The Life and Death of Celso Junior

What is more important? The boots or the man wearing them? In a storeroom in Brazil, a pair of leather boots catches the eye of little Celso. He is in awe. His brain is sealed forever. Today he is an artist living in Switzerland. The life and musings, the art and the many deaths of a fetishist.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Panayotis Evangelidis

Script: Panayotis Evangelidis

Cinematography: Panayotis Evangelidis

Editing: Araceli Lemos, Gregoris Rentis

Sound: Vangelis Katsinas

Producers: Panayotis Evangelidis, Amanda Livanou

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2012

Duration: 49'

Contact: Neda Film (Amanda Livanou, info@nedafilm.gr)

Panayotis Evangelidis

Panayotis Evangelidis was born in Athens, Greece, where he lives and works. Among others, he is a film director, screenwriter, writer, literary translator, and traveler. He has published four novels, written in Greek, and he translates mainly from Japanese and Spanish. He occasionally lectures on Japanese art, poetry, and culture. He has written scripts for several contemporary Greek films, including True Life, Strella, and Xenia, in collaboration with their director Panos H. Koutras. He primarily makes human-centered observational documentaries: Portraits of different people, films that are usually set in rooms behind closed doors but unravel in dialogue with open-minded and open-hearted individuals.

Filmography

2008 Chip & Ovi (short)
2011 Diptych: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name (short)
2011 The Life and Death of Celso Junior 2011 Summer Romance
2011 Afternoon siesta
2013 They Glow in the Dark
2015 Pure Life
2019 Irving Park
2022 Tilos Wedding (doc)
2022 Sibylla
2023 A Portrait of the Collector as a Mature Man (short)
2024 Sylvia Robyn