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
TECHNICAL PERFECTION AWARD
GREEK UNION OF FILM AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIANS

TECHNICAL PERFECTION AWARD

GR 1993

BEST FILM
/MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS/THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (34th)/

BEST FILM

1993

GOLDEN ALEXANDER
/MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS/THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (34th)/

GOLDEN ALEXANDER

1993

BEST SCREENPLAY
/MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS/THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (34th)/

BEST SCREENPLAY

1993

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
/MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS/THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (34th)/

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

1993

BEST FILM
AMIENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

BEST FILM

FR 1993

BEST DIRECTOR
FESTROIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

BEST DIRECTOR

PT 1993

AWARD
CINEMA MAGAZINE

AWARD

1993

BEST FILM
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)

BEST FILM

1993

BEST COSTUMERY
MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS

BEST COSTUMERY

THESSALONIKI 1993

2ND AWARD FOR BEST FILM
MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATE QUALITY AWARDS

2ND AWARD FOR BEST FILM

THESSALONIKI 1993

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