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10-09-2015

FNE at Slovenian Film Festival in Portoroz: Impressions of the Drowned Man

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    PORTOROZ: Kyros Papavassiliou’s debut feature Impressions of the Drowned Man will be screened with other Slovenian minority coproduction film in the competition of the 18th Slovenian Film Festival (15-20 September 2015). 

    Totally disconnected from his past and his memory, the Passenger tries to define himself confronted by his pre-determined fate, a fate that he has to re-live every anniversary of his death.

    Editor and director Kyros Papavassiliou, points out that the film slides through different layers of reality and constantly migrates between the logical and the illogical.

    Impressions of the Drowned Man was produced by the Cypriot production company DryTree Films in coproduction with Slovenia's Restart Production and Filmblades. The film was supported by Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture with 390,600 EUR.

    The Slovenian coproducer contributed with 4,16% of the total budget of 766,000 EUR, coproducer Bojan Mastilovič told FNE. He added that this Cypriot-Greek-Slovenian cooperation was established with the help of the platform Cinelink at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

    The film premiered in competition at Rotterdam International Film Festival 2015  The release date in Slovenia is not yet known.

    Production Information:

    DryTree Films
    1 Kritis steet
    2060 Nicosia, Cyprus
    Phone: +357 97855893
    http://www.drytreefilms.com/
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    Restart Production
    Rimska cesta 8
    1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    Phone: +386 14 262 520
    http://www.restart.si/
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    Filmblades
    Pentadaktilou 65
    7101 Larnaca, Cyprus
    Telephone: +357 99 661901
    http://www.filmblades.com/
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    Credits
    Director: Kyros Papavassiliou
    Screenwriters: Kyros Papavassiliou, Yiorgos Zois, Maria Varnakkidou, Philippos Yiannikouris
    DoP: Konstantinos Othonos
    Editor: Yiannis Chalkiadakis
    Production Designer: Andy Bargilly
    Costume Designer: Notis Panagiotou, Konstantina Andreou
    Make up: Alexandra Myta
    Music: Nikos Veliotis
    Sound Designer: Persefon