ARIA / APIA
A film by: Myrsini Aristidou
Athens, today. Seventeen-year-old Aria, who is working at Jimmy’s local kebab place is waiting for a driving lesson with her father. When he nally arrives, it is not to go for a drive; on the contrary, he con des in her the care of a young Chinese immigrant who speaks neither Greek nor English.
Country: Cyprus, France
Length: 13’35″
Completion: 09/2017
Genre: fiction
Themes: Drama, Youth, Migration, Family
Screening format: DCP, H264, ProRes
Spoken language: Greek
Subtitles: English, French, Italian
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Festivals:
- Venice International Film Festival, Italy (30 August – 9 September, 2017)
Orrizonti - Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy, Finland (14 – 24 September, 2017)
Emerging Talents - Philadelphia Film Festival, United States (19 – 28 October, 2017)
Official Competition - Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden (8 – 19 November, 2017)
Short Film Competition - Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia (10 – 18 November, 2017)
Out of Competition: Venice International Film Festival spotlight - International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium (2 – 9 December, 2017)
European Competition - Sundance Film Festival, United States (18 – 28 January, 2018)
Short Film Competition - Trieste Film Festival, Italy (19 – 28 January, 2018)
Short Film Competition - First Run Film Festival, United States (2 March, 2018)
- Sharm El Sheikh Film Festival, Egypt (3 – 9 March, 2017)
Short Film Competition Won: Best Film Award - Tampere Film Festival, Finland (7 – 11, March 2018)
International Competition - Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey (19 – 29 March, 2018)
International Competition Won: Best International Short Film Prize - Aspen ShortsFest, United States (3 – 8 April, 2018)
Official Competition - Athens International Film and Video Festival, United States (9 – 15 April, 2018)
Official Selection Won: Special Jury Mention - Ashland Independent Film Festival, United States (12 – 16 April, 2018)
Official Selection - Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, United States (12 – 18 April, 2018)
Official Selection - Sarasota Film Festival, United State (13 – 22 April, 2018)
Official Selection - Brussels Short Film Festival, Belgium (25 April – 6 May, 2018)
International Competition - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (3 – 8 May, 2018)
Children’s and Youth Film Competition - VIS Vienna Shorts, Austria (29 May – 4 June, 2018)
International Competition Fiction & Documentary - Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, United States (6 – 10 June, 2018)
Short Film Competition - Cinema in Sneakers – Film Festival for Children & Youth, Poland (7 – 17 June, 2018)
Youth Short Film Competition - Art Film Fest, Slovakia (15 – 23 June, 2018)
International Competition of Short Films - FEST New Directors New Films Festival, Portugal (18 – 25 June, 2018)
Official Competition - Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove, Spain (22 – 29 June, 2018)
Short Film Competition & Educational Screenings - Outdoor Short Film Festival of Grenoble, France (3 – 7 July, 2018)
Official Competition - Red Eye Festival, United Stated (14 – 17 July, 2018)
Shorts night - Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico (20 – 29 July, 2018)
Official Selection Won: Award for Women In Film & TV - Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine (6 – 12 August, 2018)
Out of competition - Still Voices Festival, United States (16 – 19 August, 2018)
Official Selection - Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany (16 – 20 August, 2018)
Official Selection - FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia (20 – 25 August, 2018)
Special program: East of Eden - Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Mexico (21 – 26 August, 2018)
International Short Film Competition - Bueu International Short Film Festival, Spain (7 – 15 September, 2018)
Panorama - Quebec City Film Festival, Canada (13 – 22 September, 2018)
Official Selection - Jameson CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary (14 – 23 Septenber, 2018)
Short Film Competition - International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece (16 – 22 September, 2018)
National Competition Honorary Distinction for Editing - Athens International Film Festival, Greece (19 – 30 September, 2018)
Greek Short Film Competition - Middle Coast Film Festival, United States (21 – 23 September, 2018)
Official Selection - Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers Festival, Macedonia (22 – 29 September, 2018)
Official Competition - Olhares do Mediterrâneo, Portugal (27 – 30 September, 2018)
Official Selection - Art for Peace Film Festival, Iran (September, 2018)
Official Selection - Festival of Mediterranean Short Film Tangier, Morocco (1 – 6 October, 2018)
Official CompetitionWon: Best Actress - Guam International Film Festival, United States (3 – 28 October, 2018)
Official Competition - Tacoma Film Festival, United States (4 – 11 October, 2018)
International Competition - Films Femmes Méditerranée, France (5 – 19 October, 2018)
Official Competition - BRNO 16 International Short Film Festival, Czech Republic (10 – 13 October, 2018)
International Competition - International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Cyprus (13 – 19 October, 2018)
National Competition Won: Best National Film - San Francisco Greek Film Festival, United States (13 – 20 October, 2018)
Official Selection - 15 Short Film Festival, United States (14 October, 2018)
- THESS International Short Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece (19 – 21 October, 2018)
Official Selection - Cinemed – International Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier, France (19 – 27 October, 2018)
Short Film Panorama - International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey (30 October – 4 November, 2018)
International Competition - Asiana International Short Film Festival, South-Korea (1 – 6 November, 2018)
International Competition - Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece (1 – 11 November, 2018)
Greek Program - Brest European Short Film Festival, France (6 – 11 November, 2018)
Official Selection - Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival, Serbia (8 – 11 November, 2018)
Official Selection - Tehran International Short Film Festival, Iran (9 – 13 November, 2018)
Official Competition - Soria International Film Festival, Spain (11 – 25 November, 2018)
Out of competition - FIKE – Évora International Short-Film Festival, Portugal (12 – 23 November, 2018)
International Competition - START International Short Film Festival, Azerbaijan (14 – 17 November, 2018)
International Competition - CINESSONNE – Portraits de Jeunesses #3, France (14 – 27 November, 2018)
- PRINDIE – Princeton Independent Film Festival, United States (13 – 16 November, 2018)
Official Selection - SOUQ Film Festival, Italy (16 – 18 November, 2018)
Official Selection - Fenêtres sur Courts, France (17 – 24 November, 2018)
European Competition - EUROPANORAMA, European countries (October 2018 – December 2019)
- Blue Danube Film Festival, Austria (24 – 28 November, 2018)
Official Selection Won: Best Cinematography - Magma – Mostra Di Cinema Breve International Short Film Festival, Italy (29 November – 2 December, 2018)
Official Selection - Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival, Belgium (30 November – 7 December, 2018)
Coup de Coeur du Court - Olympia International Film Festival, Greece (1 – 8 December, 2018)
Competition - Verín International Short Film Festival, Spain (1 – 10 December, 2018)
Official Selection - Zubroffka – International Short Film Festival, Poland (5 – 9 December, 2018)
Youth Competition - Eindhoven Film Festival, the Netherlands (6 – 10 December, 2018)
Official Selection - Internacional Festival Signos de la Noite, Portugal (4 – 7 January, 2019)
Official Selection - Hellas Filmbox Berlin, Germany (16 – 20 January, 2019)
Official Selection - Pendance Film Festival, Canada (31 January – 3 February, 2018)
Official Selection
Director: Myrsini Aristidou
Screenplay: Myrsini Aristidou
Producer: Myrsini Aristidou, Robin Robles
Line Producer: Etienne Larragueta
Sound Editor: Clément Badin, Xavier Thieulin
Cinematographer: Federico Martin Cesca
Sound Operator: Vangelis Zelkas
Sound Mixer: Xavier Thieulin
Composer: Leonardo Heiblum
Editor: Myrsini Aristidou, Alexandre Donot
Production Designer: Michalis Samiotis
Cast: Chrysa Platsatoura, Yiannis Stankoglou, Audrey Giacomini, Takis Spyridakis