Behind the Haystack
TITLE
Behind the Haystack
DIRECTOR
Asimina Proedrou
COUNTRY
Greece, Germany, North Macedonia
YEAR
2023
DURATION
118′
GENRE
Drama, Family
Behind the Haystack
A middle-aged fisherman living on Greece's northern border, who is drowning in debt, starts to smuggle migrants across the border lake, in exchange for a hefty fee. His wife, a housewife and devout churchgoer, is seeking the truth in God's Word, while their daughter tries to define her own life within an oppressive environment. Until a tragic incident strikes the family, pushing the three heroes to face their own personal impasses and weaknesses, whilst having to consider, for the first time in their life, the price to pay for their actions.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Asimina Proedrou
Asimina was born in 1982, in Athens, Greece. She studied music (piano degree in 2001), International Economics (BA in 2005 and MSc in 2007) and Film Directing (BA in 2013, MA in 2016). Her short film, Red Hulk (2013), which was produced, written and directed by herself, won the Best Short Film Awards at the two major film festivals in Greece. It was officially selected for more than sixty international film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand (International Competition 2014), and won seven international awards. Her debut feature film, Behind the Haystacks, is a Greek-German-North Macedonian co- production, developed through Berlinale Script Station and First Film First, and supported, among others, by MEDIA, ZDF-Arte and Eurimages. The film premiered at the 63rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November 2022, where it won six awards (Special mention at the Meet the Neigbours Official Competition, Fipresci award for Greek Premiere, Greek Film Critics Award, GFC award for Best Debut Film, GFC award for Best Locations, National TV award). The film was also officially selected for the 53rd International Film Festival of India (Goa), where it won the Best Debut Feature Award, and it has already been very well critically acclaimed in Greece and Internationally. (Screen Daily, The Film Verdict, Variety, Screen Daily New Talents Focus)
- DirectorAsimina Proedrou
- ScreenplayAsimina Proedrou
- CinematographySimos Sarketzis
- EditingElectra Venaki
- CastStathis Stamoulakatos, Lena Ouzounidou, Evgenia Lavda, Christos Kontogeorgis, Dina Michailidou and aschalis Tsarouchas
- Producer/sIoanna Bolomyti, Markus Halberschmidt, Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska
- Production CompanyArgonauts SA, FICTION PARK, Sektor Film
- Distributor/sTanweer
- Project TitleBehind the Haystack
- Project TypeDrama, Family
- Completion Date January 1, 2023
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Country of origin
Greece, Germany, North Macedonia - Country of filming Greece, Germany, North Macedonia
- Language
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Asimina Proedrou
Asimina was born in 1982, in Athens, Greece. She studied music (piano degree in 2001), International Economics (BA in 2005 and MSc in 2007) and Film Directing (BA in 2013, MA in 2016). Her short film, Red Hulk (2013), which was produced, written and directed by herself, won the Best Short Film Awards at the two major film festivals in Greece. It was officially selected for more than sixty international film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand (International Competition 2014), and won seven international awards. Her debut feature film, Behind the Haystacks, is a Greek-German-North Macedonian co- production, developed through Berlinale Script Station and First Film First, and supported, among others, by MEDIA, ZDF-Arte and Eurimages. The film premiered at the 63rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November 2022, where it won six awards (Special mention at the Meet the Neigbours Official Competition, Fipresci award for Greek Premiere, Greek Film Critics Award, GFC award for Best Debut Film, GFC award for Best Locations, National TV award). The film was also officially selected for the 53rd International Film Festival of India (Goa), where it won the Best Debut Feature Award, and it has already been very well critically acclaimed in Greece and Internationally. (Screen Daily, The Film Verdict, Variety, Screen Daily New Talents Focus)
