FRIDAY 15 Feb. 2019
at 20.00
Communitism, Keramikou 28, Athens
The Great Eastern
Written and directed by Lakis & Aris Ionas / The Callas
duration 84’
After the screening a Q&A will follow with the directors.
Free Entrance
Isolation, Hope, Lust and Darkness. Five people standing like trees, waiting on a rocky isolated island for the ocean liner The Great Eastern to pick them up in a journey towards hope. A young butterfly flies between them and fucks everything up.
Having as our starting point the whole body of work of Andreas Embirikos and his surrealist references, but mostly, his magnum opus, «The Great Eastern», our film is about the state of anticipating Utopia – Love. This transitional space between everyday life and the upcoming Utopia for which we
strive for, is what we are trying to explore with our film. The space where the «Old World» remains «Old» with its weaknesses and its darkness. Where the «New World» is ready to rise. Where the human weakness is expressed with the most
powerful force. It is there that Love is equally Human and Divine.
Irini IRO SOFOULAKI
Andreas DIMITRIS POLITAKIS
Lora KATIA DIMOPOULOU
Sara VALISIA ODELL
Elias ELIAS PAPAZACHARIAS
Producers
LAKIS & ARIS IONAS
Executive Producer
VENIA VERGOU
Production
THE STUDIO ART PROJECTS
With the financial support of the GREEK FILM CENTER
Co-producers
HAOS Film
ATHENS FILMMAKERS’ CO-OPERATIVE
Director of Photography
DIMITRIS KOTSELIS
Assistant Director of Photography
ARGYRIS TSEPELIKAS
Editors
DIMITRIS KOTSELIS / LAKIS &ARIS IONAS
Sound Recordist
NIKOS TRIANTAFYLLOU
Sound Design
NIKOS TRIANTAFYLLOU
Sound Recordist Studio
SONIC PLAYGROUND
Art Supervision
NADJA ARGYROPOULOU
Music Composed & Performed by
LEE RANALDO & THE CALLAS
Color Grading
MATT JOHNSON / HAOS FILM
Post Production
HAOS FILM
DCP Mastering
HAOS FILM
Special Effects
GEORGE ZAFIRIS
CHRYSOULA KOROVESI
Photos
AGGELOS KALTSIS
Graphic Design
ANDA THEODORAKAKI
IRINI ZOGRAFOU
With the kind support of DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art and Leonidas
Embirikos.