THE SURFACE OF THINGS
Feature Film, 85 min. / Germany, Greece 2017
There is an urban myth in Athens about Errinyos, the ancient underground river, that no one ever saw except four teenage girls in the 1980s at the “neighbourhood of hell”. Today an anthropologist who researches on the myth, locates three of these girls, now in their forties, and their former teacher, and has to face four testimonies on the mysterious appearance of the river. Through extracts of letters, recordings and interviews, they narrate the tragic story which happened thirty years ago and marked their own lives as well as the city’s collective memory.
CAST
Maria Skoula, Maria Kallimani, Marisha Triantafyllidou. Themis Bazaka
DOP
Dionisys Efthymiopoulos
PRODUCER
Christopher Zitterbart
CO-PRODUCERS
Konstantinos Kontovrakis & Giorgos Karnavas
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Watchmen Productions in co-production with Heretic and ERT
FUNDED BY
Greek Film Center, Creative Europe - MEDIA
Festivals & Awards
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2017 : International Competition
Athens International Film Festival 2018 : Winner of Best Debutant Director Award
Hellas Filmbox Berlin 2019
Barcelona International Film Festival 2018: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize for Best Film
IndieFEST USA Film Awards 2018 : Winner of Award of Recognition: Women Filmmakers and Feature Films
London Greek Film Festival 2018 : Nominated for Best Feature Film
Santorini Film Festival 2019 : Winner of Best Film