Motorway 65 | Big Short Films 2022

Two siblings live in the industrial town of Eleusis. A bridge connects their neighborhood to an area inhabited by immigrants. Residents of the two areas, which are labeled by the locals as ‘Upper Little Moscow’ and ‘Downtown Little Moscow,’ are constantly in turmoil and conflicts. On the one side there are Greek people mostly originating from Black Sea ancestors, while the other side is inhabited by refugees who have come recently from Albania, Pakistan, Africa. Hostility between residents of the two areas is also reflected in the local sports matches, which are characterized by great rivalry and competition. The two siblings have chosen different approaches to deal with their neighborhood’s rivalry. Sima is much more open to accept diversity than her brother and hangs out with people from the other side, such as her best friend Xenia. The name of the bridge that unites all of them is Motorway 65.

Cannes Festival 2020 (word premiere)

Zagreb Film Festival 2020, Croatia

Molodist 2021 – Kyiv Film Festival, Ukraine

Written, Directed & Produced by Evi Kalogiropoulou

Cast: Elli Tringou, Ksenia Dania, Stathis Papadopoulos, Argyris Pandazaras

Executive Producers: Christina Moumouri & Mina Dreki

Director of Photography: Christina Moumouri

Second Unit Photography: Damianos Aronidis

Editing: Christos Giannakopoulos

Sound: Yiannis Antipas

Sound Design: Mohammed Rowe

Sound Mixing: Costas Fylaktidis

Color Grading: Dimitris Karteris

Original Music: Mohammed Rowe, Negros tou Moria (Kevin Zans Ansong), Masla.G (Giorgos Kiosses Tasopoulos)

Costumes Design: Marli Aliferi

Make-up Artist: Ioanna Lygizou

Production Manager: Romanos Argyropoulos-Ioannou

Assistant Director & Continuity Supervisor: Andreas Papanikolas

Co-producers: Eleusis 2021 European Capital of Culture, Marni Films, Greek Film Center

With support from: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung