ARIA (2017)
Short Narrative Film (14'min)
Written and Directed by Myrsini Aristidou
Festivals
74. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia - Orizzonti Corti.
Synopsis
Athens, today. Seventeen-year-old Aria, who is working at Jimmy's local kebab place is waiting for a driving lesson with her father.
Starring
Chrysa Platsatoura, Audrey Giacomini, Yiannis Stankoglou, Takis Spyridakis
Production
1.61 FILMS and Topshot Films
Associate Producers
Virgina Attala Vivanco and Patrick Solvay
With the generous support of
The Spike Lee Film Production Fund
Canal +, Region île de France, CNC - COSIP
Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus
SEMELE (2015)
Short Narrative Film (13'min)
Produced, Written, Directed and Edited by Myrsini Aristidou
Festivals
40th Toronto International Film Festival - Short Cuts
Berlinale Gerneration Kplus 2016 (Jury Prize Best Short Film)
Tribeca Film Festival, 2016
LA Film Festival 2016
Tampere Film Festival 2017
Aspen Shortsfest, 2016
International Short Film Festival of Oberhausen, 2016
Maryland Film Festival 2016
Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 2016
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2016
London Short Film Festival 2017
*more on www.semelefilm.com
Synopsis
Semele will do anything to spend some time with her long absent father. A school note becomes just the excuse for her to visit him at his workplace, where her presence highlights their fragile relationship.
Starring
Yiannis Stankoglou, Vasiliki Kokkoliadi, Paris Aristides, Athos Antoniou, Kimwnas Apostolopoulos, Sara Pitsikali
Cypriot director/screenwriter Myrsini Aristidou is currently in postproduction with her debut featureHold onto Me / Κράτα Με, which is a coproduction between Cyprus, Denmark and Greece made in joint participation with the United States.
Cast: Christos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa
Short Synopsis: It’s summer, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond - imperfect, yet poignant.
Filmblades (Cyprus) and One Six One Films (Cyprus) are producing the film in coproduction with Fredo Pictures (Denmark), Graal S.A (Greece), with the support from the Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, ERT (Greek TV Channel), the Danish Film Institute, the Greek Film Center, the Black Family Grant of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Pleasant Bay Pictures, the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab - Emerging Filmmaker Award, and Mango Productions.
The producers are Monica Nicolaidou, Myrsini Aristidou, Anders N.U Berg, Konstantina Stavrianou and Rena Vougioukalou. Mark Hollinger and Thomas J. Mangan IV (USA) are executive producers.
