Private Project

Hansel

A young boy is trapped in a Gingerbread House which underneath hides a gloomy world, while his mother is desperately trying to find the gate that will take him out of there.

  • VIVIAN PAPAGEORGIOU
    Director
    With open wings, Inner Land, Final Instance
  • Vivian Papageorgiou
    Writer
    With open wings, Inner Land
  • Marni Films
    Producer
  • Greek Film Center
    Producer
  • The End PostProduction
    Producer
  • Oktomovies
    Producer
  • Vivian Papageorgiou
    Producer
  • Giacomo Aiello
    Producer
  • Andromachie Makridou
    Key Cast
    Inner Land
  • Aggelos Karaminas
    Key Cast
  • Nestoras Kopsidas
    Key Cast
  • Thrassyvoulos Mitaftsis
    Cinematography
  • Constantinos Papageorgiou
    Production Design
  • Achilleas Villiotis
    Line Producer
  • Mina Dreki
    Producer
  • Petros Nousias
    Second Unit D.o.P.
  • Maria Kounavi
    Editing
  • Konstantinos Chaliasas
    Original Score
  • Valia Tserou
    Sound (ADR)
  • Mary Stavrakaki
    Make up Artist
  • Christos Zoumis
    Color Grading / Visual Effects
  • Michalis Gkiokas
    3D Artist
  • Giorgos Mellissaropoulos
    Video Game Animator
  • Valia Tserou
    Sound Design & Mix
  • Valia Tserou, Vivian Papageorgiou
    Foley Artists
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 10, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    22,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Shooting Format:
    Black Magic
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Scream Fest Horror Film Festival
    California, Los Angeles
    United States
    October 6, 2020
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Drama International Short Film Festival
    Drama
    Greece
    September 24, 2020
    Greek premiere
    Official Selection
  • Athens International Film Festival Opening Nights
    Athens
    Greece
    September 30, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Obscura Fantastic Film Festival
    Hannover
    Germany
    September 2, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Fargo Fantastic Film Festival
    Fargo
    United States
    February 26, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Bogota Horror Film Festival
    Bogota
    Colombia
    October 27, 2020
    South America Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Micro m
    Athens
    Greece
    November 28, 2020
    Best Director
  • Tabloid Witch Awards
    Santa Monica
    United States
    November 20, 2020
    Best Production Design
  • Olympia International Film Festival for Children & Young People
    Pyrgos
    Greece
    December 3, 2020
  • Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival
    Tenerife
    Spain
    October 16, 2020
    Spanish premiere
    Official Selection
  • Greek Film Festival in Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    January 28, 2021
    Official Selection
  • New Generation Film Festival
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    December 20, 2020
    Best Short Film
  • NOX FF International Horror and Fantasy
    Salto
    Uruguay
    January 13, 2021
    Official Selection
  • International Film Festival of Larissa Artfools
    Larissa
    Greece
    April 5, 2021
    Special Mention from the Jury For Artistic Direction
  • Meme Pas Peur Fantasy FF
    Saint Philippe
    Réunion
    February 20, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Cryptshow Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
    July 7, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Fantasy Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    June 13, 2021
    French
    Official Selection
  • ISAFF International Symbolic Art Film Festival
    Saint Petersburg
    Russian Federation
    May 27, 2021
    Russian
    Special Mention
  • Thrills, Chills and Kills Summer Festival

