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Where are You My Love?

THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN
TO KALOKAIRI TIS KARMEN

• Director: Zacharias Mavroeidis
• GREECE  / 2023 / DCP / Colour / 106’ / Greek; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Zacharias Mavroeidis, Xenofon Chalatsis
• Director of Photography: Theodoros Mihopoulos
• Editing: Livia Neroutsopoulou
• Cast: Yorgos Tsiantoulas, Andreas Lampropoulos, Nikolas Mihas, Vasilis Tsigristaris, Roubini Vasilakopoulou 
• Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti, Lina Yannopoulou, Zacharias Mavroeidis
• Production Co.: Atalante Productions, Argonauts Films, Athens Productions
• World Sales: Be for Films

2023 Thessaloniki Youth Jury Award, Audience Award
2023 FEST (Serbia) Queer Film Award
2023 Bruxelles Mediterranean FF Audience Award

While enjoying a day at Athens’ queer beach, Demosthenes offers to help his bestie and aspiring filmmaker Nikitas in drafting an idea for his feature debut, inspired by the events surrounding a certain dog named Carmen. The plot involves Demosthenes, stuck in Athens during the summer, who reaches out to his ex, Panos, who gets an overly cute doggy Carmen, and immediately regrets it. As they discuss the film, the two friends question the hero that transforms through the story while turning a page in their long-lasting friendship. A delightful, lighthearted comedy which describes itself as ‘fun, sexy, Greek, and low-budget,’ The Summer with Carmen premiered at Venice Days in September.

*Scenes of violence/sex might disturb some viewers.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.