The Juggler
This idiosyncratic animation explores the depths of our subconscious, with uncanny characters and situations ultimately proving to be very human.
11'
Lithuania
IFFR 2019
When, 9 months pregnant, Maria is suddenly fired, she decides to go on a birth strike until she gets her job back. With a Don Quixote-inspired character to the fore, this film delicately balances between dream and reality, comedy and drama. Is it worth trying to control the uncontrollable?
IFFR 2019
- 23'
- Greece
- 2018
- Director
- Nikoleta Leousi
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Greece
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 23'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- 37 Meres
- Language
- Greek
- Producer
- Phaedra Vokali
- Production Company
- Marni Films
- Sales
- Marni Films
- Screenplay
- Nikoleta Leousi, Vangelis Serfas, Nikoleta Leousi
- Cinematography
- Dubrawka Kurobasa
- Editor
- Artemis Anastasiadou
- Production Design
- Maria Eva Mavridou
- Sound Design
- Persefoni Miliou
- Music
- Niki Krasaki
- Cast
- Elli Tringou, Yannis Tsortekis, Yorgos Katsis, Katerina Lypiridou, Argyris Bakirtzis
Also in this combined programme
The Monster and the Woman
There’s a monster about. The villagers are terrified and the police seem powerless. One woman seems to know more.
30'
Japan
IFFR 2019
No me despertéis
2009 in Bilbao. Jone is a teenager during a peak of political unrest which clashes with her father’s government position.
21'
Spain
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Nikoleta Leousi
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Greece
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 23'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- 37 Meres
- Language
- Greek
- Producer
- Phaedra Vokali
- Production Company
- Marni Films
- Sales
- Marni Films
- Screenplay
- Nikoleta Leousi, Vangelis Serfas, Nikoleta Leousi
- Cinematography
- Dubrawka Kurobasa
- Editor
- Artemis Anastasiadou
- Production Design
- Maria Eva Mavridou
- Sound Design
- Persefoni Miliou
- Music
- Niki Krasaki
- Cast
- Elli Tringou, Yannis Tsortekis, Yorgos Katsis, Katerina Lypiridou, Argyris Bakirtzis
Programme IFFR 2019
Voices Short
Narrative-driven short stories, presented in compilation programmes, competing for the Voices Short Award. Some of these short films also screen before feature films.
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Maria is pregnant and works in a beauty salon. When she gets fired, she decides to go on birth strike.
23'
Greece
IFFR 2019
Acid Rain
A teenage girl runs away from her depressing small town and forms a progressively weirder friendship with a drug dealer.
26'
Poland
IFFR 2019
All These Creatures
An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.
13'
Australia
IFFR 2019