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

DIRECTOR'S NOTE

"PATISION AVENUE is my attempt to understand my mother; a creature of admirable sensitivity, torn between her female nature, stereotypes about women and her true desires. What I can now see is that she tried hard winning battles but losing others. As a Filmmaker, this short was my personal Everest; a demanding single-long-take-shot in central Athens!"
-Thanasis-

TRAILER

TITLE: PATISION AVENUE
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ: ΛΕΩΦΟΡΟΣ ΠΑΤΗΣΙΩΝ
TYPE: Short Film
GENRE: Drama | Long-Take
RUNTIME: 13 min
YEAR: 2018
FORMAT: 2K | 2:35:1 | 5:1 Sound | DCP
COUNTRY: Greece (Greek)
HASHTAG: #PatisionAvenue #OneTake

SPECS

STILLS

BACKSTAGE

MAKING-OF

DIRECTOR
Thanasis Neofotistos

WRITER
Yorgos Angelopoulos
Thanasis Neofotistos
Pavlos Sifakis

PRODUCER
Ioanna Bolomyti

PRODUCTION
Argonauts Productions S.A.
NF-Films

SALES
RADIATOR IP SALES

CAST
Marina Symeou

DOP
Yannis Fotou G.S.C.

EDITOR
Panos Angelopoulos

ART DIRECTOR & COSTUMES
Eva Gaitanidou

ASSOSCIATE PRODUCER
Kyveli Short

SOUND & SOUND DESIGN
Alejandro Cabrera

CREDITS

PRESS

SHORT OF WEEK | REVIEW | ENG

SIGHT&SOUND | REVIEW | ENG

LIGO | INTERVIEW | GR

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FUN FACTS

● Single Long-Take-Shot.
● Filmed with ALEXA MINI.
● The Project has been to ESP 2016.
● Only live sounds were used in the film.
● An extract from the play "Twelfth Night" by W.Shakespeare is heard in the film.
● The film took 3 months of rehearsals and only one final long-take shot to complete.

● 75th VENICE Film Festival | World Premiere
● 41st CLERMONT-FERRAND
Best Film Canal+ | Special Jury Award
● 36th BUSAN ISFF | Ecxellence Award
● 30th SAO PAOLO ISFF | Best Film
● 54th CHICAGO International Film Festival
● 68th MELBOURNE International Film Festival
● 47th FNC MONTREAL Du Nouveau Cinema
● 25th ENCOUNTERS Int'l Short Film Festival
● 49th TAMPERE International SFF
● 22nd POFF Shorts-Black Nights IFF
● 31th MINIMALEN Short Film Festival
● 31st DRESDEN ISFF | Opening Film
● 31st AGUILAR IFF | Best Director
● 44th CLEVELAND Int'l Film Festival
● NOMINATION European Film Awards 2019
● NOMINATION Greek Film Academy 2019
● VIMEO STAFF PICKS 2020
● SHORT OF THE WEEK 2020
● More than 100 International Film Festival Competitions