GREECE Production Listings - July 18 2003

Copyright: Screen International

DON'T ASK, EVERYTHING IS THERE (min rotas, ola einai ekei)
(The Greek Film Centre, P Karamanos Ltd) Budget: e590,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Dist: New Star. Psychological drama. A young woman is unable to form steady relationships as she is still under the spell of her father. Exec prod/co-prod/dir/scr/ed: George Konstantinopoulos. Prod: Panos Karamanos. Main cast: Marina Boura. Shooting from early autumn 2003.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

DUST (i skoni)
(The Greek Film Centre, Tassos Psarras Productions, ET 1 TV) Screenlandia Sro (Czech Rep). Budget: e1.3m. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Drama. A middle-aged man is forced to reconsider his life while he investigates his late father's political and social activities. Exec prod: Haris Kontorouhas. Prod/dir/scr: Tassos Psarras. Main cast: Sofoklis Peppas, Giorgos Armenis, Themis Bazaka, Ilias Logothetis, Katia Gerou. Shooting from Aug 27 for seven weeks in Athens and northern Greece, Prague and Sofia.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

HARD CORE
(IdeeFixe, The Greek Film Centre, Odeon SA) Budget: e600,000. Int'l sales: IdeeFixe, The Greek Film Centre. Dist: Odeon. Drama. Two teenage girls support themselves through prostitution. Exec prod: Iraklis Mavroidis. Prod: Fenia Kosovitsa. Dir/scr: Denis Iliades. Main cast: Katerina Tsavalou. Shooting from from Aug 18 for eight weeks in Athens.
Contact: IdeeFixe, (30) 210 674 3375

WHAT A NICE DRESS, GEORGE (ti oraio to foustani sou giorgo mou)
(The Greek Film Centre, Nick-S Movies, ET1 TV, Tania Bokomilova Prods [Bul]). Budget: e 500,000. Backer: Eurimages. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Social drama. The life of a gay man. Prod: Nikos Sekeris. Dir: Giannis Diamantopoulos. Scr: Panos Papadopoulos. Main cast: Lidia Koniordou, Christos Loulis, Elektra Papathemeli. Shooting from Aug 5 for nine weeks in Athens, Crete, Morocco and Paris.
Contact: Nick-S Movies, (30) 694 472 5301

BRIDES (i nyfes)
(The Greek Film Centre, Alco Films, CL Productions, Cinegram, Alpha TV, Cappa Productions [US], KG Productions [Fr]) Budget: e3m. Backers: Eurimages, European Script Fund. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre, Bristol Media International. Dist: Odeon. Drama. The love story between a young Greek seamstress and an American photographer aboard a transatlantic liner taking 700 mail-order brides from the Balkans to New York during summer 1992. Exec prod: Martin Scorsese. Prods: Barbara de Fina, Pandelis Voulgaris, Terry Dougas. Dir: Voulgaris. Scr: Ioanna Karystiani. Main cast: Victoria Charalambidou, Damian Lewis, Andrea Ferreol, Steven Berkoff, Evi Saoulidou. Shooting from May 29 for nine weeks in Athens and Crete.
Contact: CL Productions, (30) 210 642 2216

HANG UPS (kolymata)
(Orpheo Film, The Greek Film Centre, ET 1 TV) Budget: e500,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Dist: New Star. Comedy. A group of people, descended from Greeks left-wingers who fled after the 1940s Civil War, return to try and find a new life in multi-cultural Athens. Exec prod: Nikos Nikoletos. Prod/dir/scr: Takis Touliatos. Main cast: Dimitra Chatoupi, Giannis Bostanzoglou, Gerasimos Skiadaresis. Shooting from June 9 for seven weeks in Athens.
Contact: Orpheo Film, (30) 210 959 9602

THE UNDEFINED (oi aprosdioristoi)
(Anima Films) Budget: e 500,000. Int'l sales: Anima Films. Comedy. The adventures of five young university graduates searching for a job. Prod: Panagiotis Petropoulos. Dir/scr: Nikos Zapatinas. Main cast: Panagiota Vlanti, Kassandra Vogiatzi. Shooting from July 18 for nine weeks in Athens.
Contact: Anima Films, (30) 210 756 8970

ATLAS (olo to varos tou kosmou)
(The Greek Film Centre, Fantasia-Optikoakoustiki) Budget: e 420,000. Backer: ET 1 TV. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Dist (Gr): Rosebud. Drama comedy. Twelve people confront each other during a monster Athens traffic jam. Prod/dir/scr: Thanos Anastopoulos. Main cast: Nikos Kouris, Maria Zorba, Nikos Georgakis, Thanos Samaras, Anna Masha, Ioanna Tsirigouli.
Contact: Fantasia-Optikoakoustiki, (30) 210 921 0882

THE BRAVES OF SAMOTHRAKI (oi genaioi tis samothrakis)
(The Greek Film Centre, Midnight Movies Ltd, ET1 TV) Budget: e620,000. Backer: The Ministry of Defence. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Satire. The hilarious adventures of a group of conscripts during an unexpected general mobilisation. Prod/dir: Stamatis Tsarouhas. Main cast: Renos Haralambidis, Dimitris Piatas, Kostas Santas, Tasos Palantzidis, Stavros Nikolaides.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

CHAMBER No 3 (thalamos 3)
(The Greek Film Centre, Accelere, Costas Ainian) Budget: e203,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Drama. An hospitalised middle-aged actor recalls his life as a child. Exec prod: George Mouzakitis. Prod/dir: Costas Ainian. Main cast: Antonis Vlisidis, Dimitris Tzinieris, Vasilis Karvounis, Maria Tzelalidou.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

ES. PRESS.O
(The Greek Film Centre, Anima Films, ET1 TV, Alpha TV) Budget: e587,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Satire. A group of young people and their relations running through three parallel stories taking place in a big city. Exec prod: Costas Lambropoulos. Prod: Dionyssis Samiotis. Dir: Dinos Mavroidis. Main cast: Pemy Zouni, Vladimiros Kyriakidis, Efi Mouriki, Giorgos Karamichos, Konstantinos Markoulakis.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

HEAVY AND UNHEALTHY OCCUPATION (varea kai anthiigina) (working title)
(The Greek Film Centre, CL Productions, ET 1 TV, Advisory Cinema Committee of Cyprus [Cyp]) Budget: e300,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Drama. A war hero faces hostility in his village. Prod: Costas Lambropoulos. Dir: Antonis Papadopoulos. Main cast: Antonis Antoniou, Pashalis Tsarouhas, Nena Menti, Nikos Zoiopoulos, Regina Pandelidi.
Contact: CL Productions, (30) 210 642 2216

THE INN (hani)
(The Greek Film Centre, Nick-S Movies, ET1 TV) Budget: e300,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Period drama. The adventures of two Greek merchants forced to flee Istanbul. Prod: Nikos Sekeris. Dir/scr: George Bakolas. Main cast: Dimitris Alexandris, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, Giorgos Morogiannis, Mihalis Giannatos, Aspasia Alevra.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

LOVE ME (na m'agapas-balanta gia ena pringipa)
(Arcadia Productions) Budget: e150,000. Drama. The real-life story of a local rock musician. Exec prod: Agis Dimitropoulos. Prod: Alekos Papageorgiou. Dir: Andreas Thomopoulos. Main cast: Giannis Vouros, Anthony Berg, Betty Livanou, Kasandra Vogiatzi, Renos Haralambidis.
Contact: Arcadia Productions, (30) 210 615 2546 ext 535

MARITAL TORPOR (gamilia narki)
(The Greek Film Centre, CL Productions) Budget: e530,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Comedy. A young man and his new bride run into problems. Prod: Costas Lambropoulos. Dir: Dimitris Indares. Main cast: Alexandros Logothetis, Fanis Mouratidis, Natalia Stylianou, Ana Dimitrievic.
Contact: CL Productions, (30) 210 642 2216

NIGHT EYES (aka sun and rain) (matia apo nyhta)
(The Greek Film Centre, CL Productions, ET 1 TV, Tonikon, Filmnet) Budget: e1m. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Dist: Prooptiki. Drama. A man and woman pick up a hitch-hiker who then falls for the woman. Prod: Costas Lambropoulos. Dir/scr: Pericles Hoursoglou. Main cast: Giannis Karatzogiannis, Vangelio Andreadaki, Ekavi Douma, Spiros Stavrinidis.
Contact: CL Productions, (30) 210 64 22 216

