DOWNLOVE // 2007
// cardigans come to life
In a virtual world where emotions are long forgotten, two avatars fail to fall in love. Meanwhile their cardigans come to life, with unexpected results.
The award-winning DOWNLOVE was the first 3D (stereoscopic) experimental short produced and directed in Greece.
// where & when
// 3D festival screenings
GREECE // ATHENS // VideoDance Festival – Thessaloniki International Film Festival // 19 May 2007
GREECE // ATHENS // Synch Festival – Athens & Epidaurus Festival // 22-24 July 2007
UNITED STATES // NEW YORK // BEFILM – The Underground Film Festival // 2 May 2009
// 2D festival screenings
GREECE // THESSALONIKI // VideoDance Festival – Thessaloniki International Film Festival // 18-24 May 2007
GREECE // ATHENS // Bios // July 2007
FRANCE // TOULOUSE // Festival Séquence Court-Métrage // 4 December 2007
SOUTH AFRICA // JOHANNESBURG // Montage Video Dance Festival // 2 & 3 March 2008
SOUTH AFRICA // DURBAN // JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Festival // 28 & 29 April 2008
UNITED STATES // LOS ANGELES // Dance Camera West Film Festival // 6 June 2008
ISRAEL // TEL AVIV // Vidance – International Videodance Festival // 12-14 June 2008
NETHERLANDS // AMSTERDAM // Cinedans FEST // 3-10 July 2008
GREECE // THESSALONIKI // Strange Screen Film & Video Festival // 14-18 October 2008
CHINA // HONG KONG // Jumping Frames Video Dance Competition // October 2008
SOUTH AFRICA // JOHANNESBURG // FNB Dance Umbrella // 7 March 2009
MEXICO // MEXICO CITY // International Dance & Electronic Media Festival (FEDAME) // 17-25 April 2009
POLAND // GDANSK // Gdansk Dance Festival – Club Zak Cultural Centre // August 2009
HUNGARY // BUDAPEST // Budapest Autumn Festival – EDIT International Dance Film Festival // 15 October 2009
GREECE // ATHENS // Athens Video Art Festival // 7-9 May 2010
UNITED STATES // SAN FRANCISCO // San Francisco Greek Film Festival // 19 May 2010
with additional screenings in // Bangkok [TH], Beijing [CN], Bilbao [ES], Cape Town [SA], Kunming [CN], Shanghai [CN] & Sydney [AU]
// 2D general release
released by Village Films on 31 December 2009 in 85 cinemas across Greece
// awards
CHINA // HONG KONG // Jumping Frames Video Dance Competition // 2008 // First Prize
NETHERLANDS // AMSTERDAM // Cinedans FEST // 2008 // Special Mention & Audience Award Runner-Up
GREECE // THESSALONIKI // Strange Screen Film & Video Festival // 2008 // Second Prize
// project info
DOWNLOVE // 2007
// 3D (stereoscopic) experimental short
// six minutes
directed by // Euripides Laskaridis
conceived & scripted by // Marios Sergios Eliakis & Euripides Laskaridis
with // Lina Sakka & Aristidis Servetalis
choreography // Euripides Laskaridis, Lina Sakka & Aristidis Servetalis
puppeteer // Angelos Romantzis
stereoscopy // Marios Sergios Eliakis
director of photography // Elena Margaritidi
artistic consultant // Marina Gioti
editor // Maria Athanassopoulou
music // Vassilis Doukakis
sound design // Panos Tzelekis
set design // Marios Sergios Eliakis
costume design // Despina Makarouni
make-up design // Sissy Petropoulou
hair styling // Panagiotis Papandrianos
supervising producer // George Tsourgiannis
production director // Chryssoula Anastassiadou
assistants to the director // Nick Angelopoulos & Dimitris Triandafyllou
post production // 2|35 – Sakis Bouzanis, Manos Hamilakis & Nikos Moutselos
3D animation & composition // Pierros Lourbopoulos
FIN logo designer // Thanos Papastergiou
storyboard // Vassilis Bazante
camera assistants // Nikos Papadakis & Giorgos Metaxas
grips // Vassilis Haratzoglou & Tassos Dedes
electricians // Giannis Maragoudakis & Vangelis Papadatos
set construction // Kostis Magarakis, Lia Laskaridou, Konstantinos Kapsimallis, Fanis Sokos, Dimitris Triandafyllou, George Nanouris & Panagiotis Vilitskos
kindly sponsored by // the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
catering sponsored by // Dominos Pizza
3D production // Marios Sergios Eliakis
3D post-production // 2|35
co-produced by // L&E Productions, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival – VideoDance 2007 (project/exchange award) & horsefly productions
special thanks to // Dimitris Papaioannou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Angelos Frantzis, Alahouzos Bros, Anastasia Asimakopoulou, BIOS – Vassilis & Yiannis, Alexis Delagrammatikas, Dimitris Delinikolas, Christiana Galanopoulou, Vassilis Georgakopoulos, Lydia Georgana, Solon Giannoutsos, Vangelis Gitonas, Maria Grampsa, Konstantinos Haratzoglou, Lefteris Ioannou, Nondas Katsifis, Nikos Katsouridis, KINO, Evangelia Kiriazi, Yiannis Papadakis, Antonis Rigas, Dimitris Sotiriou, Dimos Tsamaltanos & Olga Venetsianou
