TELTZIDIS / 17 min
Freezer / Dimitris NAKOS / 16 min
Christmas Anti-Fable / Efthimios CHATZIS / 26 min

(total time 143 min)


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Up to the last drop | Μέχρι την τελευταία σταγόνα [2017] Υ. Avgeropoulos ----- Letters to Germany | Γράμματα στη Γερμανία [2015] by A. Boskoitis

On Tuesday 22 May at 19:00 and on Wednesday 23 May at 21:00 the documentary Up to the last drop (Greece, 2017, 58 min, colour, English subtitles) by Yorgos Avgeropoulos will be screened in cinema Utopia. 

The evenings will start with the short film Letters to Germany (Greece, 2015, 14 min, no dialogue, B&W) by Antonis Boskoitis, who will be with us to present his film. Both films are also suitable for children over 14 years.

Synopsis of the documentary

As Europe is going through a crisis that is not solely economical but also a crisis of moral values, millions of European citizens demand a response to a crucial question: is water for the European Union a commercial product or a human right? Until today, the European Institutions have not given a clear answer. The EU has still to recognize water as a human right, as the UN did in 2010.

At the same time, cities, regions and countries all around the world are increasingly rejecting the water privatization model they had adopted for years and are remunicipalizing services in order to take back public control over water and sanitation management. In Europe, the majority of the cases have been recorded in France, home of the most powerful and influential private water multinational companies of the planet. Nine cases have been recorded in Germany.

Although Berlin and Paris have recently taken back public control over their water services, the financial and political European elites are demanding from Greece, Portugal and Ireland to privatize their public water systems. Provisions about water can be found in every M.o.U, Greece, Ireland and Portugal have signed with the Troika and it’s a common stipulation provided in every bailout agreement signed between the debt-ridden countries and their lenders.

Up To The Last Drop follows the money and the corporate interests during a period of four years in thirteen cities of six EU countries. It’s a documentary film about water that reflects contemporary European values and the quality of the current European democracy.

The Short Film Festival in Drama travels to...Luxembourg

On Tuesday 17 October at 19:00 and on Wednesday 18 October at 21:00 the 2016 INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL IN DRAMA (142 min, different program each day) will be screened in cinema Utopia in the original version with English subtitles. The films are not suitable for children. 

Tickets for Greek films can no longer be bought at the box office of the cinema. They will be sold at a separate desk by the cinema's entrance. Reservations and card payments are no longer possible.

The ticket costs 9 euros (5 euros for members). You are kindly requested to bring the exact amount with you.


The films were also screened in various festivals in Europe, but they are coming for the first time in Luxembourg. Some that we have particularly liked: Alice in the Café by Dimitris Nakos, Cube by Alexandros Skouras and Fox by Jacqueline Lentzou.

Full Lineup after the jump

Drama Short Film Festival travels to Luxembourg

Drama Short Film Festival travels to Luxembourg: this month we are bringing you the best short Greek films that were awarded prizes in the 2015 Short Film Festival in Drama.

Please note that this time Cine Club Hellénique makes an exception by bringing variety in our two-day screenings. In order to be able to screen every single film that won a prize or a distinction in "2015 Short Film Festival in Drama", we have a different programme for each of the two days of our screenings. You can pick the day that inspires you the most, or join us both days!

Screenings are taking place at Utopia Cinema, as usual. Program as follows:

Tuesday, October 25 at 19.00 

EUROMAN / G.Tzafkas / 22min / Silver Dionysos - Special Mention

ECDYSIS / F.Tsolina / 17min / Special Award "Dinos Katsouridis" for the Best Newcomer Director

JOANNA / P.Fafoutis / 9min / Best Sound - Best Original Music

INNER LAND / V.Papageorgiou / 18min 

TIDES – A STORY TOLD BY THE SEA / S.Litsa / 11min / Special Mention

PROSOPON: A FACE TOWARD A FACE / T.Thoma / 5min / Best Student Film Award

SIMON SAYS / N.Tseberopoulos / 13min / Special Award "Socratis Dimitriadis" for the Category "Greeks Of The World"

BLUE TRAIN / M.Mavris / 15min / Special Award
(total time 110min)

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