Agora Market Manual 2010

Agora/Market Manual - 51st Thessaloniki IFF-2010Film Market194El Dorado 29’PANAYOTOPOULOU Penny, Greece, 1988Hellas FilmsLAZARI Evievi.lazari@gfc.gr+30 210 364 8007An old drunkard who lives in an abandoned train station, ayoung man drifting aimlessly, a street urchin who wandersabout, a woman traveling by train with her son. A commonquest, their thirst for voyages, their desire to escape their loneliness.But Eldorado, the promised land, has come with time tomean the object of every quest which bears no fruit.Balkan Fund Participants Previous Works191The Flight of the Swan 102’TZIMAS Nikos, Greece, 2010ATHENS FILMS PRODUCTIONBORSTEN Joaninfo@joconda.gr+30 694 737 0670The Flight of the Swan is the flight of our soul to freedom, tobeauty, to the magic of nature and love. It is the amazing storyof a “golden boy” whom a multinational made king in exchangefor his soul. In the vertigo of success, he leaves behind hisvalues, his friends, his family, even the love of his life.179Frost 60’PITSAKIS George, Greece, 2010In Piraeus of the 1930s, a drunkard breaks into a house andrapes a young woman. She owns a strange mirror which ispassed on to other women, causing them horrible accidents.PITSAKIS Georgegeorgepitsakis@freemail.gr+30 6944 913 909180Fyodor 82’SOLDATOS Giannis, Greece, 2010Artplex Attica S.AKOSSIVAKIS Velissariosnewstarcine@gmail.com+30 210 95 12 991A writer, drawn along the lines of Dostoevsky, is told by his femalepublisher that he must write and deliver his new bookwithin one month. He is facilitated in many different ways andprovided with all kinds of sources of inspiration, yet the authoris living his own, personal drama.232Gold Dust 85’MANDA Margarita, Greece, 2009Greek Film CenterZAKOPOULOU IlianaIliana.zakopoulou@gfc.gr+30 30 210 367 8500Athens. A city under constant construction building its newface by eradicating all traces of its past. A question on the debtof memory and the debt of oblivion. Three heroes confront thatsplit moment in time between coming-of-age and the youthfulvision of the world. Acceptance and reconciliation. A new beginning.86