Greece/Poland/Slovenia
Iraklis Mavroidis, Angelo Venetis, Aris Dagios, Mariusz Włodarski, Christos Nikou
Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof, Stefanos Ganos, Stavros Raptis
2020
Vesna Award for Best Sound
Vesna Award for Best Minority Co-production
Director Christos Nikou I Scriptwriters Christos Nikou, Stavros Raptis I Director of photography Bartosz Świniarski I Editor George Zafiris I Music The Boy I Sound design Sašo Kalan, Tom Lemajič I Actors Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovasili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argiris Bakirtzis I Distribution FIVIA – Vojnik
Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris (Aris Servetalis) finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Prescribed daily tasks on cassette tapes so he can create new memories and document them on camera, Aris slides back into ordinary life, meeting Anna (Sofia Georgovasili), a woman who is also in recovery. Through images deadpan, strange and surreal, Greek writer-director Christos Nikou posits a beguiling reflection on memory, identity, and loss, exploring how a society might handle an irreversible epidemic through one man’s story of self-discovery. Are we the sum of the images we compile and display of ourselves, or are we something richer, and deeper?