SUNRISE IN KIMERIA
Where: PANTHEON CINEMA NICOSIA
When: 10/10/2019 - 23/10/2019
Tickets: €8 | €6 (kids, students, pensioners)
Language: Greek with English Subtitles
About the event:
The award-winning film “Sunrise in Kimmeria” by Simon Farmakas is a drama-comedy taking place in a particularly remote Mediterranean village, wedged between a military buffer zone and a decadent tourist resort. It tells the story of a mild-mannered young villager who gets caught in tragicomic circumstances, when a strange sphere, tracked by a foreign intelligence agency, crash-lands into his potato field. The film participated in many International Film Festivals and received many awards. For more information visit: http://sunriseinkimmeria.com/
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More about the event:
Skevos and his family are in debt to a local loan-shark, and Skevos works hard to repay him. When a strange object tracked by an international intelligence agency, crashes into his field,
inside a U.N. controlled area, his debtor, Pambos, a.k.a. “The Shark”, offers to cut 10% off Skevos’ debt if he takes the object to him. The village goes into tragicomic overload as the young farmer unwisely digs it out, setting off a chain of unexpected events. Narrated with a slight nostalgic note, the film is a hybrid folk tale that blends a tableau of village characters with the portrait of an individual struggling to stand up for himself and make a difference.
“Sunrise in Kimmeria”, won the “Best Cypriot Film” award at the Cyprus Film Days International Festival in 2018.
CREDITS
SIMON FARMAKAS
An award-winning Cypriot writer and film director. He has twice won the Best Cypriot film award and has flourished in Cypriot and international filmmaking since the participation of his first short film, “Airport for sale”, at the 53rd Oberhausen Film Festival in 2007.
“I am in love with Cyprus’ rural part of the population and their way of life. I find the straightforwardness of the village folk, and their kind cordiality, all the while strenuously leading their harsh day-to-day routines, immensely inspirational.
I have always wanted to make a film that would portray this humble setting, and somehow rival it to more conventional ways, within the framework of a rudimentary narrative.
The style of the film, and its multifaceted approach, with its messy, peculiar but contemplated shape, is very much like myself. I am indebted to my friends and family for their support, the actors and non-actors that took part in this peripatetic journey of discovery, sometimes even meandering off of the more conventional narrative paths, exploring and embracing the authenticity of the village folk I admire so much”
| Associate Writer | Nicos Panagiotopoulos |
| Producer | Antonis Farmakas |
| Producer | Stefanos Farmakas |
| Line Producer | Panayiotis Kalakos |
| Associate Producer | Kika Hadjikoumi |
| Associate Producer | Constantinos Nikiforou |
| Production Manager | Alexis Nicolaidis |
| Assistant Production Manager | Dimitris Taliotis |
| Production Assistant | Eleni Nikolaou |
| Production Assistant | Giorgos Spiris |
| Production Assistant | Andrew Lazarou |
| Production Assistant | Sasha Kovasevic |
| 1st AD | Katerina Barbatsalou |
| 2nd AD | Zenon Hadjipavlou |
| Script Continuity | Christina Tryfonos |
| DOP | Vladimir Subotic |
| 1st Camera Assistant | Stefan Betz |
| 2nd Camera Assistant | Kyriacos Mosfiliotis |
| DIT | Panicos Petridis |
| Gaffer | Peter Kramer |
| Best Boy Gaffer | Robert Bartz |
| Electrician | Harry Trakoshis |
| Grip | Agamemnonas Zakos |
| Best Boy Grip | George Trakoshis |
| Production Designer | Lisa Tsouloupa |
| Art Director | Constantina Andreou |
| Assistant Set Dresser | Elena Katsari |
| Props Master/Set Dresser | Savvas Keleshis |
| Standby Props | Maria Efstathiou |
| Costume Designer | Caterina Takka |
| Wardrobe | Joanna Syrimi |
| Sound Engineer | Christos Kyriacoullis |
| Boom Operator | Stavros Terlikkas |
| Catering | Evita Brolisa |
| Make-up Artist | Evi Zafiropoullou |
| Hair Stylist | Eleni Vavanou |
| Editor | Aliki Panagi, Simon Farmakas |
| Music | Adonis Aletras |
| Soundtrack Vocals | Sophia Patsalides |
