Riviera

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Riviera

A dying palm tree, a doomed romance, and a mother who wants to move on. This will be Alkistis’ last summer on the Athenian Riviera.

Orfeas Peretzis studied Psychology at Stirling University (Scotland), Film & Video Directing at UCA (UK), and Screenwriting at the London Film School. Recently he completed the essay film IODINE: Greece on the ruins of Missolonghi, which won the Audience Award at the International Competition FILM FORWARD of Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (2022). He has directed & written 6 short films, a feature documentary, docudramas and doc-series for the television. He has won Best Film from the Hellenic Film Critics Association (2014), a 1st Prize from the Royal Television Society (UK), and a 1st Prize at the Drama International Film Festival in Greece. He is a 2019 Berlinale Talent Alumni and Artworks Scholar (Stavros Niarchos Foundation).

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SCREENING DAY:

05/29/2025 5:00 pm

VENUE:

Landmark Theatres Sunset
  • São Paulo International Film Festival 2024, Brazil -World Premiere
  • Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2024, Greece – Prize from the Jury of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), “FOS” Award (Best Debut Actress in a Greek Feature Film) for Eva Samioti and Myrto Meitani-Kastrinaki, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) Award
  • ​FilmFestival Cottbus 2024, Germany – Outstanding Individual Performance Award for Eva Samioti
  • ​Festival De Cine Global Santo Domingo 2025
  • KINO Athens – Independent Film Festival of Athens 2025, Greece
  • The Greek Film Festival in Berlin 2025, Germany
  • San Francisco Greek Film Festival 2025, USA
  • ​Istanbul Film Festival 2025, Turkey
  • RIVIERA participated at the 6th Discovery Days lab (formerly known as IPDF).

YEAR:

2024

DIRECTOR(S):

Orfeas Peretzis

CAST:

Eva Samioti, Mihalis Syriopoulos, Maria Apostolakea, Kostas Koronaios, Myrto Meitani-Kastrinaki

EDITOR:

Yorgos Zafeiris

CINEMATOGRAPHER:

Giorgos Valsamis

RUNTIME:

83 mins

COUNTRY:

Greece

PREMIERE:

None

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