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Mila
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Overview
Melodrama, 15′
2019
- 23rd Brussels Short Film Festival Oscars® Qualifying
- 27th Aix-en-Provence Film Festival, France
- Drama Short Film Festival, Greece
Best Greek Film by the Greek Film Critics Association
Best Film by the Federation of Greek Film Clubs
Best Young Cinematographer by the Greek Society of Cinematographers - 24th Avanca 2020 Film Festival, Portugal
Best Actress Prize - 9th Micro μ Film Festival, Greece
Best Actor
Best Actress - 21st Short Film Festival Kontrast Bayereuth, Germany
Audience Award Gülden Glöbe Sübkültür - 9th Short film Festival Fris Hús, Hungary
Special Mention - 5th Planos Film Festival, Portugal
Special Mention - and 25 more festivals
Mila likes to skate. Mila hasn’t spoken to her alcoholic dad for over five years. Mila means “speak” in Greek. Mila visits her sick dad at the hospital. Mila means “beloved” in Polish. Mila likes to skate.
Review
“Yorgos Pirpassopoulos reminds us what a great actor he is with every good movie he makes. Efthalia Papacosta has the transparent beauty that the screen loves. A short look at a well known relationship, in the melancholy of spring and the awkwardness of teens (even of adults)” flix.gr
Credits
Director, writer: Andreas Vakalios
Starring: Efthalia Papacosta, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos
Cinematographer: Fili Olsefski
Editor: Gabriela Gerolemou
Art director: Athina Galati
Sound design: 17 Poisoned Englishmen
Producers: Yannis Karpouzis, Phaedra Vokali, Andreas Vakalios, Fili Olsefski
Distribution, promotion: Empty Square
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Mila has won 10 awards and distinctions, including that of Best Greek Film by the Greek Film Critics Association at the Drama Short Film Festival in 2019, and has participated in over 30 festivals, including that of Brussels Short Film Festival Oscars® Qualifying.
It was acquired by ERT for three screenings and streams during the 2020/2021 session.
Empty Square owns the distribution rights of the film.
