Experiencing Interruptions?

Deeper

Dealing with anxiety and phobias, Dafni struggles to finish a drawing. As she navigates her relationship with her mother, friends, as well as a dog that she’s been asked to pet sit, her old best friend suddenly reappears after many years and wants to meet up.

  • Mary Gogoli
    Director
    Pluto
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Director
    Insanex, Epeidi
  • Mary Gogoli
    Writer
    Pluto
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Writer
    Insanex, Epeidi
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Producer
    Epeidi
  • Mary Gogoli
    Producer
    Pluto
  • Irene Heretaki
    Key Cast
    "Dafni"
  • Maria Vourtsi
    Key Cast
    "Eleanna"
  • Eirini Labrou
    Key Cast
    "Ioanna"
    Epeidi
  • Giorgos Rallis
    Key Cast
    "Haris"
  • Noha El-Barage
    Key Cast
    "Mother"
    Askopi metakinisi
  • Katerina Voulgary
    Key Cast
    "Anastasia"
  • Tasos
    Key Cast
    "Hug"
  • Lina Lamprinidou
    Key Cast
    "Bar Patron"
    Pluto
  • Alexandra Drosinou
    Key Cast
    "Bar Patron"
  • Panagiotis Tsaousis
    Key Cast
    "Bar Patron"
  • Nick Bekos
    Key Cast
    "Bar Patron"
  • Nikk Astyr
    Key Cast
    "Bar Patron"
  • Vasilleios Dimopoulos
    Key Cast
    "Bar Patron"
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Composer
  • Mary Gogoli
    Cinematographer
    Pluto
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Cinematographer
    Insanex, Epeidi
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Editor
    Insanex, Epeidi
  • Mary Gogoli
    Editor
    Pluto
  • Eleni Meimaridou
    Art Director
  • Mary Gogoli
    Art Director
    Pluto
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Art Director
  • Irene Heretaki
    Sketch Artist
  • Richy Rubaiyat
    Graphic Designer
    Epeidi, Pluto
  • Spyros Vlachopoulos
    Sound Recordist
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Sound Mixer
    Insanex, Epeidi
  • Mary Gogoli
    Sound Mixer
    Pluto
  • Mary Gogoli
    Camera Operator
    Pluto
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Camera Operator
    Insanex, Pluto, Epeidi
  • Ioannis Kalligeros
    Gaffer
  • Eleni Meimaridou
    Gaffer
  • Nick Bekos
    Gaffer
  • Apostolos Theodorou
    Gaffer
    Epeidi
  • Konstantinos "Motionspets" Spetsiotis
    Animator
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Casting
    Pluto, Epeidi
  • Mary Gogoli
    Casting
    Pluto
  • Costa Kalogiros
    Colourist
  • Petros Tserpelis
    Location Scout
    Pluto
  • Mary Gogoli
    Location Scout
    Pluto
  • Nick Bekos
    Production Assistant
  • Mara Sigala
    Dog Handler
  • Seraphim Arkomanis
    Special Thanks
  • Lefteris Sotiropoulos
    Special Thanks
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 13, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    963 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Greek (Modern)
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    Official Selection, Honorable Mention | December Award 2024
  • Greece International Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    March 30, 2025
    Worldwide Premiere
    Official Selection, Honorable Mention
  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
    Iver
    United Kingdom
    February 10, 2025
    UK Premiere (digital)
    Official Selection | Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions 2025 Volume 1
  • Film Olympiad
    Athens
    Greece
    Official Selection, Best Greek Film Nomination | 13th Film Olympiad Grand Prix
  • Faba Films
    California
    United States
    September 1, 2025
    USA Premiere (digital)
    Official Selection, Audience Award
  • Egyptian American Film Festival
    Brooklyn, New York
    United States
    Official Selection
  • Nafplio International Film Festival - Bridges
    Nafplio
    Greece
    December 6, 2025
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Mary Gogoli, Petros Tserpelis

Mary Gogoli

Mary was born in Athens, Greece, and pursued studies in Chemistry at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens before discovering her passion for filmmaking. Since then, she has contributed to a handful of short films as both cast and crew.
Curious about storytelling in all its forms, she has attended seminars in filmmaking, photography, animation, and subtitling, and she reviews, selects, and curates films as a festival volunteer. She is also drawn to pottery, aerial yoga, music, literature, and theatre.
She has worked as an event photographer, subtitler, and production coordinator, among others, and currently aims to continue learning from fellow filmmakers, evolving as an artist, and promoting intersectional cinema.

Petros Tserpelis

I was born in Athens, Greece on 10 November 1995 and I studied Greek Philology and Linguistics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. I have done short movies as a director, writer, actor and crew member, I have reviewed, selected and curated films as a festival volunteer, I have studied subtitling and improv theatre, and I have attended several cinema- and theatre-related seminars and workshops. Moreover, I write short- and feature-length scripts, stand-up comedy, short stories, film reviews and other short texts, I have participated in an open mic, I have published texts on webzines, and I work as a casting assistant, subtitler and freelance writer.

Furthermore, I have studied electric guitar, electric bass, musical ensembles, ear training, classical guitar, popular music theory and music technology, I play acoustic guitar and ukulele, I compose and arrange music, I write lyrics, I participate in concerts, I have released one single and one EP, and in the past I was producing and presenting music shows on web radios for eight years. Finally, I have worked, volunteered and attended seminars in several other fields.

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Director Statement

The main idea for “Deeper” sprung from personal experiences with - and conversations about - what could be described as depersonalization. With this movie we want to convey what it's like to feel that you become distanced from yourself and the people around you, and how that sometimes serves as a reaction to stressful situations. Other themes include the struggles that often come with creative expression, as well as anxiety, phobias and generational trauma, in particular fear of abandonment as portrayed in the relationship between our protagonist and her mother and projected on her relationship with her oldest friend. Our goal was to tackle these themes with the gravitas they deserve but also to sprinkle them with a ray of hope.