National Competition 2023
46th Drama International Short Film Festival
National Competition 2022
45th Drama International Short Film Festival
In the National Competition programme 30 short films will compete made by 17 male and 15 female directors. Famous greek actors and actresses participate in such as Yannis Stankoglou. Makis Papadimitriou, Marissa Triantafyllidou, Haris Fragkoulis, Nikolakis Zegkinoglou, Maria Kallimani, Kimon Kouris, Dimitris Lalos, Dimitris Katalifos, Reni Pittaki and Vaggelio Andreadaki. Guest stars the singer Yorgos Mazonakis, Angela Brouskou and Yorgos-Ikaros Babasakis.
Τhe National jury:
Constantinos Yannaris, filmmaker
Aris Dimokidis, Journalist
Ιoakim Mylonas, Filmmaker / Artistic Director of the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
Marina Yoti, Cineast and visual artist
Markella Yannatou, actress
Out of competition – special screenings
The films:
«Airhostess-737” by Thanassis Neofotistos
&
“Shooting”, by Nicos Panayotopoulos, writer and professor of screenplay in the Hellenic Open University will be presented Out of Competition in their Greek Premiere.
01 «Yama», Andreas Vakalio
02 «ENOMENA», Phaedra Vokali
03 «Papere E papaveri», Christina Kallirroi Garbi
04 «Memoir of a veering storm», Sofia Georgovassili
05 «Toxic Magnus», Nassos Gkatzoulis
06 «Pendulus», Dimitris Gkotsis
07 «Orange juice», Dimitris Zahos
08 «Cactus», Dimitris Zouras
09 «On Xerxe’s throne», Evi Kalogiropoulou
10 «What I wanted on this day», Vassilina Katerini, Selini Papageorgiou
11 «Gum cigarette», Αngelika Katsa
12 «KIDDO», Mihalis Kimonas
13 «Canary», Chrysoula Korovessi, Marios Gabieraki
14 «The Last Journey», Steve Krikris
15 «The ride», George Leontakianakos
16 «Nothing Holier Than A Dolphin», Isabella Margara
17 «Daphne», Tonia Mishiali
18 «Not tomorrow», Amerissa Basta
19 «11.20 a.m», Dimitris Nakos
20 «Lila», Makis Papadimitriou
21 «FAULT», Katerina Papanastasatou
22 «Homo Perfectus»,Alki Politi
23 «A night at the cemetery», Stelios Polychronaki
24 «Last sigh», Haris Raftogiannis
25 «The penguin’s flight», Stella Serefoglou
26 «tokakis ή What’s My Name», Thanos Tokakis
27 «Under the Lake», Thanassis Trouboukis
28 «Magma», Lia Tsalta
29 «Chlorine», Thanos Psychogios
30 «5p.m. Seaside», Valentin Stejskal
The posters of the National Competition 2022
Τhe National Jury
Konstantine Giannaris
Aris Dimokidis
Ioakim Mylonas
Marina Gioti
Marcella Giannatou
Konstantine Giannaris (President)
Constantine Giannaris is a self-taught independent filmaker, writer who has worked in both the UK and Greece. His movies cover a wide spectrum, from early queer depictions of sexuality, the European migratory experience of the 90’s and 2000’s, dark political comedy, documentary, experimental super 8 film and photography. He has directed in the theatre and exhibited in galleries. His work has showcased in international film festivals and forums.
JEAN GENET IS DEAD 1989 / 35′
TROJANS 1990 / 35′
NORTH OF VORTEX 1991 / 58′
CAUGHT LOOKING 1991 / 35′
A PLACE IN THE SUN 1994 / 45′
3 STEPS TO HEAVEN – U.K. / 1995 / 90′
FROM THE EDGE OF THE CITY/APO TIN AKRI TIS POLIS– 1998 / 90′
ONE DAY IN AUGUST (DEKAPENTAVGOUSTOS) – 2001 / 106′
HOSTAGE (OMIROS) – 2005 / 100′
MAN AT SEA – 2011 / 92′
SPRING AWAKENING (XYPNIMA TIS ANOIXHS) – 2015 / 90′
TRAVELOGUES 1 & 2 / 90’/120′
Aris Dimokidis
Aris Dimokidis is a journalist, podcaster and author of children’s books. He was born in Thessaloniki and studied in London (BA in Media Culture and Communication, MA in Arts Heritage Management). He now resides in Chalkidiki, in Northern Greece, working for LIFO newspaper and website. He was Director of LIFO.gr up till 2017, when he created his own site “Mikropragmata”, within the LIFO brand. During the last few years he creates one podcast a week, aiming to present something of interest in each episode. He specializes in audio documentaries, utilizing archival material which he combines with research, new interviews and other primary material.
Ioakim Mylonas
Ioakim Mylonas was born in 1977. He studied BA (Hons) Communication with Film at Anglia Polytechnic University of Cambridge. He went on to do his MA in Film Directing at Northern Film School in Leeds where he graduated with distinction. His short films Chronos, Pharmakon, Oedipus and Greenhouse have participated in many film festivals around the world winning awards, with Pharmakon being the first Cypriot official participation in competition at Venice Film Festival. Festival Director of ‘International Short Film Festival of Cyprus’. Member of the board of Directors Guild of Cyprus. Member of the European Film Academy.
Marina Gioti
Marina Gioti is a Filmmaker and visual artist, born and based in Athens, Greece. In her works, comprised of documentary and experimental films, installations and media art works, she often revisits historical eras and stories, offering parallel re-readings to dominant narratives. Her work has been presented worldwide at festivals, including Berlinale, Toronto, Viennale, CPH:DOX, Transmediale, alongside museum shows and biennials such as the 5th Thessaloniki Biennial, Wroclaw Media Art Biennial and the 1st Anren Biennial in China. In 2017, she was a participating artist at Documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel, and a fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. Through 2019, she spent a year at IRCAM-Centre Pompidou, for the development of the audiovisual project Atlas-A Sound Cartography of Europe, a joint commission by IRCAM, ZKM-Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and Onassis Stegi. She is the laureate of the French Art and Environment prize Prix COAL 2022.
Marcella Giannatou
Born and raised in Corfu. After her graduation from Christos Tsagas Drama School “Palcoscenico”, she continued her studies in D.A.M.S. (Disciplines of the Arts, Music and Entertainment) at the Lettere e Filosofia (Philosophy and Literature) department of Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome. Since 2006 she has been working as an actress in cinema, theater and television. Since 2012 she has been teaching “Acting in Cinema” at the SAE Creative Media College in Athens.
Yannis Sakaridis
Head programmer in the National Competition of the 46th Drama International Short Film Festival. Artistic director of the festival, Film director. national@dramafilmfestival.gr
