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The 14th International Festival
Signes de Nuit
at Lisboa
October 1st - 9, 2016
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Special View
Konstantina Kotzamani #2 |
Saturday, October 8, 2016 / 4 pm
FCSH da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisboa / Portugal
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Konstantina Kotzamani |
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Konstantina Kotzamani is a graduate student of Film Department of Fine
Arts of Thessaloniki. Her short movies have participated in several
International Festivals and have gain several awards.
Her last film Washingtonia premiered in Berlinale 2014 in Berlinale
Shorts Competition program and was nominated for the Golden Bear.
Washingtonia was awarded by the Greek Film Academy as the best Short
Film 2014 and also Awarded by the European Film Academy with the EFA
award in Gent International Film Festival.
Konstantina Kotzamani was chosen to take part and present her work in
Future Frames at the 50th Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2015.
Her last short film Yellow Fieber premiered in Locarno Film Festival
2015 in international competition Pardi di Domani.
Filmmaking is a constant improvisation from many aspects. In most of
my films I had no idea how it would end. I just trusted myself and in
a way I let myself free in front of the image wealth of the hidden
cinematic moments. There is a lot of fear in that, and it is really
painful sometimes not knowing what are you doing -where it is heading
at all. But I have understood that this is a much more stimulative
process that fits my personal way of interpreting reality.
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Washingtonia |
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Konstantina Kotzamani
Greece
2014 /0:07:00
Washingtonia starts when the giraffes heart can no longer be heard.
Washingtonia is an alternative name for Athens, a place where people,
like animals, fall into summertime sadness because of the heat.
Washingtonia is the only palm tree that its heart is not devoured by
the red beetle. Because it's heart is small and dry and no one likes
small and dry hearts.
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Yellow Fieber |
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Konstantina Kotzamani
Greece
2015 / 0:17:00
Athens was covered by a strange yellow dust. At first everyone
thought it was sulfur but a few hours later the “Yellow Fieber”
erupted. No one expected what was about to happen, no one could tell
that the city would turn into a forest of palms. Yellow Fieber is a
story of the loss of a city.
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Limbo |
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Konstantina Kotzamani
Greece, France
2016 / 0:30:00
The leopard shall lie down with the goat. The wolves shall live with the lambs. And the young boy will lead them.
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