AIRHOSTESS-737
Thanasis Neofotistos
Greece
An airhostess collapses on flight, convinced that her problem is her new braces, whilst she transfers her mother’s body to bury her next to her grandmother.
SYNOPSIS
On a Boeing-737, a 39-year-old flight attendant, Vanina, tries hard to hide her obvious discomfort. Everyone seems genuinely worried about her while she goes on complaining about her new braces. She blames her mother for not taking care of her teeth when she should. However, her colleagues know: this plane carries her mother’s dead body to her hometown. When the turbulence becomes threatening, Vanina faces an urgent need to see her mother in what proves to be a last chance for reconciliation.
INTENTION
Airhostess-737 is a story that I experienced entirely in a dream. It is the piece I was missing to complete my trilogy Patision Avenue & Route-3, films about a road, a journey, a route. Films with a character as the central figure, who is eventually drowned by his own subconscious or, as I present it, by the surrounding space that encloses him. I strongly identify with this heroine, a child of an unprepared mother who was unable to give her the care, acceptance and love that she needed and so she remained hurt and distant. This film is for all those who still seek reconciliation. Or, who have not realized they need it. Even for some who think it is too late to try it, that is, after death. This film is a milestone for me, as it is my short before my debut feature film where I got the chance to, freely, express my cinematic language. Production wise, building an airplane-set was one of the most demanding yet interesting tasks to date!
DIRECTOR
Thanasis Neofotistos
Thanasis Neofotistos is a Director, Writer & Architect. Member of European Film Academy, Berlinale Talents alumnus & Head Programmer of Student Int’l Competition of DramaISFF. His short films have premiered at Venice IFF 2018, TIFF Toronto 2020 and won at Clermont-Ferrand 2019, amongst others.
PRODUCER
Ioanna Bolomyti
Ioanna Bolomyti is an EAVE Producers Workshop alumna. Working in the cinema industry for the last 15 years with Argonauts Productions’ team, she has great experience in many successful short and feature films.
PRODUCER
Dimitris Tsakaleas
Dimitris Tsakaleas is a producer & director based in Athens. His films have travelled to prestigious film festivals across the world. He has attended Berlinale Talents & Sarajevo Talents campuses.
Genre
Drama, Fiction
Length
15-17 min
Language
Greek, English
Co-writer
Grigoris Skarakis
Shooting Location
Athens, Greece
Production company
Argonauts Productions S.A. (Greece)
Estimated budget
€30.600
Secured funding
Greek Ministry of Culture - €20.000, Cosmote TV - €5.000,
Argonauts Productions - €5.600
Looking for
Sales, Distribution, Festivals, Financiers