PARK
Filmfest 2017
Greece, Poland 2016
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: English, Greek)
German Premiere
Director: Sofia Exarchou
Section: International Independents
Isolated and abandoned, surrounded by decaying sport venues, the Athens Olympic Village is a near-deserted place today, its only residents a few working class families offered free housing after the 2004 Games. Stuck inside the Village, a group of boys wander the ruins, playing distorted versions of Olympic Games and breeding dogs for money. The oldest of the gang, Dimitris (17), wants to escape the Village for the classy seaside resorts on the outskirts of Athens along with Anna, a retired athlete of 22. As they penetrate more and more into the lives of the foreign tourists on their visits, Dimitris' desire for acceptance is tested in brutal ways.
Cast: Dimitris Kitsos, Dimitra Vlagkopoulou, Enuki Gvenatadze, Thomas Bo Larsen
Credits
Screenplay: Sofia Exarchou
Director of Photography: Monika Lenczewska
Film Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Production Designer: Pinelopi Valti
Costume Design: Marli Aliferi
Producer: Amanda Livanou
Production Company: Neda Film
Co-Producer: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Co-Production Company: Faliro House Productions, Madants
World Sales: Stray Dogs
Director: Sofia Exarchou
biography
Sofia Exarchou was born in Athens, where she received degrees in Electrical Engineering and Film Studies. She studied theatre at the Stella Adler Studio in New York and pursued post-graduate film studies in Toulouse. She has been working as an assistant director in feature films and commercials since 2004. She has written and directed two short films, DISTANCE and the award-winning MESECINA. In 2014, she was selected for the Sundance Screenwriter's & Director's Lab. PARK, her first feature film, premiered at Toronto and San Sebastian, where it won the New Directors Award. It went on to win awards at numerous international film festivals (Rotterdam, BFI).
