Film - International Independents Filmfest 2018

PITY

Directed by Babis Makridis

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Director: Babis Makridis

Section: International Independents

Country: Greece, Poland

Year: 2018

OT: OIKTOS

Language: Greek

Version: Original version with English subtitles

Cast: Yannis Drakopoulos, Evi Saoulidou, Nota Tserniafski, Makis Papadimitriou, Georgina Chryskioti

18+ (no age rating)

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PITY

This is the story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such a need for pity, that he's willing to do anything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

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Meet the director

Babis Makridis

Babis Makridis was born in Kastoria, Greece, in 1970. He studied film direction at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. In 2000, he started working as a director of commercials and video clips. His short film THE LAST FAKIR (2005) received the Newcomer's Prize at the International Short Film Festival in Drama in Greece. His feature-film debut, L (2012), was presented in competition at Sundance, Rotterdam, and other international film festivals. PITY is his second feature film.

Credits

Screenplay: Efthimis Filippou, Babis Makridis

Director of Photography: Konstantinos Koukoulios

Film Editor: Yannis Chalkiadakis

Production Designer: Anna Georgiadou

Sound: Leandros Ntounis

Producer: Amanda Livanou, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Klaudia Śmieja, Beata Rzeźniczek

Production Company: Neda Film, Madants, Faliro House, Beben Films

Co-Producer: Anthony Papadimitriou, Afroditi Panagiotakou Peter Carlton, Magdalena Zimecka, Jacek Kulczycki, Stanisłav Dziedzic

Co-Production Company: Onassis Foundation, ERT, Greek Film Center, Studio Produkcyjne, ORKA, Film Produkcja, Foss

World Sales: New Europe Film Sales