From the Balcony, 2021

Synopsis

A little story from a blue-collar neighborhood. Lina, a middle-aged lady who never leaves the balcony of her house, intervenes in everything that happens within her visual field. People passing by in front of her building, neighbors from the apartments across the street—everyone realizes that whatever they do, Lina is watching day and night and intervenes: From throwing a bandage from her balcony when an accident takes place to giving parking advice or notifying the police for a burglary. Some are surprised by her attitude, but most are annoyed by her constant gaze upon them. Until Lina loses her son in a car accident and does not go out to her balcony ever since. The neighborhood is not the same anymore.

*The animated short film “From the Balcony” will be screened before the documentary “Builders, Housewives, and the Construction of Modern Athens” by Tassos Langis and Yiannis Gaitanidis (Greece, 2021, 87 min).

Credits

Directed by Aris Kaplanidis
Written by Aris Kaplanidis & Elias Roumeliotis
Produced by Ioanna Soultani
Production: Soul Productions
Co-production: Authorwave
Cast (Voice-overs): Giorgos Ninios (Vangelis), Zoi Rigopoulou (Froso), Maria Diakopanagiotou (Lina), Constantina Georganta (Stella), Yannis Economides (Stelios), Spiros Margaritis (Sotiris), Vasilis Paraskevas (Kosmas), Ifigeneia Staikou (Madame), Yannis Roumboulias (Tzitzis), Yannis Efthymiou (Stamatis), Aris Kaplanidis (Nikolas), Ilias Roumeliotis (Vlassis), Elina Soultani (Girl)

Duration: 12 min 16 sec
Country: Greece
Language: Greek
Genre: Animated short film

Award

Drama International Short Film Festival: Onassis Film Development Grant