Private Project

Janu’s Mask

Janu's young life was surrounded by violence and alcohol from his alcoholic father who rejected his son's purpose, to start programming. Janu's wasn't a normal kid, he didn't want to study, he just wanted to make money. Year 2022, Janus is a self made millionaire, happy, with a nice family, plenty of money etc. But are all his goods a reality? Is he living a dream life in his mind?

  • Nick Kremm
    Director
  • Dimitris Pontikakis Batana
    Director
  • Dimitris Pontikakis Batana
    Writer
  • Javier Castañeda
    Key Cast
    "Janus"
  • Carlos Parra
    Key Cast
    "Teen Janus"
  • Esther Argüelles
    Key Cast
    "María "
  • Carlota Piñero
    Key Cast
    "Teen María "
  • Ourania Kremmyda
    Key Cast
    "Carla"
  • Enrique Ponce
    Key Cast
    "Padre de Janus"
  • Curro Bizcocho
    Key Cast
    "Young Janus"
  • Marta Núñez
    Key Cast
    "Madre de Janus"
  • Chema Martínez
    Key Cast
    "Janus"
  • Alba Béjar
    Key Cast
    "Maria"
  • Juan Manuel Torrado
    Music Compositor
  • Marta Núñez
    Production Assistants
  • Antonio Pontikakis Batana
    Production Assistants
  • Rosario Batana
    Production Assistants
  • Dimitrios Pontikakis
    Production Assistants
  • Dimitris Kremmydas
    Production Assistants
  • Dimitris Pontikakis Batana
    VFX Director
  • Tamás Rószai
    Director of Photography
  • Agustín Claros
    Direction Assistant
  • Víctor Múñoz
    Sound Department
  • Rocío Rebollo
    Sound Department
  • José Manuel Jiménez Cano
    Sound Department
  • Nikos Pontikakis
    Distributor
  • Abelardo Aparicio García-Donas
    On Set Sound
  • Nick Kremm
    Producer
  • Roberto Miguez Sánchez
    Production Managers
  • Julio Lista Castro
    Production Managers
  • David Viñuela
    Background Artists
  • Andrea Pérez Aguayo
    Background Artists
  • Andrei Savin
    Background Artists
  • Antonio Gutiérrez Torres
    Background Artists
  • Candela Palma
    Background Artists
  • Cristina García Lopez
    Background Artists
  • Daniel García García
    Background Artists
  • Daniela Piña Rodríguez
    Background Artists
  • Jose Antonio Carmona
    Background Artists
  • Lara Gomez Fernandez
    Background Artists
  • Lola Palma
    Background Artists
  • Marina Corvillo Sánchez
    Background Artists
  • Raúl Pavón Quero
    Background Artists
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Máscara de Janus
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Fiction, Drama
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 27, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    21,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:35.1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Nation of Fearless
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: Internet, Video / Disc, Free TV, Paid TV
Director Biography - Nick Kremm, Dimitris Pontikakis Batana

Born in 2006 in Athens, Greece and currently living in Spain, Nikos started filming from a young age, making stories and photographing everything.
During 2020- 2021 he made 5 short films, one of 4 minutes duration ( The Sound of Silence), a 22 minutes duration ( The Meaning) and a 26 minute duration ( Bored in Xmas), 3 minutes film ( Silence), 2 minute film ( The Magic Ring) which was elected in the “First Time Filmmaker Sessions” in England, and with the association of Teatro Viento Sur made a 4 minute short film ( Being a teenager is...) which was elected in the Independent Video Film Festival in Greece.
In 2022 the most important works he did were 2 short films. The first one, “DESTINY”, in which he directed, writed and distributed and the second film “Aún es Verano” in collaboration with Tenaz Digital, in which he was the camera operator.

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Director Statement

It was a nice process making the film. Lot of stress, lot of creativity and most importantly nice collaboration with everybody.

The idea came from Dimitris, we were doing a meeting one day to find a good story. He proposed it and here we are. I found it a genius idea, as it shows in a dramatic way, the two sides in a reality. What is reality? That's the concept we were working on.

We did auditions for the actors. Many came in, but I personally think that our selection was the best possible. Most of them were theater actors, or young actors whose interpretative talent came from theater classes.

We made the atmosphere on set as friendly as possible. The problem is that we were filming 4 days in a row, at least 10 hours each. So there was a lot of stress and fatigue but the crew and the cast kept it all together and worked perfectly fine.