What we ask of a statue is that it doesn’t move
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Production year2024
Runtime32 min
Synopsis
Nothing seems to be moving in Athens and the people are as still as statues. But elsewhere in the city, a caryatid escapes the museum and a small groupuscule demands the destruction of all antiquities. Perhaps filming is the only way to avoid turning into stone.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (13)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Bocalupo Films, Quartett Production
- Foreign production company : Allonsanfàn Films
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriter : Daphné Hérétakis
- Directors of Photography : Daphné Hérétakis, Robin Fresson
- Music Composer : Kornilios Selamsis
- Assistant director : Christina Lekkaki
- Editors : Daphné Hérétakis, Kostas Samaras, Jean Costa
- Sound recordists : Dimitra Xeroutsikou, Nikol Assimosi
- Costume designer : Christina Lardikou
- Voice-over : Daphné Hérétakis
- Assistant Operator : Irini Zevgoli
- Production manager : Maria Xydaki
- Sound Editor : Alexandre Hecker
- Grader : Nikos Koronidis
- Sound Mixer : Simon Apostolou
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Research - Experimental
- Themes : Countries, History, Politics, Identity, Society
- Production language : Greek
- Premier pays de production : France
- Coproducer countries : France (51.0%), Greece (49.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Greece)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 32 min
- Visa number : 159.411
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
Selections (6)
Awards (3)
Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF)
Greece, 2024
Award for Best Film from Southern and Eastern Europe
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