5pm Seaside | Big Short Films 2023
5pm Seaside by Valentin Stejskal
“Golden Dionysus” Best Film Award & Best Male Performance Award (Antonis Tsiotsopoulos), DISFF, “Golden Athena” Best Short Film Award & Best Male Performance Award (Antonis Tsiotsopoulos), AIFF.
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Duration: 26΄ At Onassis Channel on YouTube | 16-23.10.2023
On his 40th birthday, Nikos is sitting and waiting in his van at the edge of a remote beach. Like every year, his mother calls and tells him of his birth. The weather is harsh. In the distance, Nikos finally sees Christos approaching, his old friend from the army. It is the first time they have met again in many years. Today, Christos will fulfill Nikos’ dangerous wish.
Two people leave the safe space of their self-imposed isolation to meet each other, consciously approaching a conflict with life and death. Between violence and utter tenderness, they experience a moment of liberation that redefines everything.
Directed by Valentin Stejskal
Screenplay: Valentin Stejskal, Glykeria Patramani
Producers: Alisa Frischholz, Ioanna Petinaraki, Valentin Stejskal, Samir Ljuma
Director of Photography: Samir Ljuma MSC
Editing: Martin Ivanov
Creative Supervisor: Ferdinand Waas
Production Design & Costumes: Dimitra Sourlantzi
Sound: Stelios Koupetoris
Sound Design & Re-Recording Mixer: Fabio Schurischuster
Production Management: Polymnia Papadopoulou Sardeli
Production Assistants: Vangelis Panagiotopoulos, Kostis Evgenitakis
Assistant Director: Olia Verriopoulou
Script: Angeliki Arvaniti
1st Camera Assistant: Nikolaus Unger
2nd Camera Assistant / DIΤ: Valentin Bürgschwendtner
Gaffer: Manuel Prett
Boom Operator: Panagiotis Mylonas
Assistant Set & Costumes Designer: Flora Hogrefe
Makeup: Vasiliki Kita
Color Grading: Andi Winter
VFX: Markus Seereiter
Post Production: Henx, Nils Kaltschmidt, Vincent Seidl, Die Mischerei, Namen
Poster Design: Ferdinand Waas, Hannah Schleifer
Translation & Subtitles: Authorwave
Making Of: Jonathan Arnould
Choreography: Nikos Ioannidis
Catering: Anja Stejskal, Vasiliki Kyriakouli
Underwater Shooting: Marios Zervas
Supported by BMKÖS | Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, CINE ART, Stadt Wien Kultur, FAMA | Fachverband der Film- und Musikwirtschaft, Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, Österreichische Botschaft Athen, ÖH – Sonderprojekt
Cast: Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Kimonas Kouris, Elena Tzortzi
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 2022, France, International Premiere
Diagonale International Film Festival, 2022, Austria: Best Short Film Award
Palm Springs Shortfest, 2022, USA
Hollyshorts International Short Film Festival, 2022, USA
28th Sarajevo Film Festival, 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina
45th Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF), 2022, Greece (National Competition), Greek Premiere: “Golden Dionysus” Best Film Award & Best Male Performance Award
28th Athens International Film Festival (AIFF), 2022, Greece: “Golden Athena” Best Short Film Award & Best Male Performance AwardMiniKino Film Week, Indonesia
Festival of Aspiring German Filmmakers
FIRE!! Barcelona LGBT Film Festival, Spain
Dot Dot Dot, Austria
Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
First Steps Awards, Germany
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (TiSFF), Greece
Positively Different Short Film Festival, Greece
Cinema on the Bayou, USA
Psarokokkalo International Short Film Festival, 2023, Greece: Best Greek Short Film Award
In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria
