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MOTHERS

Three mothers’ monologues that exchange with parallel action of three young people with different background, different experiences and needs, in a modern society.
Maria is leaving her home-village and her parents to study to a distant place.
Nikos is the descendant of a wealthy family in the country, he lives in welfare because of his social status.
Michalis is the son of immigrants who is facing difficulties in becoming an equal member of the society because of his origin. He is Nikos’ friend.
Simultaneous stories of three young people, through their mothers’ eyes, that result in disaster...

  • YIANNIS KOSTAVARAS
    Director
  • YIANNIS KOSTAVARAS
    Writer
  • THEODORA SIARKOU
    Key Cast
    "MARIA'S MOTHER"
  • NEKTARIA GIANNOUDAKI
    Key Cast
    "NIKO'S MOTHER"
  • ELEKTRA GENNATA
    Key Cast
    "MICHALIS' MOTHER"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ΜΗΤΕΡΕΣ
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital Anamorphic
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.39:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - YIANNIS KOSTAVARAS

YIANNIS KOSTAVARAS
Born in Athens (1971). Professional film editor since 1996 and film director since 2012.
Chief editor in many movies, documentaries and plenty of commercials, Member of Hellenic Film Academy.
Awarded in Film Festivals and nominated by the Hellenic Film Academy as the best film editor of the year 2013.He is, also, considered one of the Greeks new generation film editors that actually revived the art of editing.One of his special features is his unique talent to correlate rhythm and images.
As a film director, he has made many commercials for well-known companies as Coca Cola Greece, Aegean, Unilever Hellas, Bioten, Leaseplan, Hellmann’s etc.
“Mothers” short film is the first attempt in movies.

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