Motorway 65 | Big Short Films 2022
Motorway 65
DISFF: Honorary Distinction for Best Film, Honorary Distinction for the Best Editing to Christos Giannakopoulos. Available online between June 9th and 15th, 2022.
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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 CenterWith support from: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung