iCon

In a society where smart apps dominate, a man chooses an environment away of the comforts high technology offers and tries to face a powerful opponent, using only his own strength.

  • Konstantina Papadopoulou
    Director
  • Yiannis Liolios
    Writer
  • Konstantina Papadopoulou
    Producer
  • Maria Tzortzatou
    Producer
  • Yiannis Liolios
    Producer
  • Matina Galatsianou
    Producer
  • Giorgos Athanasopoulos
    Producer
  • Eleni Kavouki
    Producer
  • Stavros Zottas
    Producer
  • Alexandros Koch
    Key Cast
    "Orpheus"
  • Maria Stefanidou
    Key Cast
    "Dafni"
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 1, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    3,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Shooting Format:
    DCI 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:39
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • The Sixth Annual European Philip K. Dick Festival
    Köln
    Germany
    Official Selection
  • Athens International Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    September 21, 2017
    National Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Local Short Film Festival
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    December 7, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival
    Dublin
    Ireland
    April 28, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Athens Digital Arts Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    May 24, 2018
    Official Selection
  • ReHaB Short Film Festival
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    June 9, 2018
    Best Short
  • THE BUDDHA International Film Festival
    Pune
    India
    June 9, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Zeitimpuls Short Film Festival
    Vienna
    Austria
    June 18, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Treasure Coast International Film Festival
    Port Saint Lucie, Florida, USA
    August 17, 2018
    North America Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Fargo Fantastic Film Festival
    Fargo
    United States
    September 29, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Ros Film Festival
    Madrid
    Spain
    September 15, 2018
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Konstantina Papadopoulou

Konstantina Papadopoulou was born in 1992 at Alexandroupoli. She is a senior student of the School of Film Studies of the Fine Arts A.U.TH and she is involved both with direction and dance. She has taken part in many short films due to the school she was attending, like the film series “Life in my University” (2012-2013) and she has assumed responsibilities like a casting director for the animation web series Linear Tales (2014-2015). She took part at the short films’ competition section at the Athens International film Festival Opening Nights and the Naoussa International Film Festival with the short film “Assembly” (2014), from which she received the audience’s award.

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Director Statement

Inspired by George Henry Smith’s story “Imagicon” and his central idea for the existence of two worlds- a fantasy and a real one, iCon, our film, came to life. The more we were working on this project, the more we integrated our beliefs and concerns, so it became something totally new. My generation -at least in Greece- grew up between two worlds. The old one, analog and rural and the new one, technological and digital. Growing up in this transitional period, we fought, and still fight, between the sweet memory of the past and the persistence to walk side by side with the future. When change over time is so radical, it is very hard to find the right balance. It was this speculation that armed us with the passion and excitement to create this story. We tried to approach it with respect, without judging it. After all, there is always the fear that we see ourselves inside the main character. Does living an experience through fantasy – either via a dream, a good book, cinema or a virtual reality game- stop it from being real?