MONICA
MONICA
Datos Técnicos / Technical Data
País de Producción / Country of Production: ALEMANIA Y GRECIA - GERMANY & GREECE
Año Produccion / Year of Production: 2016
Duración / Running Time: 5′
Format / Format: HD
Pantalla / Screen Ratio: 16/9
Color / Color: COLOR - COLOUR
Gender / Gender: DOCUMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL - DOCUMENTARY EXPERIMENTAL
Lugar de Rodaje / Shooting Place: Sarajevo, BOSNIA Y HERZEGOVINA - Sarajevo, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Versión Original / Original Version: INGLÉS - ENGLISH
Subtítulos / Subtitles: FRANCÉS Y GRIEGO - FRENCH & GREEK
Ficha Técnica / Specification Sheet
Director / Director: DIMITRIS ARGYRIOU
Guión / Screenplay: DIMITRIS ARGYRIOU
Fotografía / Cinematography: LEV PREDAN KOWARSKI
Dirección Artística / Art Director: LEV PREDAN KOWARSKI
Música / Music: MIHALI PALEOLOGOU
Sonido / Sound: MIHALI PALEOLOGOU
Montaje / Editing: DIMITRIS ARGYRIOU
Intérpretes / Cast
IVALA PAVLAKOVIK, Monica
Sinopsis / Synopsis
Monica quería ser peluquera cuando era joven. Las cosas se torcieron y... esta es su historia. (Basada en una entrevista real con una víctima de tráfico de mujeres).
Monica wanted to become hair dresser, when she was young. Things went wrong…and this is her story. (Based on a real interview with a human trafficking victim.)
Biofilmografia / Biofilmography
DIMITRIS ARGYRIOU (Kavala, GRECIA, 1986). Graduado en Audio & Visual Art por la Ionian University y la Universität der Kunste -Berlin (UDK, Berlín). Ha participado como director en Berlinale Talents, Sarajevo Talents y el Talent Development Campus del Cork Film Festival, entre otras residencias y programas. Ha escrito, dirigido y producido nueve cortometrajes, que han ganado más de cincuenta premios y han sido proyectados en más de setecientos festivales internacionales y muestras. Además, ha escrito, dirigido y producido veintinún cortometrajes documentales para la European Television, y ha montado dos largometrajes documentales. En 2014 fundó NewBorn Short Film Agency, desde donde distribuye sobre todo cortometrajes. Ha dirigido la sección New Vision del Hellas FilmBox Berlin en sus dos primeras ediciones, ha sido programador en el International Short Film Festival in Berlin - Interfilm (2013 - 2016), ha trabajado en la Berlinale durante tres años (2014-2017) y ha dirigido el festival Shortcutz Berlin (2013-2015). Mientras tanto, ha ejercido como jurado en múltiples festivales de cortometrajes, como el Alpinale FF o Landshut FF. En 2017 ha comisariado un programa especial para películas griegas en el International Film Festival, Fest: New Directors/New Films (Portugal). Desde 2016, es jefe de programación de cortometrajes en el International Aegean Film Festival.
DIMITRIS ARGYRIOU (Kavala, GREECE, 1986). He graduated from Audio & Visual Art department of Ionian University and from Universität der Kunste -Berlin (UDK - Berlin). He participated as director at Berlinale Talents, Sarajevo Talents and Talent Development Campus of Cork Film Festival between other residencies and film programs. He has written, directed and produced 9 short films, which have won more than 50 awards & screened in more than 700 international film festival and exhibitions. Also he has written, directed and produced 21 short documentaries for European Television. Furthermore, as editor, he has edit two feature documentaries. On 2014, he found the NewBorn Short Film Agency providing Festival Strategy & distribution mainly for short films. He served as Head of New Vision Competition of Hellas FilmBox Berlin for the first two editions, whereas he was Programmer in International Short Film Festival in Berlin - Interfilm (2013 - 2016), he was working in Guest Management Office of Berlinale-Berlin International Film Festival (2014-2017) and he was Festival Director of Shortcutz Berlin (2013-2015). Meanwhile, he has served as Jury Member in various Short Film Festival such as Alpinale ISFF and Landshut ISFF. On 2017, he curated a special program about Greek Films in International Film Festival, Fest: New Directors/New Films in Portugal. Since 2016, he is head of short film programming in International Aegean Film Festival.
Premios / Awards
FESTIVAL OF NATIONS (Austria)
MENCIÓN ESPECIAL
SPECIAL MENTION
SHORT OF THE YEAR (Spain)
MEJOR CORTO EXPERIMENTAL
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
WORLD OF FILM INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL GLASGOW (United Kingdom)
MENCIÓN ESPECIAL EN BALKAN FOCUS COMPETITION
SPECIAL MENTION IN BALKAN FOCUS COMPETITION
WIND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
NOMINADO A MEJOR CORTO
NOMINATED BEST SHORT FILM
LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
MEJOR PELÍCULA EXPERIMENTAL
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
SUNDANCETV SHORTS COMPETITION (Spain)
FINALISTA PREMIO VIMEO DE LA AUDIENCIA
FINALIST FOR THE VIMEO AUDIENCE AWARD
 
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