2014
Greece - France - Belgium
128min - DCP - 1.85 - Color
Original language: Greek
Cast
Kostas Nikouli
Nikos Gelia
Credits
Director: Panos H.Koutras
Writers: Panos H.Koutras, Panagiotis Evangelidis
Image: Helene Louvart (AFC), Simos Sarketzis (GSC)
Editing: Yorgos Lamprinos
Music: Delaney Blue
Production companies: 100% Synthetic Films, Wrong Men
Co-production companies: MPM Film, Entre Chien et Loup
Festivals & Awards
AWARDS
Mix Milano 2014 -Special Mention
Queer Lisboa 2014 - Best Actor (Kostas Nikouli)
Rio International Film Festival 2014 - FELIX Award
Chicago International Film Festival 2014 - Gold Q Hugo Film Award
Gijon International Film Festival 2014- - Special Prize of the Jury
Unabhängiges FilmFest Osnabrück 2014 - Public Award
Hellenic Annual Academy Awards 2015 – 6 Awards
FESTIVALS 2014
Cannes Film Festival - UN CERTAIN REGARD
49th Karlovy Vary IFF
New Horizons IFF
Toronto Intl Film Festival
Helsinki Intl' Film Festival - Love & Anarchy
Everybody's Perfect Festival - Geneve LGBT FF
Reykjavik International Film Festival
Rio Intl Film Festival
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
MIX Milano
Queer Lisboa
Greek Film Fesitval in Australia
QUEERSICHT Filmfestival, Switzerland
Bratislava Film Festival
Mix Brasil
Tallin Black Nights Film Festival
Chennai International Film Festival
IFFI Goa
Gijon Film Festival
FESTIVALS 2015
Pink Life Queer Film Festival Turkey
38th Göteborg International Film Festival
Brisbane Queer Film Festival
Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney
Melbourne Queer
French Film Festival in Budapest
Vilnius – Kinopavasaris Lithuania
Dublin Greek Film Festival
TLV Fest, Israël
Tokyo Intl GLBT
ASTERISCO INTERNATIONAL LGBTIQ FILM FESTIVAL, Argentina
Vancouver Queer
XENIA
a film by :Panos H. Koutras
After the death of their mother, Dany, 16, leaves Crete to join his older brother, Odysseas, who lives in Athens. Born from an Albanian mother and a Greek father they never met, the two brothers, strangers in their own country, decide to go to Thessaloniki to look for their father and force him to officially recognize them. At the same time in Thessaloniki, is held the selection for the cult show, “Greek Star.” Dany dreams that his brother Odysseas, a gifted singer, could become the new star of the contest, in a country that refuses to accept them.
A la mort de leur mère, Dany et son frère Odysseas, 16 et 18 ans, prennent la route d’Athènes à Thessalonique pour retrouver leur père, un Grec qu’ils n’ont jamais connu. Albanais par leur mère, ils sont étrangers dans leur propre pays et veulent quece père les reconnaisse pour obtenir la nationalité grecque. Dany et Ody se sont aussi promis de participer à un populaire concours de chant qui pourrait rendre leur vie meilleure. Ce voyage mettra à l’épreuve la force de leurs liens, leur part d’enfance et leur amour des chansons italiennes.
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