Amerikanos

Amerikanos

Tony, a Greek immigrant, arrives in San Francisco chasing the “other” American dream.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Christos Dimas
Script: Christos Dimas
Cinematography: Kev Robertson, Evgenios Dionyssopoulos
Editing: Sharon Franklin
Sound: John Hanson Roegner
Actors: Christos Dimas, Kathryn Trask, Birdie-Bob Watt, Paul Gerrior, Maurita Dunphy
Production: Fantasia Ltd, fanfilmpro@gmail.com
Producers: Thanos Anastopoulos, Stella Theodoraki
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Greece
Production Year: 1999
Duration: 23΄
Contact: Christos Dimas, chdimas99@yahoo.com
Awards/Distinctions: 2nd Best Film, Award of the Film Critics - Short Film Festival in Drama 1999, Distinction by the GFC, Best Short Film - Ministry of Culture State Quality Awards 1999, Best Short Film - Film Festival of Milwaukee 1999

The director's four awarded shorts were later released as an anthology under the title Four. This screening during the Festival will also be screened in this format.

Christos Dimas

Born in 1969, Christos Dimas studied Political Science at the University of Athens and attended Sources film seminars in Finland and Holland. He has worked as an assistant director in feature films shot by major Greek directors, as well as in the United States. He has also worked as a script writer and director in the Alpha TV channel series Red Circle, together with Panos Kokkinopoulos. He is the author of the books Veronika [Veronica] (1993), Akrovates tou κipou [Acrobats of the Garden] (1995), and Anasa [Breath] (2008).

Filmography

1995 Α Sky Full of Stars (short)
1997 Tender (short)
1998 Breath (short)
1999 Amerikanos (short)
2002 Acrobats of the Garden
2009 Nisos
2012 Poker Face
2013 Akalyptos
2015 Αmore Mio