The River Runs Through the Village

TITLE

The River Runs Through the Village

DIRECTOR

Xenophon Nikolakopoulos

COUNTRY

Greece

YEAR

2024

DURATION

17′

GENRE

Fiction

Overview

The River Runs Through the Village

Memory is our only true wealth. Andreas learns this the hard way, as his father who is suffering from Alzheimer's cannot recognize him anymore. In his attempt to help his father remember, Andreas loses track of the time following the path carved by footprints of memory.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Xenophon Nikolakopoulos

Xenophon Nikolakopoulos was born in Athens, in 1981. He studied Computer Science Engineering at the National Technological Institute of Piraeus. From a very early age he was involved in photography, which he considers a means of communicating emotions, ideas and experiences. He has attended photography seminars at the Benaki Museum with Platon Rivelis, at Leica Academy with Stavros Andriotis, a photography workshop with Giannis Galanis, and has participated in several group exhibitions and photo albums. Since 2017, he completed a videography seminar at SAE Athens and film directing workshops with Greek directors, such as Nikos Grammatikos and he has attended a sound directing seminar with Electra Venaki. Today he is a graduate student of the film directing department of IEK AKMI in Athens and holds a BA degree in film directing from Queen Margaret University in England...

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Xenophon Nikolakopoulos

Xenophon Nikolakopoulos was born in Athens, in 1981. He studied Computer Science Engineering at the National Technological Institute of Piraeus. From a very early age he was involved in photography, which he considers a means of communicating emotions, ideas and experiences. He has attended photography seminars at the Benaki Museum with Platon Rivelis, at Leica Academy with Stavros Andriotis, a photography workshop with Giannis Galanis, and has participated in several group exhibitions and photo albums. Since 2017, he completed a videography seminar at SAE Athens and film directing workshops with Greek directors, such as Nikos Grammatikos and he has attended a sound directing seminar with Electra Venaki. Today he is a graduate student of the film directing department of IEK AKMI in Athens and holds a BA degree in film directing from Queen Margaret University in England...

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