Dead Europe

Α tense and moody mystery set on the turbulent streets of contemporary Europe. While taking his deceased father’s ashes from Australia to Greece, a young photographer named Isaac comes to learn that something sinister happened in his family’s past involving a young Jewish boy. Despite an effort to distract himself with a mix of random sex and drugs, Isaac’s world begins to unravel as he realizes that he cannot escape the ghosts of the past.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Script: Louise Fox, based on the novel by Christos Tsiolkas

Cinematography: Germain McMicking

Editing: Alexandre De Franceschi, Scott Gray

Sound: Sam Petty

Music: Jed Kurzel

Actors: Ewen Leslie (Isaac), Marton Csokas (Nico), Jean-Francois Balmer (Gerry), Danae Skiadi (Giulia), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Josef), Thanos Samaras (Andreas)

Production: See-Saw Films, Australia-UK T.+61 2 9357 0700 F.+61 2 9357 0733 info@see-saw-films.com www.see-saw-films.com

Producers: Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Liz Watts

Co-production: Porchlight Films

Art Direction: Renald Cotte Verdy

Costumes: Emily Seresin

Production Design: Fiona Crombie

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: Australia-UK

Production Year: 2012

Duration: 84

Distribution in Greece: Seven Films & Spentzos Films Yannis Drepas T. +30 210 3818 777 drepas@sevenfilms.gr www.sevenfilms.gr

Contact: Wild Bunch, France T. +33 1 5301 5020 F. +33 1 5301 5049 www.wildbunch.biz

Tony Krawitz

He studied film at the University of Technology, Sydney and the Australian Film TV and Radio School. He wrote and directed the short film Unit#52, which screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 2003 Cannes IFF, and the critically acclaimed Jewboy (2005), which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to screen at many festivals including Sundance, Karlovy Vary, Melbourne, Jerusalem and Pusan. He also wrote and directed the feature-length documentary The Tall Man (2011) for SBS TV (based on the bestselling book by Chloe Hooper), which won many awards worldwide.