My grandfather Papaflessas

A tender look at the hero of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Papaflessas traveled to Constantinople in the age of enlightenment and romanticism, and became a member of the revolutionary organization “Filiki Eteria” (Society of Friends), taking on the task of inciting his compatriots against the Ottoman Empire. What sets the heroes apart? Do they have mitigating factors?

  • Kleoni Flessa
    Director
  • Kleoni Flessa
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  • Language:
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 24 Thessalonika DOC. FESTIVAL, 8o PEL/INT/DOC/FILM/FEST
    Thessalonika, Kalamata
    Greece
    Greece
    Official selection
Director Biography - Kleoni Flessa

Cinema and Theater Director - Screenwriter
Studied Directing, Architecture, Photography and Film History in America, Italy and Greece.

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AWARDS - DISTINCTIONS
"A DAILY STORY"
Distinction at the Bilbao International Festival, Spain.
-Velidi Scholarship Award at the 21st Thessaloniki Festival.
-Script Award at the 2nd International Drama Short Film Festival.
1995: "ARLETA" and "FROM SAPFO TO KASSIANI" and "SEAGRAPHY"
Distribution on Swedish Television.
1997 "O GOD KEEP MY OWNER" Byzantine of Prespa.
- 1st Prize at the 2nd International Salerno Documentary Festival in Italy. 1999
- 1st Prize at the 1st Cultural Documentary Festival of Thessaloniki.
- Special Award at the 8th International Archaeological Documentary Festival Rovereto, Italy.
- Distinction - Diploma at the International Documentary Festival Santander, Spain.
- Purchased by the Italian Ministry of Culture to promote Mediterranean culture.
2002-2009 "LET'S GO FOR AN OUZO" Award of the Ministry of Culture.
- 10 International Distinctions at International Festivals: Naples, Slin, Mont Pelier, Kolkata,
and Germany.
- Distinction in 2004 from the European Film Festival in Beirut, Lebanon. and in 2009 from the European Film Festival in Brazil.
2010 "ELENI BOUKOURI ALTAMOURA, the first Greek painter".
- Participation in the BIENALE of Thessaloniki
- 2nd Prize at the Chalkida Documentary Festival.
- Honorary Distinction at the FIFA International Art Festival of Canada
- Honorary Distinction in Brussels.
2015 "NIKOLAOS DRAGOUMIS - a painter in the shadow of History"
2nd Prize at the Chalkida Documentary Festival.