The Great Eastern

Isolation, hope, lust and darkness. Five people standing like trees, waiting on a rocky isolated island for the ocean liner “The Great Eastern” to pick them up in a journey towards hope. A young butterfly flies between them and fucks everything up.

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Direction: Lakis and Aris Ionas/The Callas

Script: Lakis and Aris Ionas/The Callas

Cinematography: Dimitris Kotselis

Editing: Dimitris Kotselis

Sound: Nikos Triantafyllou

Music: The Callas with Lee Ranaldo

Actors: Iro Sofoulaki, Dimitris Politakis, Katia Dimopoulou, Elias Papazacharias, Valisia Odell

Production: The Studio (art projects)

Producers: Lakis and Aris Ionas/The Callas

Co-production: ,Haos Film, Athens Filmakers’ Co-Operative

Executive producer: Venia Vergou

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2016

Duration: 84΄

Lakis and Aris Ionas/The Callas

Lustlands, documenta 14, Palais de Tokyo, DESTE foundation, Kustera Projects (NY), projects with Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) and Jim Sclavunos, Liverpool Psyche Festival, The Great Escape Festival / Velvet Room Project Space

Filmography

2013 Lustlands
2016 The Great Eastern