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Now and Then

Mansion Purple Heirloom - the official video ad of the recently renovated historical mansion which is going to operate as a Heritage boutique hotel in Didymoteicho, Greece.

The ad will be released in late 2019 - early 2020.

The film was made by a drone flying indoors.

Synopsis:
In a small city far up in northern Greece, there is a tiny corner where History still lives.
Didymoteicho, 1920s. The family gathered to spend a pleasant Sunday. The father, the mother, the married daughter with her husband and their two children, the younger daughter and the son....

Music:
May '43 - original soundtrack by Stavros Karamanis

Created by
Kostas Gur

©2017-20 - All rights reserved

  • Kostas Gur
    Director
    NorthStar, This Little World, Watching, Delta, Aegean, Salamis to Kos
  • Kostas Gur
    Writer
    NorthStar, This Little World, Watching, Delta, Aegean, Salamis to Kos
  • Georgia Ntalagiorgou
    Producer
  • Yannis Sarsakis
    Producer
  • Argyro Karlioti
    Key Cast
  • Afroditi Siafaka
    Key Cast
  • Litsa Diaka
    Key Cast
  • Kyriaki Kentigkeleni
    Key Cast
  • Philippos Gkoudinakis
    Key Cast
  • Yannis Sarsakis
    Key Cast
  • Giorgos Sarsakis
    Key Cast
  • Dimosthenis Sarsakis
    Key Cast
  • Yannis Sarsakis
    Key Cast
  • Afroditi Siafaka
    Costume Design
  • Giorgis Topalidis
    Costume Design
  • Natasa Alexoudi
    Assistant Director
  • Despoina Michailidi
    Makeup Artist
  • March '43 by Stavros Karamanis
    Original Music
  • Georgia Ntalagiorgou
    Set decorator
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Short, Web / New Media, Other
  • Genres:
    History, Music, Drone, Drone short, Trailer, teaser, Jewish
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 6, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.9:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Berlin Flash Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    July 31, 2017
    Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Los Angeles CineFest
    Los Angeles
    United States
    July 31, 2017
    Semi Finalist
Director Biography - Kostas Gur

Kostas is a scientist and an artist.
He was born in Didymoteicho, Evros, Thrace, Greece. After his studies in Computer Engineering (Bsc) and in Environmental Policies (Msc), Kostas discovered his great passion, aerial cinematography and photography. Over the past few years, Kostas has been focusing on aerial artistic creations with many wins and distinctions at international film festivals.
Kostas is also a "Skypixel Recomended Photographer" as he has been ranked among the world's best aerial creators from Skypixel.com, the biggest internet platform for sharing aerial artwork.
Kostas lives and creates in Athens, Greece.

Awards & Distinctions

International Film Festivals

2019

- Winner, Super Short Drone Category, Berlin Flash Film Festival with A Timeless Affair

- Official Selection, NO AR Drone Film Festival, Brazil with HYPERDANCE

- Official Selection, NO AR Drone Film Festival, Brazil with ELEFTHEROTRIA

- Finalist, Drone Category, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, UK with 01010011..

- Finalist, Drone Category, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, UK with Breathe Luv

- Second Prize Winner, Video Creative Category, SkyPixel Contest 2018 with HYPERDANCE

- Winner, Super Short Drone Category, Berlin Flash Film Festival with I live in Greece so I can fly

2018

- Semi-finalist, Concept category, NO AR Drone Film Fest, Brazil

- Semi-finalist, Nature & Landscape category, NO AR Drone Film Fest, Brazil

- Official Selection, Dronelapse category, NO AR Drone Film Fest, Brazil

- Official Selection, Still Phtography, NO AR Drone Film Fest, Brazil

- Winner, Super Drone Short category, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany

- Winner, Architecture category category, InAir.Amsterdam International Drone Film Festival, The Netherlands

- Nominee, Dronelapse category, InAir.Amsterdam International Drone Film Festival, The Netherlands

2017

- Winner, Super Drone Short category, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany

- Finalist, Creative category, CineDrones International Drone Film Festival, France

- Nominee, Cinematic Narrative category, Flying Robot International Film Festival category, San Francisco, USA

- Semi-finalist, Drone category, Los Angeles Cine Fest, USA

- Semi-finalist, Drone category, Los Angeles Cine Fest, USA

- Semi-finalist, Drone category, Los Angeles Cine Fest, USA

- Semi-finalist, Drone category, Los Angeles Cine Fest, USA

- Outstanding Achievement Award, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany

- Outstanding Achievement Award, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany

- Semi-finalist, Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival - TiSFF, Thessaloniki, Greece

- Official Selection, Pegeuot Drone Film Festival, Italy

- Official Selection, Global Drone Film Festival, USA

- Semi-finalist, Drone category, Los Angeles Cine Fest, USA

- Official Selection, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany

- Finalist, Carmarthen Bay International Film Festival, UK

- Official Selection, European Drone Film Festival, Spain

- Official Selection, European Drone Film Festival, Spain

- Official Selection, European Drone Film Festival, Spain

- Official Selection, European Drone Film Festival, Spain

- Official Selection, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany

- Semi-finalist, Drone category, Los Angeles Cine Fest, USA

2016

- Official Selection, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany

- Official Selection, Drone Film Festival, Poland

- Official Selection, US Drone Film Festival, USA

2015

- Official Selection, European Drone Film Festival, France

- Official Selection, European Drone Film Festival, France

- Official Selection, Amorgos Tourism Film Festival, Greece

- Official Selection, Amorgos Tourism Film Festival, Greece

Add Director Biography
Director Statement

With "Now and Then" I present the "now" and I revive the "then" of the Heritage Hotel Purple Heirloom.

When I first saw this recently renovated mansion my mind was filled with fantastic scenes, images and music; happy moments of the family who lived there in the years between the two world wars. I literally 'flew' with my camera inside this Mansion while making a dip into the past, a century back, the 1920s.

There was a part of Didymoteicho that has been forgotten. Let's remember it again.

Kostas Gur, Creator

Shot entirely with a drone flying indoors.