Experiencing Interruptions?

Split Apart

In a single-tone, vertical city, a lonely man. He stands out as he stands out from his selves. Divided, split. Trying to fit in, to synchronize.

  • Zina Papadopoulou
    Director
    Eight-minute Deadline, Bloody Mary
  • Petros Papadopoulos
    Director
    Eight-minute Deadline
  • Zina Papadopoulou
    Writer
  • Grigoris Grigoropoulos
    Writer
  • Grigoris Grigoropoulos
    Music & Sound Design
    Harisma, Evil in the time of Heroes, Eight-minute Deadline, Bloody Mary
  • Louizos Aslanidis
    Producer
  • Thanos Lekkas
    Key Cast
  • Kitty Paitazoglou
    Key Cast
  • Christos Douros
    Director of Photography
  • Hara Kotsali
    Choreographer
  • Stavros Liokalos
    Set Designer
  • Alkistis Mamali
    Costume Designer
  • Stephanos Mangriotis
    Still Photographer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Romance, Sci-Fi
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Indie Shorts Awards Cannes
    Cannes, France
    France
    November 7, 2020
    World
    HONORABLE MENTION Best Female Director, Best Actor, Best Actress
  • New York Cinematography AWARDS (NYCA)
    New York
    United States
    November 22, 2020
    United States
    Best Sound
  • Asian Cinematography AWARDS (ACA)
    Manila
    Philippines
    November 30, 2020
    Asian
    Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Experimental Short Film
  • Golden Wheat Awards
    Instanbul
    Turkey
    February 1, 2021
    Best Experimental
  • European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA)
    Amsterdam
    Best Sound
  • Canadian Cinematography Awards (CaCA)
    Toronto
    Best Experimental, Best Sound
  • New Wave Short Film Festival
    Munich
    Germany
    Best Experimental Film
  • Madrid Film Awards
    Madrid
    Spain
    Best Soundtrack
Director Biography - Zina Papadopoulou, Petros Papadopoulos

Zina Papadopoulou is an independent animator and director. She studied Graphic Design and took her Master’s degree in Animation at the Utrecht School of the Arts, the Netherlands.

Petros Papadopoulos is a Greek director and animator. He studied Technology of Graphic Arts at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens. After finishing his MA in Digital Moving Image at London Metropolitan University, he worked in the field of TV advertising.

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Director Statement

I tend to think a lot in visual terms, so I was walking down the street together with my brother brainstorming ideas about interesting situations. We came up with the idea of a man who is divided and cannot control his body, he splits visually and cannot synchronize with himself.

Having no dialogue was challenging, we had to focus on the body language. Together with a choreographer and the actor, we designed his every movement: from the way he walks, to the way he moves his fingers.

We did want to stay in line with an idea about a non-descriptive world, a place that has no space or time. The outer world is flat blue animated layers of skyscrapers, a cold city without details. Most of the plot is inside the apartment of the main character, the inner world, situated on the upper floor of a skyscraper: A gray apartment with damaged walls and detailed, neoclassical architecture.