PATISION AVENUE

PATISION AVENUE (13' | 2018) is an award-winning short film by Greek filmmaker Thanasis Neofotistos. Shot in a single long take, it premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and went on to win Best Film awards at Clermont-Ferrand, São Paulo, and Busan, while screening at over 100 festivals worldwide.

PATISION AVENUE marks the beginning of Neofotistos’ short film trilogy, followed by ROUTE-3 and completed with AIRHOSTESS-737.

SYNOPSIS

★★★★★
“Technical Marvel”
SIGHT&SOUND

Yannis' mum is on her way to audition for a role as Shakespeare’s Viola, when she discovers that her young son has been left home alone. Through a series of phone calls, she fights to balance the most important roles of her life, whilst walking in the most controversial area of central Athens, Patision Avenue.

INTRO

★★★★★
“Masterclass"
SHORT OF WEEK

SHORT FILM | 13' | 2018

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