Another unexpected partnership on the occasion of the Athens Epidaurus Festival’s seventy-year celebration takes centre stage! This time, the Festival joins forces with the Hellenic Film Academy to produce a film proposed by the Hellenic Film Academy, drawing its inspiration from Sophocles’ Electra. Part of the fruitful Contemporary Ancients Cycle that now spreads its wings to the realm of cinema, the film, scripted by Panayotis Christopoulos, will consist of seven chapters, each one directed by a different filmmaker.
Seven distinguished film auteurs, both women and men, with a track history in Greek and international film festivals, were selected to represent the wide spectrum of contemporary Greek filmmaking and contribute to this imaginative filmic relay through their unique perspectives. These are in alphabetical order: Sofia Exarchou, Christina Ioakeimidi, Babis Makridis, Argyris Papadimitropoulos, Elina Psykou, Alexander Voulgaris, and Neritan Zinxhiria. Executive producer duties are helmed by producer Mina Dreki on behalf of Marni Films. All filmmakers will collaborate with different directors of photography and editors, while they will share a common team of contributors and actors.
Direction Sofia Exarchou, Christina Ioakeimidi, Babis Makridis, Argyris Papadimitropoulos, Elina Psykou, Alexander Voulgaris, Neritan Zinxhiria
Screenplay Panayotis Christopoulos
Cinematography Christos Karamanis, Nikos Karanikolas, Dimitris Lambridis, Simos Sarketzis, Manu Tilinski
Casting director Sofia Dimopoulou
Costume design Marli Aliferi, Elisavet Zacharaki
Set design Stavros Liokalos
Makeup Ioanna Lygizou
Sound engineer Stefanos Efthymiou
Cast Angeliki Papathemeli Clytemnestra, Kostas Koronaios Agamemnon, Avgoustis Koumoulos Aegisthus, Maria Filini CJEU Officer, Elsa Lekakou Electra, Stefanos Kaltzidis Orestes, Katerina Zisoudi Chrysothemis, Nikos Hanakoulas Guard, Maria Kallimani Woman, Filippos Salatas Baby Chrysothemis, Thanos Alexiou Member of Parliament, Laertis Malkotsis Pedagogue, Danae Deligeorgi Child Psychologist, Evgenia Samara TV Host, Giorgos Kouvaras Reporter, Ioanna Rampaouni Police Officer Electra, Serafeim Radis Police Officer Orestes, Vasilis Dimitroulias Forensic Expert
Executive producer Mina Dreki | Marni Films
The film is a production of the Athens Epidaurus Festival, in collaboration with the Hellenic Film Academy, and is being realised with the generous sponsorship of DEI.
DEI, the largest energy company in Southeastern Europe, supports everyone and everything that paves the way for a future brimming with culture. It fosters cultural production and highlights all forms of creative expression as a vehicle for social awareness and change.
Structured around a hypothetical matricide in present-day Greece, the film draws motifs and its thematic thread from Sophocles’ Electra to propose a narrative in seven parts—each offering a distinct perspective on the crime. Contrary to Sophocles tragedy, here the myth’s main figures speak a little or retreat in absolute silence. Their voices will instead be substituted by the Media, the Authorities, society at large, and their digital traces, with the quest for truth and its reconstruction ultimately proving unattainable.
Panayotis Christopoulos