    United States
    July 11, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Macabro Horror Film Festival
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    August 27, 2021
    Mexican premiere
    Official Selection
  • Something Wicked
    Georgia
    United States
    August 13, 2021
    Georgia
    Official Selection
  • Winter Film Awards
    New York
    United States
    September 26, 2021
    New York
    Official Selection - Semi Finalist
  • Balkan Panorama
    Izmir
    Turkey
    August 29, 2021
    Turkey
    Official Selection
  • Horror ShowFest
    Firenze
    Italy
    July 10, 2021
  • Ierapetra International Film Festival
    Ierapetra
    Greece
    August 13, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Chicago Horror
    Chicago
    United States
    September 25, 2021
    Best Sound
  • Curtas Festival do Imaginario
    Viilagarcia
    Spain
    October 29, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Happenstance Horror Fest
    Massachusetts
    United States
    September 18, 2021
    Honorable Mention
  • Monsters of Horror
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    September 30, 2021
    Swedish
    Official Selection
  • Islantilla Cineforum
    Huelva
    Spain
    July 22, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Film Festival of Hadrianopolis
    Hadrianopolis
    Albania
    August 24, 2021
    Albanian premiere
    Best Film for Childhood
  • FantFest - Fantasy Shorts
    Vodjvodina
    Serbia
    August 24, 2021
    Honorable Mention
  • The Galactic Imaginarium
    Timis
    Romania
    September 18, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival
    Alexandria
    Egypt
    September 24, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Macabre Faire
    Tennessi
    United States
    September 26, 2021
    Official Selection
  • THESS Film Festival
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    October 16, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Ontario International Film Festival
    Ontario
    Canada
    October 20, 2021
    Canadian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Chania International Film Festival
    Chania
    Greece
    October 25, 2021
    Official Selection
  • International Children's & Youth Film Festival Calibelula
    Cali
    Colombia
    October 27, 2021
    Official Selection
  • The Dark Hedge International Film Festival
    Belfast
    United Kingdom
    October 26, 2021
    Official Selection
  • SusteFest Minutos de Terror
    Guanajuato
    Mexico
    October 29, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Espanto Cine de Terror
    Pachuta de Soto
    Mexico
    November 4, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Reel Horror Film Festival
    Illinois
    United States
    October 30, 2021
    First Runner Up, Best Score
  • Rock Horror
    Rio di Janeiro
    Brazil
    November 10, 2021
    Brazilian Premiere
    Honourable Mention for the Artist Direction
  • Molins Horror
    Barcelona
    Spain
    November 10, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Genre Celebration
    Tokyo
    Japan
    November 13, 2021
    Best Cinematography
  • International Film Festival for Young Audience - Ale Kino
    Posnan
    Poland
    December 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • 80 Screams
    Ohio
    United States
    December 4, 2021
    Official Selection
  • MeggaXP's Blood Bash
    Michigan
    United States
    February 12, 2022
    Official Selection / Semi Finalist
  • Renegade Film Festival (ex Women in Horror
    Atlanta
    United States
    March 5, 2022
    Semi Finalist
  • Horrorant Film Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    May 14, 2022
    Best Greek Short Film
Distribution Information
  • Marni Films
    Distributor
    Country: Greece
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - VIVIAN PAPAGEORGIOU

Dr. in Cinema Studies (University of Athens), has a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual & Cinema (Nouvelle Sorbonne Paris III), she studied TV & Cinema Directing (Stavrakos Cinema School, Athens), English Literature (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki) and Interior Design (Dimitrelis School of Arts). So far, she created 6 short films: Lost & Found, 2020, animation, 9’ (in progress), Hansel (2020, fiction, 17’), Krisi (2019, experimental, 8’), With open wings (2017, documentary, 22’, 25 festivals & 5 international awards), Inner Land (2015, fiction, 18’, 40 festivals & 20 international awards), Final Instance (2003, fiction, 10’). She is a Sarajevo Film Festival talent alumni (2016) and her script “Hansel” was at the Pack & Pitch of the same festival. In 2018, her script “Lost & Found” won the Greek Film Academy Award at the Short Film Fund competition. At the moment she is working at the University of Athens and in development of her first feature documentary.

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Director Statement

This story is a different interpretation of the fairy tale Hansel & Gretel. The characters are quite different. Instead of a Witch there is a Wizard, there is only Hansel and his mother has not abandoned him in the forest but is looking desperately for him. The plot takes place in the forest and into the Gingerbread House. I used fairy tale symbolisms to talk about child abuse that happens within the family, into their own home. Everything could have taken place into the boy’s bedroom and that is the reason I put the toys and the video game both in the Gingerbread House and into the boy’s bedroom. His mother suspects what is happening and makes sure only at the end of the film. During the whole film even if they are at the same place the same time, they can’t meet because a child’s world is so much different and so distant from the adult’s.