8th Continent

8η ήπειρος

On Lesvos island, an old abandoned dump lies on a mountain with two big craters. The craters are overflown by thousands of life jackets from the refugee waves. A worker is the only inhabitant of this uncanny place that resembles an alien planet or a new continent.

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Direction: Yorgos Zois

Script: Yorgos Zois

Cinematography: Stelios Pissas

Editing: Yannis Chalkiadakis

Sound: Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Aris Louziotis

Music: Thalia Ioannidou

Actors: Παύλος Ιορδανόπουλος

Producers: Yorgos Zois, Antigoni Rota

Co-production: Mild, Faliro House, Foss Productions, Authorwave, Milk Audio, Cosmote TV

Executive producer: Squared Square

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2017

Duration: 11'

Contact: Yorgos Zois yorgoszois@gmail.com

Yorgos Zois

Yorgos Zois is a Greek Film Director and Producer. His films have been screened and awarded internationally at the biggest film festivals worldwide (Venice IFF, Berlinale, Locarno, Rotterdam, Palm Springs). Among others he has received awards for the Best Film, Best Script, Best Newcomer Director, Best Short Film and he has won a nomination for the Best European Film by the European Film Academy.