2022 festival title
2022 festival date 1liner

How to Train an Antihero

An “antihero” is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities. In this documentary, an unusual group of antiheroes–young people with disabilities–are trained to put on a theatrical performance based on improvised scenes about superheroes. The story of the performance is interwoven with scenes of their daily lives.

  • ​​2021, Drama International Short Film Festival
  • 2021, Olympia International Film festival for children and young people
  • 2021, Docfest Halkida
  • 2021, Reflection of Disability in Art – Audience award
  • 2022, SEEfest
YEAR:

2021

DIRECTOR(S):
Yannis Bletas
WRITER(S):
Yannis Bletas
PRODUCER(S):
Irini Kladou
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
Yannis Bletas
MUSIC:
Yorgos Koumentakis
CAST:
Stelios Vourvahakis, Panagiotis Lykos, Despoina Petsagouraki, Manolis Stavroulakis, Stella Lagoudaki, Rafaela Fragkiadaki, Steliana Papadaki, Kostis Misha, Mixalis Driyannakis
RUNTIME:
26 minutes
COUNTRY:

Greece

category:

About the director

Yannis Bletas has written and directed multiple award-winning movies, including short films and the feature-length documentary Rigors, and he has also directed music videos and commercials. “How to Train an Antihero” was produced in cooperation with the Association of Parents, Guardians and Friends of people with Autism in Rethymno.