"On Xerxes’ Throne" returns to the screen
The award-winning short film by Evi Kalogeropoulou, produced by Onassis Culture and featuring Yorgos Mazonakis in a rare film performance, is available on the Onassis Channel on YouTube and ERTFLIX.
A different side of Yorgos Mazonakis emerges in Evi Kalogeropoulou’s “On Xerxes’ Throne” (2022), the Onassis Culture-produced short film that traveled from Cannes to more than 20 countries and 40 international festivals.
The film is available again, with screenings on the Onassis Channel on YouTube and ERTFLIX, giving audiences a chance to rediscover one of Yorgos Mazonakis’ rare on-camera appearances. According to the film’s plot, in the dystopian workplace of the Perama shipyards, where physical contact has been banned, human relationships are transformed into strange simulations of intimacy and repressed desire.
The film stars Yorgos Mazonakis, Angela Brouskou, Myrto Kontoni, Xenia Dania, Lorenzo Sarjan, Kevin Zans Ansong, Jordan Genidogan, and Vassilis Koutsogiannis.
“On Xerxes’ Throne” had its world premiere at the 61st Semaine de la Critique (Critics’ Week) of the Cannes Film Festival, where it received the Canal+ Award, while at the Drama International Short Film Festival it was honored with the Special Jury Award.
Duration: 15 min
An Onassis Culture production
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