FROM THE SNOW
Three illegal migrants from North Epirus flee across the Greek-Albanian border on foot and make it to Greek territory. The men are Thomas Lekkas, Achilleas Nasios and ten-year-old Nikos, who recently lost his parents. They cross mainland Greece and arrive in Athens. In the capital city they are faced with a society that refuses to give them an equal opportunity. Everyone calls them Albanians. Their landing is abrupt and irregular. Thanos is killed in the unfinished concrete skeleton of a block of flats, and the other two decide to return to their village in Albania.
- Production Year 1993
- First Greek Screening 14/10/1993
- Color COLOR
- Audio SOUND
- Genre FEATURE FILM, ADVENTURE, SOCIAL DRAMA
- Director GKORITSAS SOTIRIS
- Production HYPERION , GREEK FILM CENTER (GFC)
- Producer GKORITSAS SOTIRIS
- Co-production PAPACHATZIS PANAGIOTIS
- Script Writer GKORITSAS SOTIRIS
- Director of Cinematography GIANNOULIS STAMATIS
- Editing KOUMOUNDOUROS TAKIS
- Set Designer ZOIOPOULOU GIOULA
- Costume Designer ZOIOPOULOU GIOULA
- Assistant Director KARAMANIS MARIOS
- Production Manager PAPACHATZIS PANAGIOTIS
- Assistant Production Managers - Provisors KYRIAKOUSIS NONTAS, NIKOLAOU ROULA
- Makeup artist ROMERO ALICIA
- Musicians KARPOUCHINA IRINA, VASILOPOULOU MARIA, ZOGRAFOS VASILIS
- Sound Engineer KOLOKOUSIS THYMIOS
- Set Photographer CHARITOU KLEOPATRA
- SKIADARESIS GERASIMOS
- ELEFTHERIADIS VASIAS
- MANOLAS ANTONIS
- PAPADIMITRIOU MANIA
- MAVROPOULOS DIMITRIS
- FILIPPA ELENI
- PAVLOU STELIOS
- PROKOPIOU THEODOROS
- OLYMPIOU SOFIA
- ANDREOU LAZAROS
- KAVOUKA VASILEIA
- KALOUDIS EKTOR
- KAMITSIS VASILIS
- KYRIAKI MARIA
- MANDYLAS ALEKOS
- NATSIOS ANDREAS
- NTAFLOS MENELAOS
- POLYZONIS THODORIS
- POLYCHRONOPOULOS TASOS
- RISVAS VASILIS
- STEFANAKIS KOSTAS
- FOLTIDIS PAVLOS
GREEK UNION OF FILM AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIANS
TECHNICAL PERFECTION AWARD
GR 1993
/MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS/THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (34th)/
BEST FILM
1993
/MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS/THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (34th)/
GOLDEN ALEXANDER
1993
/MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS/THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (34th)/
BEST SCREENPLAY
1993
/MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS/THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (34th)/
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
1993
AMIENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEST FILM
FR 1993
FESTROIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEST DIRECTOR
PT 1993
CINEMA MAGAZINE
AWARD
1993
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)
BEST FILM
1993
MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS
BEST COSTUMERY
THESSALONIKI 1993
MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS
2ND AWARD FOR BEST FILM
THESSALONIKI 1993

