Park
Sofia Exarchou
Athens Olympic Village ten years after the Games: wilding youths, injured retired athletes and stray dogs among ruins and decaying sports venues.
With : Dimitris Kitsos, Dimitra Valgkopoulou, Enuki Gvenatadze, Lena Kitsopoulou, Yorgos Pandeleakis, Thomas Bo Larsen
Screenplay : Sofia Exarchou
Image : Monika Lenczewska
Sound : Stefanos Efthimiou, Costas Varympopiotis, Persefoni Miliou, Valia Tsirou
Editing : Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Sofia Exarchou
Music : The Boy
Screenplay : Sofia Exarchou
Image : Monika Lenczewska
Sound : Stefanos Efthimiou, Costas Varympopiotis, Persefoni Miliou, Valia Tsirou
Editing : Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Sofia Exarchou
Music : The Boy
Production : Neda Film, Faliro House Productions SA, Madants
Sofia Exarchou was born in Athens, where she received degrees in Electrical Engineering and Film Studies. She studied theatre at the Stella Adler Studio in New York and pursued post-graduate film studies in Toulouse. She has been working as an assistant director in feature films and commercials since 2004. She has written and directed two short films, Distance and the award-winning Mesecina. In 2014, she participated in the Sundance Screenwriter's & Director's Lab. Park is her first feature film, which has already won multiple international development awards (Works in Progress Awards, Karlovy Vary Film Festival / Eurimages development award, Cinelink Sarajevo Film Festival, CNC development award, Croassroads Thessaloniki Film Festival).
“Through the intersecting stories of the kids of the Olympic Village, Park tries to paint a portrait of a lost generation that has been deprived of its future. Among the abandoned sport facilities, the ruins and the new money tourists resorts, the film juxtaposes Greece's “glorious” past with the decadence of today, depicting a society unprepared for the brutal fall. In this remnant from the past the kids' need to belong is vital and their efforts increasingly violent and futile.”
“Through the intersecting stories of the kids of the Olympic Village, Park tries to paint a portrait of a lost generation that has been deprived of its future. Among the abandoned sport facilities, the ruins and the new money tourists resorts, the film juxtaposes Greece's “glorious” past with the decadence of today, depicting a society unprepared for the brutal fall. In this remnant from the past the kids' need to belong is vital and their efforts increasingly violent and futile.”