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61st TIFF: Greek premiere

As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people to develop sudden amnesia, a man finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life. His treatment: performing daily tasks prescribed by his doctors on cassette tape, and capturing these new memories with a Polaroid camera. Greek writer-director Christos Nikou’s debut feature is a surreal and enigmatic work, a beguiling exploration of identity and reality.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Christos Nikou

Script: Christos Nikou, Stavros Raptis

Cinematography: Bartosz Świniarski

Editing: Giorgos Zafeiris

Sound: Leandros Ntounis, Kostas Koutelidakis, Saso Kalan, Tom Lemajič, Kostas Koutelidakis

Music: The Boy

Actors: Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovasili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argyris Bakirtzis

Production: Boo Productions

Producers: Iraklis Mavroeidis, Angelo Venetis, Nikos Smpiliris, Aris Dagios, Christos Nikou

Co-production: LAVA Films, Perfo Production, Greek Film Centre

Co-producers: Mariusz Włodarski, Ales Pavlin, Andrej Stritof

Sets: Efi Birba

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece, Poland, Slovenia

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 89'

Contact: Alpha Violet Bernardo Leyte festivals@alphaviolet.com

Christos Nikou

Christos Nikou was born in Athens in 1984. A director, screenwriter, and producer, he directed his first short film, KM, in 2012; his first feature film Apples opened the Venice Orizzonti section in 2020, playing at Telluride and TIFF that same year. Greece’s submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Apples was released in more than 70 countries and was named one of the top five international films by the National Board of Review. Nikou makes his English-language debut with Fingernails, which he directed, co-wrote and co-produced with Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films.