Experiencing Interruptions?

The Drone

A mysterious drone spies on a single mother
with her two kids, disrupting their summer
vacations.

  • Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos
    Director
    Camouflage, New Diaspora mini docs
  • Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos
    Writer
  • Dimitrios Spyrou
    Producer
    The Flea
  • Marcella Giannatou
    Key Cast
    "Christina"
  • Mando Giannikou
    Key Cast
    "Eleni"
  • Makis Nanos
    Key Cast
    "Creep"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 5 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    40,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Nikolaos Stampoulopoulos

Born in 1970 in Athens. Having studied filmmaking at the University of Westminster, he returned to Greece and worked in TV commercials for a decade. In 2002 he decided to switch to documentaries, also teaching children and adolescents how to film their own stories. He moved to Amsterdam in 2009, working as a freelancer in promos and music videos. The Greek crisis drove him to create New Diaspora, a digital storytelling platform focusing on the new generation of Greeks living abroad. His mini documentaries have been broadcast in ARTE Future and screened at international festivals and conferences, where he has also been a speaker (Freie Universität Berlin and University of Oxford).
Returning to Athens in 2014, he continued working as an independent filmmaker, editor, teacher and dissemination strategy consultant. He is also a digital artist and creator of the science fiction project Hex Space.

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Director Statement

The film is about the male gaze intruding on a single mother's vacations with her kids. The mysterious drone operator is never revealed, exactly because he could be anyone who enjoys the privileges of patriarchy, and that also includes the director of the film.