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Demeter

A career soldier returns to his loving and empathic fiancée after partaking in a special training program but she starts feeling something bad has happened to him and fears he's slowly changing into a zombie.

  • Iannis Aliferis
    Writer
    Only Love Matters
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay
  • Number of Pages:
    89
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Nosferatu Film Festival
    London, UK
    October 23, 2021
    Horror/Thriller Screenplay Official Selection
  • Adbhooture Film Festival
    Kolkata, India
    October 25, 2021
    Best Characters in Horror Screenplay Winner
  • Brno Film Festival
    Brno, Czech Republic
    January 25, 2023
    Official Selection/Horror Screenplay
Writer Biography - Iannis Aliferis

Iannis is a multi-award-winning writer and filmmaker. His romantic dramedy script "Only Loves Matters" won a Gold Award for Original Screenplay from the Hollywood Gold Awards, the film of which is currently undergoing a successful festival run, while his noir thriller screenplay “Samantha Rutledge P.I, A Killer Case” was a Semi-Finalist at the Hong Kong Indie Film Festival 2021 and his romantic action comedy script “Valentina, Relationship Killer” won Best Unproduced Screenplay at the Berlin International Art Film Festival. Prior to that, his dramedy screenplay "Mary and Dionysus" was a Semi-Finalist at the Shore Scripts Feature Screenplay Competition 2018 as well as reaching the Quarterfinals at the 2019 Scriptapalooza Screenwriting competition and his short film "Headz" won a Gold Lion Award at the 2016 London Film Awards. When not writing screenplays or making films, he scribes short stories and comic books. He also loves to eat and sleep. He’s a sucker for rakomelo, dark chocolate, and honey. Finally, he's a firm believer that humankind was at its best during the thousands of years of hunting and gathering but knows that, unfortunately, he wouldn't last two days alone in the wilderness.

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Writer Statement

"Demeter" is intended as a throwback to horror films of the 1970s, namely classics such as “Don’t Look Now” (1973), “Carrie” (1976), and “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968). The goal is to bring a more methodical rhythm to this film, designing it to be a slow burner that gets under one’s skin. Furthermore, the tension will be maximized as we gradually witness our protagonist’s ideal life crumble, with her then having to adapt to the changes in order to survive.