Dracaena

A young captain returns home from a journey and is faced with loss. His boyfriend breaks up with him and their plant has died. His real journey begins now.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market TIFF65.

Direction: Sofia Priovolou, Ioannis Panagiotidis

Script: Sofia Priovolou, Eleni Georgiou

Cinematography: Ioannis Panagiotidis, Sofia Priovolou

Editing: Eleni Georgiou

Sound: Anna Pantazi, Yorgos Kaparounakis, Yorgos Koborozos, Kostas Fylaktidis

Music: Dimitris Kokkos, Kostas Kivrikosaios, Jessica Br., Andreas Papadopoulos

Actors: Jeo Pakitsas, Vassilis Safos

Production: SAE Creative Media College

Producers: Andreas Papadopoulos

Costumes: Sofia Priovolou, Eleni Georgiou

Sets: Sofia Priovolou, Eleni Georgiou

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2024

Duration: 13'

Awards/Distinctions: Best Sound Design Award (National Student Competition Program) – DISFF 2024

Sofia Priovolou

Sofia Priovolou (filmmaker and actress) studies Filmmaking at the Department of Film Production at SAE Creative Media College. She graduated from the Drama School of the Art Theatre Karolos Koun, from the Department of Linguistics – University of Athens, and from the Department of Cultural Management and Theory of Cinema of Paris III – Nouvelle Sorbonne. In January 2024, she co-directed with Jeo Pakitsas her first play The Life and Death of Jessica Brown at the Experimental Stage of the National Theatre of Greece, based on a screenplay she wrote. Dracaena is her debut short film.

Filmography

2024 Dracaena (co-direction, short)

Ioannis Panagiotidis

Ioannis Panagiotidis (filmmaker) studies at the Film Department of SAE Creative Media College. He works as a freelance videographer and editor in the advertising industry. He has worked as a director and director of photography with Sofia Priovolou in the film Dracaena. In 2020, he participated in the 10th international short film competition “Cinema Diavases?” with his short film LOST, which won the 2nd prize for fiction.