GREEK
SCHOOL PRAYER

GREEK SCHOOL PRAYER (20' | 2014), his graduation short film and a deeply personal story, explores adolescence, conformity, and the silent violence of bullying within the Greek educational system. The film received the Golden Dionysus Award for Best Greek Short Film at the Drama International Short Film Festival and has since been used as an educational tool in schools across Greece, addressing issues of diversity and inclusion. Over time, it has found its most meaningful audience in the students themselves, while also reaching a wider audience with over 2.5 million views online.

SYNOPSIS

★★★★★
“Unforgettable”
LIFO

In Dimitris’ high school, Vassilis and his friends, a group of bullies, terrorize him. When Dimitris learns that he must deliver the morning prayer in front of the entire school, Vassilis becomes an inescapable presence in his mind. As he stands before the students, and before him, their search for identity through violence forces them to confront their limits.

INTRO

★★★★★
“Powerfull"
EURONEWS

SHORT FILM | PROSEFHI | 20' | 2014

TRAILER

DIRECTOR'S NOTE

"PROSEFHI: GREEK SCHOOL PRAYER" is a short narrative film that negotiates, using bullying in the background, the transition to the difficult phase of puberty and its revelations. The actors chosen were amateurs, students of this age. The filming took place at the Gerakas high school of Arts. In order to capture the tension in the relationship of the main characters (Vassilis-Dimitris), camera is almost permantly at their Point Of View.
-Thanasis-

SPECS

FUN FACTS

● Shot with ALEXA ARRI
● No music & sound libraries were used.
● The film shot in Artistic High School of Gerakas.
● The protagonist were 14 & 15 years old.
● The film was a graduation film for the A.M.C (AKMI Metropolitan College) & Q.M.U (Queen Margaret Univercity).

STILLS

BACKSTAGE

MAKING-OF

FILM DIRECTION
Thanasis Neofotistos

SCREENPLAY
Thanasis Neofotistos
Grigoris Skarakis

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ilias Adamis

EDITING
Chronis Theocharis

CAST
Christos Karavevas as Dimitris
Stelios Karambinas as Vassilis

SOUND
Alejandro Cabrera

PRODUCTION
Kyriakos Chatzimichailidis (T-ShOrt)
Thanasis Neofotistos (NF-Films)
Production Manager
Iro Adracta

CREDITS

PRESS

LIFO | INTERVIEW | GR

SHORT-STORIES |INTERVIEW | GR

FLIX | INTERVIEW | GR

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● HIGHLIGHTS:
• GOLDEN DIONYSUS AWARD, 1st prize at 37th DRAMA DISFF.
• ENCOUNTERS ISFF 21st, Official Selection, 2015 UK.
• SAO PAULO ISFF 26th, Official Selection, 2015 Brazil.
• RAINDANCE IFF 23rd, Official Selection, 2015 UK.
• MUNICH IFF SCHOOL 35th, Official Selection, 2015 Germany.
• BEST SOUND AWARD: at DRAMA ISFF 37th, 2014 Greece.
• BEST PHOTOGRAPHY: Athens Digital IFF, OS 2015, Greece.
• GREEK ACADEMY: Nom best Greek Short Film 2015.
• GOLDEN ODYSSEUS AWARD: 1st prize at 8th London GISFF.
• AUDIENCE CHOISE: FANDEPENDENT, ISFF OS Online 2017.

• HONORABLE MENTION: ATHENS IFF 20th, 2014 Greece.
• SPECIAL MENTION: Short Of The Year, OS ISFF 2016.
& More | Awards | 70 IFF |