Daniel ‘16

Daniel, a German teenager, is sent to Greece, in a juvenile offender community, to serve his sentence. There, in an abandoned village of Evros river area, near the border with Turkey, he experiences unprecedented emotions and has to solve difficult dilemmas… His final decision will surprise everyone.

  • 2020, Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Audience award for the Meet the Neighbors Competition / Balkan Survey section
  • 2020, Olympia International Film Festival – Best Young Actor, “European Values” award by the European Commission’s Representation in Greece
  • 2021, Panorama of European Cinema – Special Mention
YEAR:
2020
DIRECTOR(S):
Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
WRITER(S):
Dimitris Koutsiabasakos, Glykeria Patramani, Panayotis Christopoulos
PRODUCER(S):
Costas Lambropoulos, Giorgos Kyriakos
CAST:
Nikolas Kisker, Alexander Liakopoulos Buchholz, Vassilis Koukalani, Filopateer Adel Hafiz Anas Mogras
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
Yannis Fotou
PRODUCTION DESIGNER:
Effie Scrobolas
EDITOR:
Christos Giannakopoulos
MUSIC:
Vangelis Fampas
RUNTIME:

101 minutes

COUNTRY:

Greece

PREMIERE:

United States

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About the director

Dimitris Koutsiabasakos studied Movie and TV Direction at the Gerasimov Institute of cinematography, in Moscow, Russia (V.G.I.K.). He directed documentaries, serials, short and feature films for television and feature films. His works have been recognized with numerous national and international awards.