On Xerxes' Throne - Directed by Evi Kalogiropoulou

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On Xerxes’ Throne

Date:

May 24, 2022

On Xerxes' Throne

Directed by Evi Kalogiropoulou

Short Film – 15min, 2022

TRAILER

SYNOPSIS

At the dystopian workplace of the Perama shipyards, a longstanding ban on physical contact has turned human interactions into otherworldly simulations. The suppression of touch among the workers has alienated their communication, transforming the boatyard into a charged landscape of alienation and repressed sensuality beyond stereotypical heteronormative desires. Hinting at the existence of an omnipresent but invisible monitoring mechanism that runs the boatyard, the film follows the story of Giorgos – one of the older workers and manager at the yard – to profile human relationships and exchanges as shaped by everyday lives in which the visual subordinates the emotional. According to historical recordings, in 480 BC the Persian King Xerxes watched the overwhelming defeat of his fleet from his throne, which was on one of the rocky peaks of Mount Egaleo, in today’s Perama.

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CREDITS

With: Yorgos Mazonakis, Angela Brouskou, Myrto Kontoni, Ksenia Dania, Lorenzo Sarjan, Kevin Zans Ansong, Jordan Genidogan, Vassilis Koutsogiannis
DIRECTOR: Evi Kalogriropoulou
SCRIPT: Yorgos Teltzidis
CURATORIAL DIRECTION: Afroditi Panagiotakou
PRODUCER: Amanda Livanou
DOP: Evan Maragkoudakis
EDITOR: Yorgos Zafeiris
MUSIC: Kid Moxie
ART DIRECTION: Evelina Darzenta, Anna Zotou
SOUND: Dimitris Demoirakos, Leandros Ntounis
COSTUMES: Georgia Boura
MAKE UP: Maria Vez
LINE PRODUCER: Neda Film
An Onassis Culture production

WORLD SALES New Europe Film Sales
FESTIVAL DISTRIBUTION Square Eyes

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