DISFF is glad to announce the creation of Short Film Hub

DISFF is glad to announce the creation of Short Film Hub

DISFF is glad to announce the creation of Short Film Hub

Drama International Short Film Festival is glad to announce the creation of Short Film Hub, with head Yanna Sarri

Short Film Hub hopes to connect talented directors, screenwriters and producers with the international and national film industry.  It will serve as a space of creation, continuous research, and freedom through which new creators will have the chance to get to know renowned film professionals and learn their endless art skills, learn how to promote a film, how to develop a script and how to create a network of contact.

Professional meetings, workshops, seminars, and non-ending discussions will turn Drama International Short Film Festival and its city into the ideal destination for every film professional that loves short films.

According to Yanna Sarri, «the presence of short films from Greece is very strong in the big film festivals all over the world every year. SFH hopes to join forces with the national film world and provide the needed tools for short films to grow even more and get the international attention that they deserve».

Yanna Sarri graduated from Coventry University in 1999 and has a BA in Communication Studies and in 2000 she completed her MA in Communication Management at City University in the UK.

In 2000 she began working for KINO SA. In 2003 she started working for Thessaloniki International Film Festival and Thessaloniki Documentary Festival as a programmer. In 2010 she became Head of Agora at TIFF and TDF, where she remained until September 2022. Since 2016 she has been the Head of Program at the Greek Film Festival in Berlin. In October 2022 she started working as an independent consultant and tutor for film markets.

Les jours les plus courts / The shortest days

Les jours les plus courts / The shortest days

Les jours les plus courts / The shortest days

Drama, Athens, Thessaloniki, Larisa, Patras
13- 16 December 2022

The Drama International Short Film festival and the French Institute of Greece present a programme of short French – speaking films for young audience (14-15 years old) during the shortest days of the year.

Free entrance

MOVIES

J’ai tant rêvé de toi – 3’
d’Emma Vakarelova
Issu de la collection de courts-métrages d’animation « En sortant de l’école » inspirés de Robert Desnos.
Une rencontre onirique et romantique au coeur de la nuit…

Le Piano que baise une main frêle – 3’
de Clarissa D’Orival
Issu de la collection de courts-métrages d’animation « En sortant de l’école » inspirés de Paul Verlaine.
La mémoire vacille, le passé s’embrume ; un vieux monsieur et son piano font revivre le souvenir de la femme aimée.

Ourse 27’
de Nicolas Birkenstock
Ourse devient somnambule et s’enfuit la nuit. Sa mère tente de la guérir de ce mal. Mais Ourse ne veut pas guérir, bien décidée à comprendre où son sommeil la porte. Veut-elle fuir le cours de sa propre vie ?

Trona Pinnacles 13’
de Mathilde Parquet
Gabrielle, une jeune fille de dix-neuf ans, se retrouve coincée près de la vallée de la Mort entre ses deux parents qui ne s’adressent plus la parole. Tous trois, se sentant pris au piège, essayent de fuir la tension ambiante, dans un décor immense qui leur paraît immuable. La situation semble sans issue, jusqu’à ce qu’un événement inattendu vienne tout désamorcer.

Le Grand Vert 18’
de Laurenzo Massoni
Le dernier chantier d’abattage d’arbres de l’entreprise de Jeanne a été attaqué par des activistes écologistes. Alors qu’elle essaie de récupérer le matériel qui peut être sauvé, elle se retrouve coincée sur la première branche dans un arbre centenaire à dix mètres de haut. Son seul espoir : grimper pour essayer de trouver du réseau.

Les jours les plus courts / The shortest days

Les jours les plus courts / The shortest days

Results of selecting projects for the Pitching LAB 2022

Results of selecting projects for the Pitching LAB 2022

Results of selecting projects for the Pitching LAB 2022

We are very pleased that the Pitching Lab received numerous projects (fiction, animation and doc) this year, and, as has been the case in recent years, the rapporteurs had a very difficult time choosing the final projects that will participate in the three-day Workshop and the Pitching Forum.

This year, the main features of all the projects from all corners of the world that has suffered after two years of pandemic, are the anxiety for survival, the spread of an implicit violence, identity and gender issues, the rights of excluded groups, living with an illness or disability, tolerance of diversity, and the coming of age, in a colourful and unpredictable planet.

From Peru and Nepal, to Kazakhstan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Portugal and Finland, our souls were filled with the images that young filmmakers want to narrate. All these unknown original subjects that we never realized that exist in different corners of the Earth, have made us richer. Unfortunately, among this explosion of colours and ideas, we could only choose 16 of the 117 proposals that were sent to us, yearning for communication and creation.

The Greek creators, with their plurality of projects, ambitious productions and a wide variety of themes, won a special place this year.

The Pitching Forum, in response to the Greek market needs, will try through the shortlisted projects to assist the selected Greek projects that will participate in the Lab this year to communicate with other festivals and forums abroad, contributing to the extroversion and the encouragement of co-producers.

For this reason, in addition to the projects that will come to Drama, the Forum will choose 5 more Greek projects that will be able to participate in a development workshop, which will take place within the framework of the two-day “Drama Festival in Athens” September 17-18 , in the Greek Film Archive. We will announce details soon as well as the schedule of our new workshop, which we hope will become a small institution- “landmark in Athens” for the Pitching Lab and Forum.

BARBARA DOUKA
DISFF Educational Program Manager

  1. War Hero by Perttu Inkilä, Scriptwriter & Director -FICTION, FINLAND
  2. #bagets rider FREE HD by Lester Cristal, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, THE PHILIPPINES
  3. The weight of Air by Carlos Ormeño Palma, Director & Producer –FICTION, PERU
  4. All Souls Day by Amanda Costa de Sousa, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, HUNGARY
  5. Aftermath by Dino Jacovides, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, UK
  6. ATHENS WILL BURN by Panos Kordas, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, GREECE
  7. Summer of Goodbyes by Minsho Limbu, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, NEPAL
  8. Back to Paternal Home by Thanasis Megalopoulos and Stratis Chatzielenoudas, Scriptwriters & Directors –ANIMATION, GREECE
  9. Tavern of Shadows by İlyas Soner Yıldırım, Scriptwriter, Director & Producer –FICTION, TURKEY
  10. Good Friday by Loukia Tzortzopoulou, Scriptwriter & Director –ANIMATION, GREECE
  11. One Wayby Antonis Boubas, Scriptwriter –FICTION, GREECE
  12. The Beast Who Walks Like a man by Marina Siotou and Zoe Sigalou, Scriptwriters & Nikos Kolioukos – Director –FICTION, GREECE
  13. Three Comma Fourteen by Joana Nogueira and Patrícia Rodrigues, Scriptwriters & Directors -ANIMATION, PORTUGAL
  14. Hag / Didimokorfo by Achilleas  Gatsopoulos, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, GERMANY / GREECE
  15. Impromptu by Maya Vitkova-Kosev, Scriptwriter, Director & Producer  -FICTION, BULGARIA
  16. Cleaning Day by Alexandros Romanos Lizardos, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, GREECE
  • The Girl and the Well by Anngelica-Marie Eshesimua, Scriptwriter & Director –FICTION, U.S.A. (Out of competition). The winner of the Pitching LAB 2019 (Finos Film award) on the occasion of her coming to the screening in the DISFF tribute of Pitching LAB films, will participate as an audience out of competition.
Booklet of Pitching Lab 2022

Extension of the deadline for projects for the DISFF Pitching Lab

Extension of the deadline for projects for the DISFF Pitching Lab

Extension of the deadline for projects for the DISFF Pitching Lab

We announce the extension of the deadline for projects for the DISFF Pitching Lab until Tuesday, July 19, 2022 +GR 12:00 to the email: pitching@dramafilmfestival.gr. The submission must be made in a single pdf with the name of the project as the title and the full details of the candidate, exclusively in ENGLISH.

DISFF is awaiting your films

DISFF is awaiting your films

44TH INTERNATIONAL DRAMA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

12-18 SEPTEMBER 2021

DISFF is awaiting your films

True to its annual, autumn rendezvous, this year, the 44th Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece’s big celebration of short film, will be held on
September 12-18 and is awaiting your work!

The application process for Drama International Short Film Festival’s National Competition has just opened. Those interested can apply by the 31st of May. The deadline for the International Competition Program is on May 31, while those who wish to apply for the International Student Competition Program have until June 15.

Films are submitted online through filmfreeway.com.
Filmmakers can register here:
https://www.dramafilmfestival.gr/submission/ (Greek)
https://www.dramafilmfestival.gr/en/submission/ (English)

We would like to remind you that a Greek premiere is required for the submission of films to all competitions at DISFF and that production must be completed after January 1, 2020. The festival accepts fiction, experimental, documentary and animated short films completed after January 1st, 2020.

