Yama
TITLE
Yama
DIRECTOR
Andreas Vakalios
COUNTRY
Greece
YEAR
2021
DURATION
15′
GENRE
Fiction
Yama
Everybody celebrates the 200 years since the Greek Revolution. Not everybody. A girl is not allowed to play with the boys. Neither is a small boy, an immigrant’s son. The girl lights a small fire and tells a small lie about the boy. Small lies easily get out of control. So do small fires.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Andreas Vakalios
Andreas Vakalios was born in Budapest, Hungary and was raised in Athens, Greece. He studied Digital Arts (MFA) at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He is a Talents Sarajevo alumnus and a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Award recipient. His short film "Mila" was awarded Best Greek Film by the Greek Film Critics' Association among 10 other awards and 30 international film festivals. He lives in Athens.
- Director Andreas Vakalios
- Screenplay Andreas Vakalios
- Cinematography Fili Olsefski
- Editing Gabriela Gerolemou
- Cast Maria Karantinaki, Nikolakis Zegkinoglou, Blerim Dhampiraj, Stefanos Damianidis, Yannis Nanis, Nikos Mavroudis, Efthalia Papacosta, Giorgos Adamantiadis
- Producer/s Yannis Karpouzis
- Production Company Emtpy Square
- Distributor/s Freak Agency
- Project Title Yama
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date June 20, 2021
- Country of origin Greece
- Country of filming Greece
- Language Greek
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Andreas Vakalios
Andreas Vakalios was born in Budapest, Hungary and was raised in Athens, Greece. He studied Digital Arts (MFA) at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He is a Talents Sarajevo alumnus and a Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Award recipient. His short film "Mila" was awarded Best Greek Film by the Greek Film Critics' Association among 10 other awards and 30 international film festivals. He lives in Athens.
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