Nemercka
Missing her, will take him to a journey. He will cross on foot the place they met and lived, so that in a way he can see her again.
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Avrilios KarakostasDirector
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Avrilios KarakostasWriter
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Phaedra VokaliProducer
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Agathi KaltsaProducer
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Aggelos SkassilasKey Cast"He"
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Poly AndreadiKey Cast"She"
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:13 minutes
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Completion Date:January 1, 2016
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Production Budget:10,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Greece
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Country of Filming:Albania, Greece
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Cannes Film Festival - Short Film CornerCannes
France
May 21, 2016 -
22nd International Short Film Festival in DramaDrama, Greece
Greece
September 23, 2016
International Premiere
Official Selection -
38nd National Short Film Festival in DramaDrama, Greece
Greece
September 23, 2016
National Premiere, Greece
Official Selection -
22nd Athens International Film Festival (AIFF)Athens
Greece
September 26, 2016
Athens Premiere
Official Selection -
6th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC)Limassol
Cyprus
October 17, 2016
Cyprus Premiere
Official Selection -
10th annual London Greek Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
May 20, 2017
UK Premiere
Official Selection -
Silhouette Film FestivalParis
France
August 27, 2017
France Premiere
Official Selection -
Hong Kong Arthouse Film FestivalHong Kong
China
September 20, 2017
China Premiere
Best Narrative Short Film -
Greek Film Festival AustraliaSydney
Australia
October 11, 2017
Australia Premiere
Official Selection -
Greek Film Festival AustraliaMelbourne
Australia
October 18, 2017
Melbourne Premiere
Official Selection
Avrilios Karakostas (1987, Athens) directed his first short film documentary in 2011. Since then, he has been involved in several productions within Greece, serving many roles (first assistant director, second assistant camera, assistant editor etc.).
In 2012 he won a scholarship for the cinema directing courses of NewschoolAthens. While attending the courses, he directed a short film and worked as the director of photography in two more short films.
The following years, he directed numerous short projects in the advertising business and also another short film documentary.
Nemercka is his first independent short fiction film.
“Nemercka” means “the sleeping woman” according to Slavic traditions.
An urban legend has it that the mountain is named due to the shape of the ridge; that corresponds to the shape of a lying woman.
The storyline is driven by a sense of loss that connects three elements; the polyphonic music, the Epirotic landscape and the local people.
My intention was to create an atmosphere where the viewer is free to roam; To become a visitor of a place that is as unearthly as it is seducing.
That’s why I feel that I couldn’t have recounted this story in any other place.