OXYGEN (oxigono)
(Safe Company, Odeon, Mega Channel, Filmnet, The Greek Film Centre) Budget: e560,000. Int'l sales: Safe Company. Dist: Odeon. Drama. A kidnapping hits a provincial town. Exec prod: Roula Nikolaou. Prod: Elena Hadzialexandrou. Dir/scr: Mihalis Reppas, Thanassis Papathanasiou. Main cast: Nena Menti, Mary Kavogianni, Joyce Evidi, Alexis Georgoulis, Akilas Karazisis.
Contact: Safe Company, (30) 69 3601 7090

PLAYING PARTS (oi theatrines)
(The Greek Film Centre, CL Productions) Budget: e500,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Period drama. A love story unfolds during the Byzantine era. Prod: Costas Lambropoulos. Dir: Panagiotis Portokalakis. Main cast: Lena Kitsopoulou, Kostas Karamihos, Maria Protopapa.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

RED THURSDAY (kokini pempti)
(The Greek Film Centre, ET 1 TV, Christos Siopachas, Advisory Cinema Committee of Cyprus, Arktinos Ltd [Cyp], Studio Classica [Russ]). Budget: e1.1m. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Drama. A Greek sheep-smuggler and a Russian petty crook go on the run. Prod/dir/scr: Christos Siopachas. Main cast: Pashalis Tsarouchas, Claire Day, Christopher Miles, Serge Vonigradof, Dimitris Tzoumakis.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

A SONG IS NOT ENOUGH (ena tragoudi den einai arketo)
(The Greek Film Centre, CL Productions, Filmnet) Budget: e530,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Dist (Gr): Rosebud. Sentimental drama. The conflicting relationship between a young woman and her divorced parents. Prod: Costas Lambropoulos. Dir/scr: Elisabeth Chronopoulou. Main cast: Gogo Brebou, Fenia Papadodima, George Kokiasmenos.
Contact: CL Productions, (30) 210 642 2216

A TOUCH OF SPICE (politiki kouzina)
(Village Roadshow Productions Hellas, Cinegram, PPV, ANS Int'l [Tur], MC2 [Fr]) Budget: e1.5m. Int'l sales: Village Roadshow. Dist: Warner Roadshow (Gr). Drama. A young boy is forced, with his family, to leave his native Istanbul after the expulsion of the 1960s. Prod: Dionyssis Samiotis, Lily Papadopoulos. Dir/scr: Tassos Boulmetis. Main cast: George Corraface, Tamer Karadagli, Basak Koklukaya, Jeroklis Michailides, Renia Louizidou.
Contact: Village Roadshow Productions, (30) 210 270 4818

TRILOGY No 1 - THE WEEPING MEADOW (to livadi pou dakrizei)
Prod: Theo Angelopoulos Productions (Greece) Studio Canal, (Fr), Classic Films (Italy). Budget: e5m. Backers: The Greek Film Centre, The Athens 2004 Cultural Olympics programme, Gorki Studios (Rus), Telefilm (Can), WDR (Ger). Int'l sales: Theo Angelopoulos, The Greek Film Centre. Drama. The first part of the Theo Angelopoulos trilogy which follows a couple forced by wars and historical developments to travel around the world throughout the century. Exec prod: Costas Lambropoulos. Prod/dir: Theo Angelopoulos. Co-prod: Amedeo Pagani. Main cast: Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanides.
Contact: Theo Angelopoulos Productions, (30) 210 383 9120

WOMAN IN DISGUISE (metamfiesmeni gynaika)
(The Greek Film Centre, ET 1 Public TV, Aristopoulos Prods. Budget: e205,000 Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Drama. The life of a middle-aged woman partly inspired by August Strinberg's Miss Julie. Exec prod: Alexandros Aristopoulos. Prod/dir/scr: Kostas Aristopoulos. Main cast: Maria Koubani, Angeliki Papathremeli, Mihail Marmarinos, Akilas Karazisis, Kostas Kappas.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007

YOU CRY (klais)
(The Greek Film Centre, Alco Films, ET 1 TV. Budget: e100,000. Int'l sales: The Greek Film Centre. Comedy. A boy and girl try to establish a relationship against the difficult background of the big city. Exec prod: Alexandros Aristopoulos. Prod/dir/scr: Alexandros Voulgaris. Co-prod: Pandelis Voulgaris. Main cast: Argiris Thanasoulas, Nadia Papatheodorou, Ekavi Douma, Nikos Giannikos, Giannis Bostantzoglou.
Contact: The Greek Film Centre, (30) 210 364 8007