Atropos

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18 minutes – 2020 –Thriller, Comedy

HARIS ZALAVRAS

Born in 1980 in Athens. Studied anthropology and worked as a logistics manager. For the last 7 years he has been involved in writing scripts and creating short films.

Attended seminars on directing and film history at the “School of Cinema” and the “Filmschool Film Directing Seminar”. In August 2019, his first book was published by 24 Grammata Publications, entitled “The History of Cinema at the Beach”, having as its theme the history of cinema. In 2020 he completed my first short film, written, produced and directed by myself, entitled “Atropos”, which was selected by festivals both abroad and domestically.

An actor comes across a seemingly simple script that ends up to be a nightmare.

CAST

Giannis Drakopoulos

Thanassis Petropoulos

CREDITS

DIRECTOR: Haris Zalavras
SCREENPLAY: Haris Zalavras
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Evgenios Dionisopoulos, Yiorgos Karalias
EDITING: Ioanna Pogiantzi
MUSIC: Ntinos Tselis
SOUND: Giannis Giannakopoulos
SET: Katia Koumarianou

AWARDS

HALICARNASSUS FILM FESTIVAL

Best Short Films

KOSICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

2nd Best First Time Director

YARD FILM FESTIVAL

Special Mention

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OF SHILMA

Official Selection

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