Daphne | Big Short Films 2023
Daphne by Tonia Mishiali
Best Female Performance Award (Niovi Charalambous), DISFF
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Duration:18' | At Onassis Channel on YouTube | 16-23.10.2023
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Daphne pursues one sexual partner after another, but she doesn’t seem to be satisfied, at least not with what she thought she needed. Until she finds a wounded dog in the middle of the street. How far can she go to feel some affection?
Written, Directed & Produced by Tonia Mishiali
Director of Photography: Yorgos Rahmatoulin
Production Designer: Christy Polydorou
Editing, Titles & Compositing: Emilios Avraam
Sound Recording, Design & Mix: Christos Kyriacoullis
Color Grading & DCP Mastering: Panicos Petrides
Original Music: Christos Kyriacoullis
Music Soundtrack: Delirium Elephants
Delegate Producer: Constantinos Nikiforou
1st Assistant Director: Andreas Sheittanis
1st Assistant Camera: Kyriacos Mosfiliotis
2nd Assistant Camera / Data Wrangler: George Athanasiou
3rd Assistant Camera: Cecilia Tselepidou
Costume Designer: Marios Messios
Art Assistant: Orestis Christodoulakis
Boom Operator: Andreas Constantinou
Gaffer: Kyriakos Politis
Electrician: Manolis Hadjiconstantinou
Co-Producers: Ilias Ktistakis, Yorgos Rahmatoulin, Polyvios Symeonides, Constantinos Nikiforou, Christy Polydorou, Panicos Petrides, Christos Kyriacoullis, Emilios Avraam, Kyriacos Mosfiliotis, Andros Achilleos, [B1] Marios Messios
Sponsored by Digital Tree
Co-Produced by Caretta Films, Master and Slave, Fullmoon Productions, Movies and Stories, A.B. Seahorse Film Productions, White Balance
Produced by Bark Like A Cat Films
Cast: Niovi Charalambous, Fivos Papacostas, Andreas Papamichalopoulos, Izel Seylani, Giulio Filippo D’Errico, Harry Charalambous-Kazepis, Katerina Kyriacou, Kyriacos Kyriacou, Mo the dog, and Antonis Katsaris
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023, France
PÖFF Shorts 2022, Estonia
Stockholm International Film Festival 2022, Sweden
Olhares di Mediterraneo Women’s Film Festival 2022, Portugal
Raindance Film Festival 2022, Sweden
CineMed Montpellier 2022, France
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus 2022: Best Film Award, Best Director Award & Best Actress Award
28th Athens International Film Festival (AIFF), 2022, Greece45th Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF), 2022, Greece: Best Female Performance Award
Tonia Mishiali is a screenwriter, director, and producer, a member of the Hellenic and European Film Academies, and a Berlinale Talents alumna. Her films have been selected and awarded at prestigious film festivals (Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Palm Springs, Cairo, Clermont-Ferrand, Santa Barbara) and major markets (Midpoint, TFL, Coco, Crossroads, Sofia Meetings, MIB, MFI). Her debut feature, “Pause,“ was listed as one of the "20 most daring films of 2019” by Rotten Tomatoes and one of the 5 best Greek films of 2019 by the Panhellenic Union of Cinema Critics (Greek Film Critics Association). It was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, among many others, received rave reviews, and was distributed worldwide.
