MYRSINI ARISTIDOU
Born and raised in Limassol, Cyprus, Myrsini Aristidou is an award-winning filmmaker based in New York, Paris and Cyprus. She graduated with an MFA in Film Directing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2017, and holds a BFA in Film and History of Art from Pratt Institute in New York. She is currently in development on her first feature length film with 1.61 Films, a film production company based in Cyprus and operating internationally. Myrsini was a Spring 2017 fellow in the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence and has also received support through the TIFF Talent Lab, Berlinale Talents, and the Torino Script Lab.
Athens, today. Seventeen-year-old Aria, who is working at Jimmy’s local kebab place is waiting for a driving lesson with her father.
CAST
Chrysa Platsatoura
Audrey Giacomini
Yiannis Stankoglou
Takis Spyridakis
CREDITS
DIRECTOR: Myrsini Aristidou
SCREENPLAY: Myrsini Aristidou
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Federico Cesca
EDITING: Myrsini Aristidou
MUSIC: Leo Heiblum
SET: Michalis Samiotis
SOUND: Vaggelis Zelkas, Xavier Thieulin
AWARDS
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection – Orizonti Corti
SUNDANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
ZAGREB INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
LEUVEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
TAMPERE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
SHARM EL SHEIKH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Short Film
AKBANK INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Best International Short Film
ASPEN SHORTS FEST
Official Selection
VIS VIENNA SHORTS
Official Selection
VALENCIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
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