Pencil Knife Baton
A black quantum comedy.
Four roommates in Berlin are looking for meaning and identity.
Forgotten sick gods, in an almost parallel universe, are trying to fight injustice.
Can people get along with their injured ideals? Can the pursuit of personal truth go hand in hand with social justice? Perhaps solidarity and humor are the only baton between the two worlds.
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Kakogiannis KonstantinosDirectorMaxilari
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Kakogiannis KonstantinosWriterMaxiari
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Atopia GbRProducerMaxilari
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Maria KatsadriKey Cast"Artemis"
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Georgia ZoiKey Cast"Dimitra"
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Sebastian BeckerKey Cast"Max"
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Panagos IoakimKey Cast"Nysos"Maxilari
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Anja BotheKey Cast"Eva"
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Marie Celine YildirimKey Cast"Mariam"
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Ntinos PontikopoulosKey Cast"Hephaestus "
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Konstantinos GerakisKey Cast"Nikola"
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Paul KapalasArt directorMaxilari
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Giorgos AlefantisEditor
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Pavlos MavrikidisDOP
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Vali MavridiCostume Designer
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Vincent GueilletCo- Producer
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Lefteris KastrinakisVFX
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Christos Sakellariousound
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Project Type:Experimental, Feature
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Genres:comedy, drama, indie, politikal, philosophikal
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Runtime:1 hour 35 minutes
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Production Budget:40,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Germany
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Country of Filming:Germany, Greece
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Language:German, Modern Greek (1453-)
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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60 Thessaloniki I nternational Film FestivalThessaliniki
Greece
November 1, 2019
Official Selection -
Calcutta International Cult Film FestivalCalcuta
India
September 21, 2019
Best Experimental Film of the month -
Indie Visions Film Festival
September 30, 2019
Winner best Experimental Feature Film -
Stuff MX Film FestivalMexico city
Mexico
November 7, 2019
Official selection -
Indie For You Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
March 22, 2020
Official selection -
Fresh Stream Film FestivalLos Angeles
United States
March 27, 2020
Best Feature Experimental Film
Konstantinos Kakogiannis graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and "Film and Television School Stavrakos"in Athens. From 2001, he worked in television and in advertising as a production assistant, caregiver sets, makenist assistant, assistant production manager and as the main director at Mad TV. In 2005 he moved to Berlin where he lives and works as a director and screenwriter. He is a member of collective 'Ak-Kraak', the collective cinema 'Lichtblick-Kino' and co-founder of Atopia collective. His first feature film 'Maxilari' was shown in 3 countries and in a variaty of screenings in social centers, squats, gallerys.
'Pencil Knife Baton' is a black quantum comedy about friendship and solidarity. 2 universes, 2 languages, 2 groups.
The Pencil as a symbol of Germany, creation, the search for the truth and identity.
The Knife as a symbol of Greece, survival, the fight against injustice.
It does not matter the pencil or the knife, but the Baton, the friendship, the solidarity. Or we will find a way to co exist with solidarity or we are lost... as humans, as society, as culture.
In the tragic state of our present, where the absurd accidental barbarity envelops us, the upside down of reality and humour is necessary to continue, to survive.
Our injured ideals, even if they are sick, we need them.
Baton. because the quality of an individual / society / country is meaningless.
In times of thinking laziness, where a large part of the world is looking for simple analyses ... this is why the right-wing legacy flourishes with the simplest analysis. Our particular structure / film wants to demonstrate complexity, diversity and the necessity of thought.
It would be prudent to move along with our injured ideals, because otherwise the future is boring, lonely and meaningless.
'PKB' a film that became reality only thanks to the donquixotism of 100 people. A film consistent with the goal and its process.
Maybe the only way to fight injustice is not by violence; but with humour and art.