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BECOMING AN ACTOR-2014

​A documentary on the experience of the actor’s training.
​
Athens 2010. A group of young people are auditioning to enter a drama school and start taking their first steps in acting. The documentary not only captures their dreams and concerns throughout this three year study, but also displays their development as artists and human beings as well.
 
Awards
     Audience Award - 16th  Thessaloniki International Film Festival
   Honorary Screenplay Distinction – Halkid​a Greek Documentary Festival
            Special Jury Award – Ierapetra International Documentary Festival

Picture


Directed by
Dimitris Koutsiabasakos


Screenplay
Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
Glikeria Patramani


Editing
Giorgos Savoglou


Cinematography
Haris Farros


Music
Vangelis Fambas


Sound editing – Sound mixing
Elias Flammos


Additional shooting
Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
Giorgos Savoglou
Nikos Haritos
Giorgos Rahmatoulin


Assistant editor
Eleni Xrysomalli


Graphic Design
Fofo Mara

Color Grading
Giorgos Savoglou


Voice over recording
Taxiarhis Vrouvas
Giannis Tselepidis


Sound Labs
Silicon Factory
Akron Studio
IEK Akmi


Technical Processing
KinoLab Productions




Cast

Zoi Doukoudaki
Andrea Demetriou
Thanasis Isidorou
Eva Kalapothaki
Thanos Kotsis
Dimitris Liolios
Stavros Markalas
Alexandra Mina
Konstantinos Maragos
Dimitra Mpournele
Constadina Dadami
Miranda Paulou
Panagiotis Papadakis
Lila Papandreou
Ntenia Stasinopoulou
Victoria Samothraki
Konstantinos Trafalis
Eleni Tsimprikidou
Filio Fotiadi


The narrating was based on calendar texts of the students that participated in the documentary.


Parts of the following courses were presented

Kostas Kazakos – Acting
Giannis Mpezos – Acting
Kostas Mparas – Acting
Aggeliki Karystinou – Improvisation
Thodoris Oikonomou – Song
Marina Chronopoulou – Solfeggio
Konstantinos Zamanis – Scenography/Costume
Giannis Nikolaidis – Movement/Dance
Dimitris Koutsiabasakos – Cinema History and Acting


Musicians
Vangelis Fambas – piano
Giorgos Psyhogios – piano
Nikos Hatzopoulos – bass
Nikos Veropoulos – percussions
Victor Milenkovich – composer

Recording Studio
Akron Studio


Parts of the following theatrical plays were presented

“The Ladies Aim”

Diohanti (land art), Lizi Kalliga (photography), Lida Papakonstantinou (performance), Marianna Strapatsaki (video art)


Homo Mensura
του Κλεομένη Κωστόπουλου

Homo Mensura
By Kleomenis Kostopoulos
 

The following paintings were presented

“Jacqueline with flowers” - Pablo Picasso
“The Absinthe Drinker” – Edgar Degas
“Girl with a Pearl Earring” - Johannes Vermeer
“Nikolaos Politis, student in Munich” – Giorgos Iakovidis
“Portrait of Artist's Mother” - Vincent van Gogh
“Portrait of Maude Abrantes” - Amedeo Modigliani
“A Shy Peasant” – Ilya Repin
“Self-portrait” – Frida Kahlo
“Self-portrait” - Alexandre Cabanel
“Portrait of a young girl” – Peter Paul Rubens
“Portrait of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin” - Vasily Andreevich Tropinin
"Lady with the Ermine" - Leonardo da Vinci




Parts of Bertolt Brecht’s theatrical play “Mr Puntila and his Man Matti” were presented

Mise en scene: Kostas Kazakos
Translation: Odysseas Nikakis
Musical composition: Dionysis Tsaknis
Set and Costumes Design: Faidon Patrikalakis
Choreography: Katerina Fotiadi
Lighting Design: Thanasis Stavropoulos

Actors
Kostas Kazakos (Puntila)
Dionysis Tsaknis (Narrator – singer)
Thodoris Grampsas, Ntoretta Papadimitriou
Nikos Moshovos, Pavlos Orkopoulos
Stamatis Tzelepis, Nikos Chaniotakis
Christiana Mantzourani, Maria Tzani
Georgia Kallergi, Eleni Dafni
Veronika Davaki, Eva Varsou
Giannis Gounas, Euthimis Ksypolitas
Giannis Zarafonitis, Gerasimos Skafidas

And the musicians
Kostas Mitropoulos, Giorgos Tsiatsoulis, Paris Thomopoulos
 
 
There was a narration of Kiki Dimoula’s poem “Perasa”

The following songs were heard:

 
  “Oops!... I did it again” – Britney Spears (Oops!... I did it again, 2000 by Jive Records)
“I want you” - Elvis Costello, (Blood & Chocolate)
Lovers are Strangers - Chinawoman (Party Girl)


Translation
Katerina Hadini
Craig Garside


Translation adjustment – Subtitling
Melissanthi Gianousi


Special Thanks

Kriton Salpigkitis
Lena Filipova
“Praxi Epta” Drama School
Stelios Giannakos
Eirini Kalianidou
Dimitris Dimakis
The direction of “Tzeni Karezi” theatre
Kostas Kazakos
Thodoros Grampsas
The direction of “Riviera” Cinema
Projection engineer Panagiotis Polychronidis
Sotiris Riggas
K-art gallery
Vabene
Vasilis Kontaksis
Cultural Organisation, Municipality of Athrns – Art Centre
Periklis Hoursoglou
Vangelio Andreadaki
Kosta Koutsiabasakos
Anna Pianalto
Markos Koutsiabasakos
Arieta Savoglou
Nikos Boubaris
Elia Petridou
Vasilis Trafalis
Petros Petrit
Dimitris Lizikiotis
Eirini Andrimachi Pavlou
Rozanna Mpagia
Meropi Karakitsiou
Giorgos Mihelis

Production

KinoLab


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