A SUMMER PLACE //
Alexandra Matheou
21′ | 2021 | Cyprus, France | Comedy-Drama
// Summer is a permanent state of mind in Limassol, a once small seaside town in Cyprus that has transformed into the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Being both a player and a victim of this city transformation as a food stylist, Tina is depressed. On the day of her birthday, she is ready to give up on everything, until an extraordinary encounter changes her life.
// Tina vit et travaille à Limassol, une ville balnéaire au sud de Chypre; autrefois paisible, celle-ci est en passe de devenir le nouveau paradis méditerranéen des oligarques russes. A la fois actrice et victime de ce changement, Tina est dans l’impasse. Jusqu’à ce qu’une rencontre imprévue avec une autre femme se révèle être un véritable bouleversement.
Société de production | Production company : This is the Girl Productions
Producteur | Producer : Savvas Stavrou
E-mail: savvas.stavrou@googlemail.com
Co-production | Co-production company : La Cellule Productions
Producteur | Producer : Soyo Giaoui
Adresse | Address : 23 rue Bisson 75020 Paris
E-mail : lacellule@lacelluleproductions.com
Scénario & Réalisation | Screenwriter & Director : Alexandra Matheou
Acteurs | Cast : Mary Mina, Aurora Marion
Image | DOP : Yorgos Rahmatoulin
Son | Sound engineer : Christos Kyriakoullis
Montage image | Editor : Livia Neroutsopoulou
Compositeur | Music composer : Nick Athens
Tampere International Film Festival | 2021
Regard Saguenay | 2021
Palm Springs Shortfest | 2021
Festival du Court en plein air de Grenoble | Prix de la critique | 2021
Sao Paulo International Film Festival | Best 10 shorts Audience Award | 2021
Odense Film Festival | 2021
Festival Courts d’un Soir | 2021
Festival international de Contis | 2021
Drama International Film Festival | Queer Short Award + Best Actress Award | 2021
Athens International Film Festival | 2021
Maui International Film Festival | 2021
Cyprus International Short Film Festival | Best National Short | 2021
Iris Prize – LGBTQ+ | 2021
Raindance IFF | Cyprus Special Program | 2021
Villeurbanne International Short Film Festival | Jury’s Special Mention | 2021
Les Rencontres Cinessonne | 2021
Asiana Film Festival | 2021
Uppsala ISFF | 2021
Medfilm Festival | 2021
Dhaka IFF | Best Short Film – Women Filmmakers | 2022
Un poing c’est court | 2022
Flickerfest | Special Jury Award | 2022
Stuttgart Filmwinter | 2022
Sarasota FF | 2022
Mamers en Mars | 2022
Cypriot & Greek FF – Spain | 2022
Greek FF Berlin | 2022
Martovski FF | 2022
Pink Apple FF | 2022
Imaginaria FF | 2022
Dresden SFF | 2022
Marseille Musique & Cinéma | 2022
Georgetown University FF | 2022
San Francisco Greek FF | 2022
In The Palace FF | 2022
Huesca FF | 2022
Los Angeles Greek FF | 2022
Frameline | 2022
SeeFest LA | 2022
Fire ! Barcelona | 2022
Psarokokalo FF | 2022
Kashish Queer FF | 2022
Nuits Med | Prix Grand Action | 2022
Aegan FF | 2022
Holidays 365 | Alice Guy Award | 2022
European Film Festival Palić | 2022
Helsinki FF – Love & anarchy | 2022
Festival lesbien et féministe de Paris – Cineffable | 2022
Sardinia Queer FF | 2022
Filmets Badalona | 2022
Perlen Queer FF | 2022
Sapporo IFF | 2022
Alexandria Med FF | 2022
Heart of Gold FF | 2022
Thessaloniki ISFF | 2022
Proud Festival LGBTQ | 2022
Melbourne Queer FF | 2022
Mezipatra Queer FF | 2022
QUEER Filmfest Weiterstadt | 2022
Chéris Chéries | 2022
// Alexandra Matheou is a Cypriot screenwriter, director and producer based in London, Cyprus and Athens. She holds a Law LLB and an LLM from King’s College London and an MA in Film Studies from University College London (UCL). Her short films have screened internationally and she is an alumni of Talents Sarajevo 2018. She has previously worked for The Discovery Channel in London and is now Head of Development at Athens based production company Topcut-Modiano. In 2019, Alexandra was invited to join the Euro-Connection forum at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival with her new short film ‘A Summer Place’.
