S W E A T
A documentary about the Athens underground rave scene, inside Tsiknotekno party, where a rave movement is being formed, under its original principles of P.L.U.R (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect). Following the path of two main figures - the resident DJ, FRO and the performance queer artist & club kid Reject 001. SWEAT explores and narrates different quests for the gender, body and society, through music and dance. A cinematographic journey into the night, desire and transformation.
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Vera ChotzoglouDirector
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Alex AravantinosWriter
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Vera ChotzoglouWriter
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Alex AravantinosProducer
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Ion KazantidisProducer
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Yuliang LiuProducer
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Vera ChotzoglouEditing
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Vera ChotzoglouDirector of photography
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FroKey Cast"himself"
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Reject 001Key Cast"herself"
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FroOriginal Music
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Project Type:Documentary, Feature, Short, Other
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Runtime:33 minutes 29 seconds
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Completion Date:January 10, 2020
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Production Budget:10,000 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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Shooting Format:HDV
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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State of Concept Athens: BONA FIDE #1Athens
Greece
September 25, 2021 -
Festival del cinema CefalùSicily
Italy
February 11, 2021
Official selection -
Ribalta Expiremental Film Festival
Italy
March 14, 2021
Official selection -
Hacker Porn Film FestivalRome
Italy
March 18, 2021
Official Selection -
4th Piraeus Film FestivalAthens
Greece
March 12, 2021
Official Selection -
22th Thessaloniki International GLAD Film FestivalThessaloniki
Greece
January 8, 2021
Award Winner / Official selection -
Flickfair
Finalist -
26th Athens International Film FestivalAthens
Greece
September 27, 2020
World Premiere
Official Selection -
Thessaloniki Queer Arts FestivalThessaloniki
Greece
June 15, 2021 -
Les Mains Gauches-Queer Feminist Film FestivalMarseille
France
June 25, 2021
Vera Chotzoglou is a Visual artist working with time based media. They are an Athens School of Fine arts’ BA & MFA graduate, Department of Visual Arts, Fine Arts & Art Education (2013-2018). They had studied in Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with an Erasmus+ scholarship, Fine Arts & Art Education (2016-2017)
They was awarded with audience award for the shortfilm S W E A T at 22th Thessaloniki International GLAD Film Festival (2021) , SNF Artist Fellowship Award by Stavros Niarchos Foundation (2019) Scholarship to cover Degree Expenses from Athens School of Fine arts (2018) and audience award for the short film “Munich almost killed me ½” at 2th Piraeus Film Festival in Athens(2018
They has exhibited internationally at 26th Athens International Film Festival, Centrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany Eos Gallery, Athens A.Antonopoulou Gallery, Athens, GRRL HAUS CINEMA, Berlin, Hacker Porn Film Festival, Rome, Platforms project, Athens, Foto Wien, Austria, 6th Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece, Inshort Film Festival, Lagos, Negiria, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki,2th Pireus Film Festival,Athens, Belleve di Monaco, Munich, TAF Gallery, Athens et al.
FILMOGRAPHY
2020 SWEAT, Documentary short, Color ,Duration: 34’
2018 RAUSCH, Experimental short, Color, Duration: 35’:27’’
2017 Munich almost killed me, Narrative short, Black & White, Duration: 13’:19’’
2016 When the wolf is not around, Documentary short, Colored, Duration: 22’:31’’
Vera Chotzoglou lives and works between Athens and Berlin