Konstantina Kotzamani

ELECTRIC SWAN

• Director: Konstantina Kotzamani
• FRANCE, ARGENTINA, GREECE / 2019 / DCP / Colour / 40’ / Spanish; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Konstantina Kotzamani
• Director of Photography: Roman Kasseroller
• Editing: Smaro Papaevangelou
• Music:
• Cast: Carlos Aduviri, Nelly Prince, Elisa Massino, Nikita Zuckerberg, Susana Pampín
• Producer: Emmanuel Chaumet, Caroline Demopoulos
• Production Co.: Ecce Films, Un Puma, Homemade Films, ARTE France, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image Animée
• World Sales: Ecce Films

2019 Valdivia Special Jury Prize, Audience Award

Konstantina Kotzamani is blessed with a gift: she can put together an oneiric world extending to various epochs and geographies even when depicting a limited space-time. Electric Swan is set entirely in one building. At first glance, a strict dichotomy is laid up between the wealthy upper floor occupants and the janitor living downstairs. The building acts as a metaphor for class division. Yet, moments when dream and reality become entwined and scenes winking at surrealism soon upheave the film’s reach far beyond just that of a plain allegory. This is a perfect starting point to get to know a genuinely unique director’s work.

This film will be screened together with Konstantina Kotzamani’s 5 other short films. Total duration 145 min.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.