THE EGGREGORES’ THEORY

INFO

Director

Andrea Gatopoulos

Genre

Experimental, Animation, Sci-Fi

Duration

15’

Year

2024

Nationality

Italian

SYNOPSYS

He does not remember much from that time. Things have faded, like the color of a painting after too much light. The only thing that bothers him is this music. It keeps popping up… He thinks he forgot what it meant. All he knows, for sure, is that he cannot get it out of his head.

STILLS

CREDITS

Director

Andrea Gatopoulos

Genre

Experimental, Animation, Sci-Fi

Duration

15′

Nationality

Italy

Voice by

David Rumsey

Produced by

Eliofilm

Il Varco Cinema

Naffintusi

Producers

Ariens Damsi
Luigi Mascolo
Marco Crispano
Andrea Gatopoulos
Orazio Guarino
Marco Santoro

Editing and script supervisor

Zhenia Kazankina

Editing, titles and vfx

Andrea Gatopoulos

Ai-generation

Andrea Gatopoulos

Audio post-production

FULLCODE

Sound design & mix

Tommaso Barbaro

Sound editing

Luca Canzano

Additional music

Giorgio Labagnara

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS

2024
World Premiere - Opening Film
39. Settimana Internazionale della Critica Festival del Cinema di Venezia
2024
Onassis Award, Best Script Award
30. Athens International Film Festival
2024 - OSCAR ® / EFA ® / BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
43. Uppsala Short Film Festival
2024 - OSCAR ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
53. Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
2024
Special Screenings
34. Message to Man International Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
7. El Gouna Film Festival
2024 - OSCAR ® / BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
Grand Award and EFA Nomination Winner
66. ZINEBI Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films
2024
Official Selection
6. Castrovillari Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
42. Sulmona International Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
1. AI.motion – Festival Italiano del Cinema e dell'Audiovisivo con l'Intelligenza Artificiale
2024
Official Selection
12. Bosphorus Film Festival
2024
Best Short Film
16. Gargano FilmFest
2024 - BAFTA ® QUALIFYING
Official Selection
22. London Short Film Festival
2024
Special Screening during the How to survive a robot apocalypse Masterclass
12. Ajyal Film Festival
2024
Opening Film New Aesthetic Program
18. KFFK - Kurzfilmfestival Köln
2024
Official Selection
21. Accordi @ DISACCORDI – Festival internazionale del cortometraggio
2024
Official Selection
21. Corto Dorico Film Festival
2024
Best Short Film
8. Beijing International Short Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
20. Festival del Cortometraggio Mediterraneo - Passaggi D'Autore: Intrecci Mediterranei
2024
Official Selection
2. Cagliari Essay Film
2024
Official Selection
36. Aguilar Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
17. Festival CinemaZERO

ANDREA GATOPOULOS

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BIOGRAPHY

He is a film producer and director, member of EFA and alumnus of Berlinale Talents and Locarno Spring Academy. He studied in workshops with Werner Herzog, Radu Jude and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. His film productions were featured in more than 150 festivals all around the world including Cannes Quinzaine, Locarno, Venice SIC@SIC, Camerimage, Rotterdam IFFR. His short film “Happy New Year, Jim” premiered at Cannes Film Festival during the 54. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. In 2023, he took part in Locarno Spring Academy with Radu Jude where he shot “Eschaton Ad”.

In November 2023, his debut feature documentary “A Stranger Quest” was presented at the 41. Turin Film Festival, Thessaloniki FF, Vancouver FF and others. In 2024, his short “The Eggregores’ Theory” opened Venice Film Critics’ Week.

FILMOGRAPHY

THE EGGREGORES’ THEORY

2024

 

ESCHATON AD

2023


HAPPY NEW YEAR, JIM

2022

 

POLEPOLE

2021

 

LETTERS TO HERZOG

2020

 

MATERIA CELESTE

2019

 

SPETTRI

2017

 

ONYRICON

2015