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Costas Kapakas, "PEPPERMINT"
30 years later Stefanos meets Marina at the funeral of his mother. They'll certainly have a lot to say to each other. Stefanos pulled out his first tooth by tying it to the door knob with a piece of string. His mother told him that if he threw it on the roof tiles a raven would bring him a ring. But he didn't wait. He stole one from his aunt's jewelry case and promised it to Marina, his first cousin. Kiss-kiss the grownups told them, but the cousins kissed on the mouth. Only during their adolescence things went too far. They had to break up...
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 1999:
- Grand Prix for Best Feature Film
- Best New Director (Costas Kapakas)
- Best Script (Costas Kapakas)
- Best Actress (Annie Loulou)
- Best Editing (Takis Yannopoulos)
- Best Music (Panayotis Kalatzopoulos)
- Best Supporting Actor (Tassos Palatzidis)
- Best Make up (Theano Kapnia)
- Best Sound (Marinos Athanassopoulos)
- The Audience award for best Greek film
- Bronze Knight Award, GOLDEN KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2000
- Award for Financial Support for Distribution, CINEMA MEDITERRANEEN MONTPELLIER FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL, 2000
- GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL, 2001:
- Gold Medal Awarded by ANEC, the Italian National Association of Cinema Owners
- Bronze Gryphon
- CICAE Award, CINE JUNIOR Festival, 2001
- Best Director Award, THE FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2001
- Special Jury Award, WORLDFEST HOUSTON, 2001
- Contemporary Greek Cinema, 2001, screening
- Greek Cinema Days, 2002, screening
- Greek Films of the 90's CINETECA DEL COMUNE DI BOLOGNA, 2002, screening
- Euro-Mediterranean Celebrations (Intercultural Cultural Year), Cairo, 2008, screening
- Cine Odyssee, Strasbourg, 2008, screening
- Greek Film Festival, Tbilisi, 2008, screening
- European Forum of Youth and Image, Paris, 2008, screening
- Greek Cinema Days, Nuremberg, 2008, screening
- Cinema Tribute to the Greek Culture Institution, Cairo, 2009, screening
- Cinema Festival, Cape Town, 2009, screening
- European Film Festival, Jenda, 2009, screening
- Greek Cinema Days, Hamburg, 2010, screening
CREDITS
Directed by | Costas Kapakas |
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Screenplay | Costas Kapakas |
Cinematography | Yiannis Daskalothanasis |
Music | Panayotis Kalatzopoulos |
Editing | Takis Yannopoulos |
Art Director | Giorgos Georgiou, Alexandra Horianopoulou |
Costume Design | Maria Kontodima |
Sound Recording | Marinos Athanassopoulos |
Cast | George Corraface, Giorgos Gerontidakis-Sempetadelis, Anny Loulou, Alexandros Mylonas, Markella Pappa, Nikoletta Vlavianou, Zoe Voudouri |
Executive Producer | Costas Lambropoulos |
Production | Greek Film Centre, Kapa Films, Cinegram SA, ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation |
Theater Release | December 10, 1999 |
1999, 35mm, color, 105', Dolby Digital |