During the football world championship in Brasil, 11-year-old Boyko will do anything to obtain the so-called Brazuca, the official World Cup ball, to stop his football friends from using him only as a goalkee- per. Starring a charismatic lead actor, the film paints a beautiful, naturalistic sketch of summer, Greek street football, and boyhood rivalry.
- Year:
- 2017
- Runtime:
- 19
- Country:
- Greece
- Director:
- Faidon Gkretsikos
- Screenplay:
- Faidon Gkretsikos
- Dir. of Photography:
- Kostas Stamoulis
- Editor:
- Giorgos Georgopoulos
- Cast:
- Boyko Paskalev, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, Maria Baloutsou, Fokion Bogris, Michail Tabakakis, Panos Gkretsikos, Giannis Pittarokoilis
- Production:
- Proces films
- Festivals:
- Cairo 2017
Schedule:
12.11.2017
18:15
Kino Lumière (K2)
(part of Shorts Competition 3)
About the Director:
Faidon Gkretsikos
(1988, Athens, Greece) is an independent filmmaker based in
Athens, Greece. He studied at the Panteion University of Social and Political Science in
Athens and at the European Film College in Aarhus, Denmark. His amateur documentary,
Eric, premiered at the 18th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in 2016. Brazuca
(2017) is his first professional short fiction film.