World premiere screening of “Memoir of a veering storm” at Berlinale 2022 | An Onassis Culture co-production
Director Sofia Georgovassili’s short film is set to open at one of world’s top film festivals
Film Still of "Memoir of a Veering Storm" by Sofia Georgovassili
Sofia Georgovassili’s “Memoir of a Veering Storm” (2022) is to premiere at the Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival as part of its Generation competition program (February 7–20). Each year, the Berlinale Generation section presents films starring children and teens, exploring heartfelt and headstrong coming-of-age stories from around the world. “Memoir of a Veering Storm” unfolds one September morning as a storm bears down on the city. A 15-year-old girl skips school and, with the help of her boyfriend, heads to hospital where she must face a sudden jolt into adulthood. Director Sofia Georgovassili developed the screenplay for this short with the support of Onassis Culture, as part of the Onassis Cinema in Development program.
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Yorgos Zois, Evi Kalogiropoulou, Vasilis Kekatos, and Syllas Tzoumerkas are just some of the filmmakers writing their next projects with the support of the Onassis Foundation. “Ballad for a Pierced Heart” by Yannis Economides (2020), “Broadway” by Christos Massalas (2022), and the film short “Memoir of a Veering Storm” by Sofia Georgovassili (2022), which all benefited from this special program, have since wrapped filming and been presented before audiences at the world’s major film festivals. 2021 also saw the launch of the Onassis Film Development Grant in partnership with the Drama International Short Film Festival – the most important forum of its kind in Greece. Greek filmmakers whose works screen in international competition at the festival will receive a 10,000 euro grant for the development of their first feature film. Manolis Mavris and Aris Kaplanidis were the winners in 2021. The Onassis Foundation’s cinematic family continues to grow and grow.
Film Still from "Memoir of a veering storm" by Sofia Georgovassili
CAST: Daphne Peel, Konstantinos Sideris, Stefania Sotiropoulou, Maria Kallimani, Nikos Hantzopoulos, Elena Mengreli, Vassilia Rozana
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sofia Georgovassili
PRODUCED BY Stelios Cotionis, Sofia Georgovassili
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Antigoni Rota
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tudor Panduru
EDITOR George Zafiris
SOUND DESIGNER Persephone Miliou
MUSIC Jay Glass Dubs
COSTUMES Vassilia Rozana
ART DIRECTOR Sofia Georgovassili
Produced by Foss Productions
Co-produced by Onassis CultureWith the support of Greek film centre
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung / Office in Greece
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