Blue Monday Productions has boarded “Cora,” the feature directorial debut of visual artist and filmmaker Evi Kalogiropoulou, which was awarded at the Rotterdam Film Festival’s CineMart and the Cann…
, Kalogiropoulou said she drew inspiration for her feature debut during an artistic residency in the working-class town of Elefsina, where local women shared stories about the struggles they faced, especially as recent waves of immigration altered the social dynamic of the community. “For me the biggest question to explore is how it feels for a woman to be working and living in an area with so much contradiction and struggle,” she says.
“My family comes from Arcadia, where my grandmother still lives, an area of significant mystical background from antiquity,” she said. “My grandmother is a great inspiration for me, a symbol of woman empowerment and strength. She is always collecting strange herbs from the mountains and preparing drinks with them for our ‘defense’ against the evil eye.”
“Cora” is produced by Amanda Livanou of Neda Film and co-produced by Bertrand Gore and Nathalie Mesuret of Blue Monday Productions, with the support of the Greek Film Center and Greek public broadcaster ERT. The film has also received development support from Onassis Culture and Creative Europe.
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