Private Project

The sacrifice of the Ant

A retired prizewinning field athlete feels like his life will not be going as planned, after his neighbor introduces him to his new girlfriend.

  • Fotis Molydris
    Director
    The Gardener
  • Fotis Molydris
    Writer
    The Gardener
  • Fotis Molydris
    Producer
    The Gardener
  • Yannis Kokiasmenos
    Key Cast
    "father/athlete"
    Strella
  • Antonis Christou
    Key Cast
    "son"
  • Daphne Lazaropoulou
    Key Cast
    "girlfriend"
  • Cristos Molydris
    Key Cast
    "Babis"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Η θυσία του Μέρμηγκα
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    comedy, drama
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 38 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 30, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 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
  • Aura View Film Fest
    Salerno
    Italy
    August 2, 2019
    Award winner
  • Alder International short film festival
    Chicago
    United States
    September 27, 2019
    official selection
  • The English Riviera film festival 2019

    United Kingdom
    Semi finalist
  • The European Independent film awards 2019

    Official selection
  • Thess International and Intimate

    Greece
    Semi finalist
  • International film festival of Larissa 2020
    Larissa, Thessaly
    Greece
    Official selection
  • No Word ISFF (Greek shorts) 2020
    Ptolemaida
    Greece
    Official selection
Director Biography - Fotis Molydris

Fotios Molydris was born in Athens, Greece in 1986. He studied pedagogy at the University of Ioannina. He has been working as a teacher for eleven years now in public elementary schools. He continued his studies and obtained a Master degree in special education in 2016. From 2016 he started film studies in Athens Greece.

previous work:
The Gardener, 10', drama

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