Daphne | Big Short Films 2023

Daphne pursues one sexual partner after another, but she doesn’t seem to be satisfied, at least not with what she thought she needed. Until she finds a wounded dog in the middle of the street. How far can she go to feel some affection?

Written, Directed & Produced by Tonia Mishiali

Director of Photography: Yorgos Rahmatoulin

Production Designer: Christy Polydorou

Editing, Titles & Compositing: Emilios Avraam

Sound Recording, Design & Mix: Christos Kyriacoullis

Color Grading & DCP Mastering: Panicos Petrides

Original Music: Christos Kyriacoullis

Music Soundtrack: Delirium Elephants

Delegate Producer: Constantinos Nikiforou

1st Assistant Director: Andreas Sheittanis

1st Assistant Camera: Kyriacos Mosfiliotis

2nd Assistant Camera / Data Wrangler: George Athanasiou

3rd Assistant Camera: Cecilia Tselepidou

Costume Designer: Marios Messios

Art Assistant: Orestis Christodoulakis

Boom Operator: Andreas Constantinou

Gaffer: Kyriakos Politis

Electrician: Manolis Hadjiconstantinou

Co-Producers: Ilias Ktistakis, Yorgos Rahmatoulin, Polyvios Symeonides, Constantinos Nikiforou, Christy Polydorou, Panicos Petrides, Christos Kyriacoullis, Emilios Avraam, Kyriacos Mosfiliotis, Andros Achilleos, [B1] Marios Messios

Sponsored by Digital Tree

Co-Produced by Caretta Films, Master and Slave, Fullmoon Productions, Movies and Stories, A.B. Seahorse Film Productions, White Balance

Produced by Bark Like A Cat Films

Cast: Niovi Charalambous, Fivos Papacostas, Andreas Papamichalopoulos, Izel Seylani, Giulio Filippo D’Errico, Harry Charalambous-Kazepis, Katerina Kyriacou, Kyriacos Kyriacou, Mo the dog, and Antonis Katsaris

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023, France

PÖFF Shorts 2022, Estonia

Stockholm International Film Festival 2022, Sweden

Olhares di Mediterraneo Women’s Film Festival 2022, Portugal

Raindance Film Festival 2022, Sweden

CineMed Montpellier 2022, France

International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2022: Best Film Award, Best Director Award & Best Actress Award

28th Athens International Film Festival (AIFF), 2022, Greece

45th Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF), 2022, Greece: Best Female Performance Award

Tonia Mishiali is a screenwriter, director, and producer, a member of the Hellenic and European Film Academies, and a Berlinale Talents alumna. Her films have been selected and awarded at prestigious film festivals (Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Palm Springs, Cairo, Clermont-Ferrand, Santa Barbara) and major markets (Midpoint, TFL, Coco, Crossroads, Sofia Meetings, MIB, MFI). Her debut feature, “Pause,“ was listed as one of the "20 most daring films of 2019” by Rotten Tomatoes and one of the 5 best Greek films of 2019 by the Panhellenic Union of Cinema Critics (Greek Film Critics Association). It was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, among many others, received rave reviews, and was distributed worldwide.