HAPPY NEW YEAR, JIM

INFO

Director

Andrea Gatopoulos

Genre

Experimental Fiction

Duration

9’

Year

2022

Nationality

Italian

SYNOPSYS

It’s New Year’s Eve. Jim and Morten are playing videogames all night long, like every day. But Morten tonight is uncomfortable.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Andrea Gatopoulos

Genre

Drama

Duration

9′

Nationality

Italy

Cast

Jim Muzungo 

Morten Hakke  

Screenplay

Andrea Gatopoulos

Produced by

Il Varco Cinema

Naffintusi

Nieminen Film

Editing

Andrea Gatopoulos

Sound design

Tommaso Barbaro

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2022
World Premiere
54. Quinzaine des Realisateurs - Directors' Fortnight Cannes
2022 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING / EFA ® QUALIFYING
Portuguese premiere
30. Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival
2022 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
SHORT FILM MARKET PICKS
43. Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
2022 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING / EFA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
28. Sarajevo Film Festival
2022 - OSCAR ® / EFA ® / BAFTA ® / CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
25. Encounters Film Festival
2022 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING / EFA ® QUALIFYING
Best Video Art & Experimental
20. Tirana International Film Festival
2022
Official Selection
28. Athens International Film Festival
2022 - ACADEMY AWARD QUALIFYING
Canadian Premiere
51. Festival du Nouveau Cinema
2022
Honorable Mention
18. Fantastic Fest
2022 - EFA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
9. RIga Internațional Film Festival
2022
Official Selection
49. Film Fest Gent
2022 - EFA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
67. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid - Seminci
2022
Official Selection
10. Ajyal Film Festival
2022 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
51. Alcine Festival Internacional de Cine
2022
Official Selection
28. Festival Caminhos Cinema Português
2022 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
28. Kortfilmfestival Leuven
2022
Italian Premiere
42. Filmmaker Festival
2022
Official Selection
36. Internationales Filmfestival Braunschweig
2022
Official Selection
27. Capri, Hollywood
2022
Jury Prize
15. Festival CinemaZero
2023
Official Selection
35. JEF Festival
2023
Official Selection
18. Pragueshorts Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
36. Semana del Cine Medina del Campo
2023
Official Selection
5. Milan Machinima Festival
2023
Official Selection
35. Dresden Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
6. Adriatic Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
2. Short Out Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
4. Vertigo International Short Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
24. Scrittura e Immagine Short Film Festival
2023
Young Jury Award
5. Castrovillari Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
29. L'Étrange Festival
2023
Official Selection
5. Desenzano Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
29. Visioni Italiane
2023
Best Abruzzo Short
41. Sulmona International Film Festival
2023
Official Selection
18. 20minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt
2023
Official Selection Premio Emidio Greco
24. Festival del Cinema Europeo
2024
Special Screening
36. Minimalen Short Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
9. Filmfest Bremen
2024
Official Selection
4. Brixia Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
14. BIEFF Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
34. Message to Man International Film Festival

ANDREA GATOPOULOS

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BIOGRAPHY

Born in Pescara (Abruzzo, Italy) in 1994. He is the founder of the production company Il Varco, with which he has produced 11 shorts and 2 feature films. He’s the art director of Il Varco – International Short Film Festival, chosen by Filmfreeway among the Top 100 festivals in the world, and he’s also the creator of Short Days and New Abruzzi Cinema. His productions were featured in more than 100 festivals around the world.

FILMOGRAPHY

HAPPY NEW YEAR, JIM

2022

 

FLORES DEL PRECIPICIO

2022

 

POLEPOLE

2021

 

LETTERS TO HERZOG

2020

 

MATERIA CELESTE

2019

 

SPETTRI

2017

 

ONYRICON

2015