Big Short Films | Mare Nostrum by Dimitris Anagnostou

In a vast and desolate coast, around the mid-19th century, a group of Grand Tour voyagers are seeking Arcadia and the ancient ruins, the symbols of an emerging Greek and European identity. More than one century later, the dead body of an unidentified man lies on the same coast. Motionless, almost paralyzed, an anonymous crowd stands numb and stares…

“Mare Nostrum” had its world premiere at Vienna Shorts 2020, the Vienna International Short Film Festival. Since June of 2020, it was screened at more than twenty film festivals across the world (among them, El Gouna Film Festival, Villeurbanne, KineNova, Shorts Mexico, Gijon Film Festival, Istanbul Ifsak), receiving several awards, such as a Jury Special Mention at KineNova, Best Cinematography Award at the Drama International Short Film Festival, a Special Mention at the Athens International Film Festival, a Cinematic Achievement Award at the Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival

Cast: Thanassis Dovris, Drossos Skotis, Stathis Apostolou, Aris Balis, Vassilis Samourkas, Katerina Giannouli, Penelope Darsaklis, Serafeim Radis, David Brown, Alex Vanghelis

Screenwriter & Director: Dimitris Anagnostou

Director of Photography: Yannis Karabatsos

Editor: Yiannis Chalkiadakis

Set Designer: Dimitris Ziakas

Costume Designer: Christina Lardikou

Make-up Artist: Hara Vassiliadi

1st Assistant director: Stratis Chatzielenoudas

Sound Recording: Christos Sakellariou

Sound Designer & Mix: Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Aris Louziotis

Music: Stavros Markonis

Titles Designer & VFX: Thodoris Zigkiris

Color Correction & DCP: Yannis Zacharoyannis, Authorwave

Production Manager: Alexis Anastasiadis

Producers: Antigoni Rota, Yorgos Zois, Christina Cironi, Antonis Triantafyllou

Produced by Greek Film Center, Squared Square, Mild, Tarro, Arctos

International sales: Lights On