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Grigoris Karantinakis, "CHARITON'S CHOIR"
Α "bitter" comedy: A party of tragicomic characters that do not take themselves seriously, act according to the local intrigues and goals, a nostalgic story, which proves - for once more - that youth and beauty are always triumphant, even when a few tricks are necessary to win the prize.
The story is based on an idea of Grigoris Karantinakis and Iraklis Kvirikadge.
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- 46th International Film Festival of Thessaloniki, 2005:
- Best Motion Picture First Prize, State Awards 2005
- Best Sound Award, State Awards 2005
- Audience award for best Greek film, Film Festival of Thessaloniki 2005
- Alexandria International Film Festival, 2006:
- Best Film Award
- Best Direction Award (Grigoris Karantinakis)
- Best Leading Actress Award (Maria Nafpliotou)
- Sydney Greek Film Festival, 2006, screening
- Troia International Film Festival, 2006, screening
- Tursak International Film Festival, 2006, screening
- 5th Panorama of Contemporary Greek Cinema, Paris, 2007, screening
- Fortnight of Greek Cinema in Strasbourg, 2007, screening
- Palm Springs Film Festival, 2007, screening
- US HBO Comedy Arts Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2007, screening
- European Film Festival, Beirut, 2007, screening
- Greek Film Week, Munich, 2007, screening
- Greek Film Week, Geneva, 2008, screening
- Greek Cinema Week CAC-VOLTAIRE, Geneve, 2008, screening
- Greek Cinema Week, Madrid, Albecete, 2008, screening
- Greek Film Festival, San Francisco, 2008, screening
- European Film Festival, Lima, 2008, screening
- Cine Odyssee, Strasbourg, 2008, screening
- Greek Club of Bretagne, France, 2009, screening
- European Film Festival, Prague, 2009, screening
- Cine-Projections, Latvia, 2009, screening
- Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 2009, competition
- The Montreal Greek Film Festival, Montreal, 2009, screening
- Festival "Ichos & Icona", Santorini, 2009, screening
- EU Film Festival, 2010, China, screening
- Ciné-Club Hellénique de Luxembourg, screening, 2010
- European Union Film Festival, Tunisia, 2011, screening
- E.U. Film Festival, Singapore, 2013, screening
- Panorama of Greek Cinema, Washington, 2012, screening
CREDITS
| Directed by | Grigoris Karantinakis |
|---|---|
| Screenplay | Grigoris Karantinakis, Yiorgos Makris, Dimitris Vakis |
| Cinematography | Nikos Kavoukidis |
| Art Director | Antonis Halkias |
| Costume Design | Eva Nathena |
| Sound Recording | Marinos Athanassopoulos |
| Cast | George Corraface, Maria Nafpliotou, Olga Daletza, Akylas Karazisis, Stefanos Karadinakis, Vassilis Kolovos, Alexandros Logothetis, Yvonne Maltezou, Fotini Baxevani, Dimitris Piatas, Dimitris Ponticas, Christos Stergioglou |
| Line Producer | Costas Lambropoulos |
| Production Manager | Yannis Iakovidis |
| Producer | Elena Hatzialexandrou |
| Shooting locations | Athens, Corfu |
| Pre-production period | February - May 2005 |
| Shooting scheduled | 16/5/2005 - 15/7/2005 |
| Post-production period | July - September 2005 |
| Released | November 10, 2005, by ODEON |
| 2005, 35mm, color, Dolby Digital | |