Section: Focus

Xenia

Xenia

Panos H. Koutras
Greece, France, Belgium, 2014, 128 Min
100% Synthetic Films

Sixteen-year-old Dany is the gay son of an Albanian singer and an unknown Greek father. After the death of his mother he travels to Athens to see his older brother Odysseas; Together they set off in search of their father. They both run the risk of deportation, as well as violence from right-wing extremists, who target Albanians and gays. Dany has a dream however: He wants to win a talent show with the help of an Italian pop song his mother taught him; The talented Odysseas is to help him make the dream come true.

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Panos H. Koutras, Panagiotis Evangelidis
Kamera
Hélène Louvart, Simos Sarketzis
Ton
Fabrice Osinski
Schnitt
Hélène Louvart, Simos Sarketzis
Ausstattung
Pinelopi Valti
Musik
Delaney Blue
Darsteller
Kostas Nikouli, Nikos Gelia, Yannis Stankoglou, Marissa Triandafyllidou, Aggelos Papadimitriou
Produzent
Panos H. Koutras
Produktion
100% Synthetic Films
Co-Produktion
MPM film, Entre Chien et Loup
Kontakt
Pyramide International
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75008 Paris
France
Tel.: +33.1.42 96 02 20
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Panos H. Koutras - – born in Athens. A graduate of the London
Film School and the Sorbonne, he founded his
own production company “100 % Synthetic
Films” back in 1995. His second fi lm ALITHINI
ZOI / REAL LIFE saw him win the Greek Film
Critics Association Award in 2004.

Movies
I EPITHESI TOU GIGANTIAIOU MOUSAKA (1999)
ALITHINI ZOI (2004)
STRELLA (2009)