Gorgonà
by Evi Kalogiropoulou

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Gorgonà

Directed by Evi Kalogiropoulou
Greece, France 2025
Runtime 95'

Greece. A small, impoverished city-state, dominated by a gigantic refinery, which provides the town’s only resource: petrol. The men, all armed, hold absolute power. Nikos, their leader, is gravely ill and must arrange his succession. Shock spreads when he includes his protegée, Maria, among the contenders. The fate of this young woman, who has been ignoring the most dramatic part of her family’s history, will change with the arrival of Eleni, a singer at the town’s bar.

40SIC Gorgonà - Evi Kologiropoulou

Directed by
Evi Kalogiropoulou

Screenplay
Evi Kalogiropoulou, Louise Groult

Cinematography
Giorgos Valsamis

Editing
Yorgos Zafeiris

Music Department
Ilias Kampanis, Nick Athens, Karolos Berahas

Sound Design
Xenofontas Kontopoulos (set recordist), Vincent Verdoux (re-recording mixer)

Production Design
Stavros Liokalos

Costume Design
Anna Zotou, Evelina Darzenta

Cast
Melissanthi Mahut, Aurora Marion, Christos Loulis, Kostas Nikouli, Stavros Svigkos, Hercules Tsuzinov, Ksenia Ntania, Erifili Kitzoglou, Errika Bigiou, Niki Vakali, Myrto Kontoni,Nayla Gougni, Vassilis Mihas, Tonia Sotiropoulou

Production
Amanda Livanou (Neda Film), Nathalie Mesuret and Bertrand Gore (Blue Monday Productions), Alexandre Perrier (Kidam), Fenia Cossovitsa (Blonde)

International Sales
Playtime

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Evi Kalogiropoulou (1985) is a film director and visual artist. Her projects explore ideas associated with inclusion/exclusion, cross-culture identity, female figures in Ancient Greek mythology frames, and post-apocalyptic environments. Her previous shorts Motorway 65 and On Xerxes’ Throne both premiered in Cannes, while her later project Alexandria, an Onassis Foundation commission, was presented at the New Museum in New York. Her debut feature Gorgonà has been awarded at Cinemart and Atelier Cinefondation in 2021 and is having its world premiere at Venice Critics’ Week.

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