For the National Competition, submission is free for Greek and Cypriot directors. For the International Competition the cost of submission is 10 euros per film, while the duration of the film should not exceed 45 minutes. For the International Student Competition submission is free and the duration of the film should not exceed 20 minutes.

Please read Rules & Terms of how to apply here:
National Competition: https://www.dramafilmfestival.gr/en/festival/national-competition/
International Competition: https://www.dramafilmfestival.gr/en/festival/international-competition/
International Student Competition: https://www.dramafilmfestival.gr/en/festival/international-student-competition/

DISFF is awaiting your films

Art Director Giannis Sakaridis and Head Programmers of the International Competition and International Student Competition Programs, Yorgos Zois and Thanasis Neofotistos, are getting ready to welcome short filmmakers to the most lively celebration of cinema, that every September transforms the city of Drama to a cultural hub.

Drama International Short Film Festival is here to showcase the new cinematic talent in its infancy and to encourage the creation of short films as an independent art form that involves creators of all ages. A key meeting point for directors and audiovisual industry professionals, the Festival is regarded as one of the most important of its kind in Europe, providing the selected filmmakers with the opportunity to claim a spot in the European Film Awards (EFA).

CONTACT
Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF)
Tel: +30 210 3300309
Tel: +30 25210 47575

E-mail: info@dramafilmfestival.gr
National Competition: national@dramafilmfestival.gr
International Competition: international@dramafilmfestival.gr
Student Int’l Competition: student@dramafilmfestival.gr

Yorgos Zois head programmer of the international competition program

Yorgos Zois

The Greek filmmaker Yorgos Zois is the Head Programmer of the Drama International Short Film Festival.

Α multi-awarded artist with a distinct and innovative outlook on cinema , Yorgos Zois had no qualms about returning to the short form with his film  Third kind which premiered in Cannes and Touch me, commissioned by  Onassis Stegi.

In his new capacity as head programmer, he  is returning to the Drama Short Film Festival, where with his film  Casus Belli  in 2010 he won the top award of the festival, Golden Dionysos, thus marking the beginning of an outstanding carrier. 

Yorgos Zois is a Greek director born in 1982 and based in Athens. His body of work, four shorts and one feature film, has been selected at A-festivals worldwide (Cannes, Venice, Rotterdam, Telluride, Palm Springs, Clermont Ferrand, etc) and has been acknowledged with numerous awards and distinctions worldwide, including BEST SHORT FILM and BEST NEWCOMER DIRECTOR from the Greek Film Academy and a European Film Academy nomination as best director. His films have also raised highly internationally acclaimed reviews about their meta-aesthetics and daring narration and have been broadcast by the most prestigious TV channels like ARTE, Canal plus, NBC and digital platforms like Criterion. Ηe was also a member of the official Jury “Lion of the Future” at the 74th Venice Film Festival and other film festival juries over  the past few years. His latest short film Third Kind premiered in Semaine de La Critique in Cannes and he is now in the pre-production of his second feature film called Arcadia, whose script has been selected in Next Step Programme and the Berlinale Co- Production Forum.

In Greece he has been awarded with the 1st Prize for Short Film for Casus Belli  by the Hellenic Film Academy and also 7 awards in the Drama Short Film Festival (Golden Dionysos, Direction, Screenplay etc)

We are more than happy and honored to welcome Yorgos in our festival team.

The ONLINE FESTIVAL platform

ONLINE FESTIVAL

DISFF43 - Online Platform Presentation - Watch Short Films Online!

https://www.dramafilmfestival.gr/online-festival/

THE SCHEDULE
► Online Platform’s registration OPENS at: 20/09/2020 – 19:00pm (EEST)
► Online Voting for Audience Award ENDS at: 25/09/2020 – 22:00pm (EEST)
► Online Platform CLOSES at: 26/09/2020 – 23:59pm (EEST)
*The schedule is strict and there is NO possibility of exceptions.
*Because οf Geo-Blocking regulation, DISFF Online Platform works normally only in Greek Territory.

THE AUDIENCE AWARD
► NATIONAL COMPETITION: 34 Films
► INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: 35 Film
► INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION: 22 Film

– You can VOTE one (1) Short Film / per Competition Program.
– The vote is connected to the User & IP Address.
– The Winner of Audience Awards will be announced on the Awards Ceremony: 26 September.

Argyris Papadimitropoulos heading the National Competition Jury

Argyris Papadimitropoulos

Argyris Papadimitropoulos is the Chairman of the jury at the 43rd Short Film Festival’s National Competition.

Known to the general public for his feature films Suntan, Wasted Youth, and Bank Bang,  as well as his bold, youthful and innovative perspective, he has been awarded for his work in Greek cinema, and he is active as a producer. In the past he had competed at the Drama Film Festival, to which he returns in a new post, one of great responsibility.

The Festival and the Artistic Directror, Yannis Sakaridis, are pleased to welcome him to Drama, trusting that his “fresh” eye will be of great benefit to new directors.

Below is a note from Argyris Papadimitropoulos:

“When I was still fantasizing about one day making movies, the Drama Film Festival seemed an elusive dream. This would give us the urge to and courage to dream of bigger festivals.

I visited as a student to see what went on in the world, later (twice) as a competing director, and a few more times as a producer, or as a filmmaker strolling around watching my friends’ films. Then came bigger journeys with my feature films, to more distant destinations, and for over ten years I did not board the train to Drama. This year I am returning to admire the creations of new directors, who will soon travel around the world, and I return as Chairman of the jury, in excellent company to be announced soon.

I wish the very best of luck to every new creator and to the new administration of the festival”.

Argyris Papadimitropoulos was born in Athens, and studied in Great Britain.

The first two short films he directed, Ekkremes (2003) and Tender (2004), were screened and honored in numerous festivals. His first feature film, Bank Bang (2009), was a commercial success in Greece (500,000 tickets), received positive reviews, and won Best First Film Director at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards. His next film, Wasted Youth (2011), opened the 40th Rotterdam International Film Festival and was screened at many others around the world (Toronto, Karlovy Vary etc). His latest film, Suntan (2016), which also premiered at Rotterdam, received several awards internationally (e.g. Best International Feature Film at the Edinburgh IFF), and was nominated for the European Parliament’s Lux prize. He has got more than 300 advertisements under his belt as well as public service campaigns for Amnesty International, Action Aid, and others. He has produced important films of contemporary Greek cinema, such as  Boy eating the bird’s food and At home. At the moment, the director is in the post production stage of his first English-speaking film, entitled Monday, a romantic drama produced by Faliro House (Greece), Automatik Entertainment (USA), and DJ Films (UK).

www.argyris.film

As part of its pre-festival events, the Drama Film Festival will present the film Suntan by Argyris Papadimitropoulos, on Saturday, August 22 at the Alexandros Open-Air Cinema in Drama.

The 35 selected films for the International competition of the Festival in Drama

2,000 APPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

35 FILMS FROM 30 COUNTRIES TO BE SCREENED
THE SIX GREEK FILMS IN THE RUN

2,000 applications were received for the competition programme of the 43rd Drama Film Festival, in spite of the adverse conditions imposed internationally by the spread of the pandemic.

35 films from 30 countries were selected for screening, while, as International Competition Head Programmer Manolis Melissourgos points out, “for the first time there are six Greek films in the competition, and an additional one from Cyprus”, a fact that confirms the advanced level of this year’s local film production. Having watched more than 2,000 films from 90 countries, we have put together a program consisting of global premieres and award-winning films that take us on a journey around the world and demonstrate the authenticity of their creators. Films that exude a breath of freedom, with a wide array of topics, styles and approaches, invite us into the dark theatre with a wink”.

In another first, women creators outnumber their male colleagues. Out of all the participating directors, 19 are women, and 17 are men.

The six Greek films that are competing are:
As if underwater by Anthi Daoutaki, In her steps by Anastasia Kratidi, Τhe end of suffering (a proposal) by Jaqueline Lentzou, Goads by Iris Baglanea, Dive by Thimios Bakatakis and Premier Amour by Haris Raftogiannis (France, Greece).

The competing film from Cyprus is The Parrot Lady by Michalis Kalopaidis.

The Drama Film Festival is honored to present, in a national first, Thanasis Neofotistos’ new film, Route-3 (Bosnia, Greece), which will be screened out of competition.

