SOSivio
Europe and especially Greece are facing a huge problem with multiple consequences, refugee crisis. The students of Primary School in Kounavi, Crete could not stay indifferent. Despite being only 6-7 years old they decided to make a short film about this issue.
A Syrian kid comes at school as a student. Students' reactions lead to unexpected dreams. Reality is a dream or dreams are real? Could a western child be at the position of many Syrian kids?
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Nikolaos GalanisDirector
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Nikos KonstantakisDirector
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students of Primary school in KounaviDirector
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Nikolaos GalanisWriter
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students of Primary school in KounaviWriter
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students of Primary school in KounaviProducer
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students of Kounavi Primary SchoolKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):SOSίβιο
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Project Type:Short, Student
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Runtime:8 minutes 54 seconds
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Completion Date:June 6, 2016
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Production Budget:0 EUR
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Country of Origin:Greece
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Country of Filming:Greece
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Language:Modern Greek (1453-)
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes
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19th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young PeoplePyrgos
Greece
December 4, 2016 -
7ο Διεθνής Μαθητικός διαγωνισμός Ταινιών Μικρού ΜήκουςSerres
Greece
July 25, 2017 -
12th INTERNATIONAL ASTO SHORT FILM FESTIVALPatras
Greece
July 25, 2017 -
3rd Alexandria Short Film FestivalAlexandria
Greece
July 8, 2017 -
NPS INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL
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Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival
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Chania Film FestivalChania
Greece
October 24, 2018 -
West Side Mountains Doc Fest (Greece)Arta
Greece
August 6, 2018
Honour Award -
CMS,INTERNATIONAL CHILREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (ICFF)Lucknow
India
April 5, 2018
Finalist -
UNIVERSAL KIDS FILM FESTIVALIstanbul
Turkey
September 22, 2018 -
FECEA - Festival de Cinema Escolar de AlvoradaAlvorada
Brazil
December 1, 2018 -
InShort Film Festival 2018
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The Lift-Off Sessions 2019
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Select Respect Film Festival 2018
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International Moving Film Festival 2019
Semi Finalist -
8th MICE Film Festival
Audience Award
Nikos Galanis is a teacher that is not enough for him to enter the class, make a lesson and leave. He takes his camera, his students become little actors and with the videos they create they send important social messages.
He has created the films: "First train" about bullying, the short film with the inventive title ''SOSivio" about refugees, the social spot "All that we share" on the Cyprus issue, the short film "Ah, these damn letters au" that negotiates the struggle between the past, the present and the future with a 6-year-old student as the main protagonist, the shocking spot "Time never comes back" that became viral nationwide with little Eriana as the victim of a traffic accident. Also, he created the multi-awarded ''You can achieve anything, just believe it.!", an ode to women and the unequal obstacles they face. His last film is ''FREEDOM; 200 years since the Greek Revolution''. His films have won awards in student competitions and have participated in film festivals in Greece and abroad. In short,
* Film" You can achieve anything, just believe it" the 2020 MediaB PLURAL+ Award at the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival organized by the United Nations., the Honorable Mention at Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival.
* Film ''Sosivio" finalist at CMS, INTERNATIONAL chilren'S FILM FESTIVAL (ICFF) 2018, The Audience Award at the 8th Mostra internacional Cinema Educatiu (MICE) Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize at the West Side Mountains Doc Fest 2018,
* Film "Ah, these damn letters au" the Special Jury Prize at the West Side Mountains Doc Fest 2019 and Best Film at the 5th International Student Competition of the School Life Museum " the images of textbooks-source of inspiration and artistic creation»,
* Film "All that we share" best film in the International Student Competition " Cyprus-Greece-Diaspora: educational bridges»
• Film ''FREEDOM; 200 years since the Greek Revolution'' Production Design Awardin FECEA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada
For his pioneering educational work and innovation in teaching he has been awarded the Gold Prize at the Education Leaders Awards 2019 and was nominated as "Person of the year 2019". In 2021, he was awarded as ''Educator of the Year''. He won the Global Teacher Award at AKS Education Awards and was a finalist in GESS Education Awards in Dubai. He is also a member of the film selection committee of the Epirus International Documentary Festival ‘West Side Mountains’.