43rd Competition Program

1. The name of the son by Martina Matzkin, Argentine
2. Manus by Angus McDonald, Australia
3. Favourites by Martin Monk, Austria
4. No place by Gabriel Amaral, Brazil
5. Under the same roof by Simeon Tsonchev, Bulgaria
6. In the dark by Mariano Franco, Canada
7. Microcassette – The smallest cassette I’ve ever seen by Igor Bezinovic & Ivana Pipal, Croatia, Serbia
8. The parrot lady by Michalis Kalopaidis, Cyprus
9. Song Sparrow by Farzaneh Omidvarnia, Denmark
10. Virago by Kerli Kirch Schneider, Estonia
11. Cameramen by Tristan Lhomme, France
12. Exhibition by Sylvia Borges, Germany
13. Girl meets boy by Ferdinand Arthuber, Germany
14. The jackpot by Alice von Gwinner, Germany
15. As if underwater by Anthi Daoutaki, Greece
16. Dive by Thimios Bakatakis, Greece
17. First love by Haris Raftogiannis, Greece, France
18. Goads by Iris Baglanea, Greece
19. In her steps by Anastasia Kratidi, Greece
20. The end of suffering (a proposal) by Jacqueline Lentzou, Greece
21. Chen Chen by Kargo Chen, Hong Kong
22. Wild Child by Ka Ki Wong, Hong Kong
23. Musician by Mohsen Mehri Darouei, Iran
24. A better you by Eamonn Murphy, Ireland
25. Mini DV by Shauly Melamed, Israel
26. My border, my forest by Giorgio Milocco, Italy
27. Barakat by Manon Nammour, Lebanon
28. Portrait of Suzanne by Izabela Plucinska, Poland
29. Minion by Anghel Damian, Romania
30. Consolation by Lina Asadulina, Russia
31. Movements by Dahee Jeong, South Korea
32. And she hisses by Monica Lek, Spain, USA
33. The wedding cake by Monica Mazzitelli, Sweden
34. Anna by Dekel Berenson, UK, Ukraine
35. Keep it quiet by Yaya, USA

Results Drama Pitching Lab 2020

Results Drama Pitching Lab 2020

Results Drama Pitching Lab 2020

We received more than 90 projects of an especially high standard. The educators’ team of the Drama Pitching Lab is delighted to welcome the submission of numerous projects for documentaries, docu-fiction and animation. The projects selected range from far-away China and Australia, and from Mexico to Europe. The Greek submissions were of a particularly high level, many of them potentially warranting a feature film script development, as they contain intricate stories which couldn’t be completed in short-film form. It is worth mentioning that the historical element, dramatized documentary, family relations in all possible scenarios relevant to contemporary life, philosophical questions, and social problems, set the tone for this year’s nominations. This year, the Pitching Lab decided to accept 15 projects, as the online platform allows for wider participation, expanding its international reach by welcoming young filmmakers from all over the world into the Drama family.

1. LAUGHTER CLUB, Llewellyn Michael Bates, Screenwriter & Producer – AUSTRALIA
2. BAJO EL ÁRBOL, Gisela Carbajal Rodríguez / Felix Klee, Screenwriter / Director – MEXICO / GERMANY
3. THE CAGE WITHIN A CAGE, Onur Kök, Director – TURKEY
4. ART, NUCLEAR ENERGY AND A LOVE OF BUGS, Friederike Lorenz, Screenwriter & Director – GERMANY
5. MY GRANDMOTHER’S SISTER, Eleni Kavouki / Maria Tzortzatou, Screenwriter / Director – GREECE
6. THE VERY BIZARRE STORY OF AN UNOFFICIAL FAMILY, Salamis Ayşegül Şentuğ / FehmiÖztürk, Screenwriter / Director – CYPRUS
7. SIPHONOPHORE, Samuel Sultana / Stephanie Sant, Screenwriter / Director – FRANCE / MALTA
8. MAGDALENA HAUZEN:DIE UNBEWEGLICHE ZEIT, Yannis Karpouzis, Screenwriter & Director – GREECE
9. A GENTLE MOTH, Eric Peh Ha, Screenwriter & Director – SINGAPORE
10. HONEYMOON, Alkis Papastathopoulos, Screenwriter / Director – GREECE
11. THE WALKING WAY, Vangelis Liberopoulos, Screenwriter & Director GREECE
12. THE BLACK BOX, Christos Asteriou / Konstantinos Fragkoulis, Screenwriter & Director – GREECE
13. CLOUDY WATER, Iakovos Panagopoulos / Konstantinos Karakostas, Screenwriter / Director – GREECE
14. DEEP END, Vera Pirogova, Screenwriter / Director – RUSSIA
15. THE TENDER SHOP, Eirini Karagkiozidou, Screenwriter / Director – GREECE