Manolis Mavris, director of the short film Brutalia, Days of Labour, recipient of the Canal+ award at the 60^th International Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival, as well of the Golden Dionysus Award for Best Short Film at the 44^th Drama International Short Film Festival, has created the spots of the 62^nd Thessaloniki Film Festival.

The spots of this year’s Festival, directed by Mavris and produced by Kostis Katsaros/The Stripes, invite us to take a glance at the “bigger picture” and relive the feeling of watching a film in its home ground, the movie theater.

“A young mermaid denounces body shaming, a lonely gentleman ends up having his dinner alongside several different versions of himself, a man is chilling out as he’s about to be chopped by a magician’s saw. What do all these have to do with each other? The movement of the camera becomes the linchpin between these films, forming a trilogy of signals. The common feature of all three films is the shot opening up to unveil the “bigger picture”. The meaning is altered depending on whether you are standing at a close or a long distance. The composition is building up and is gradually overturned. The opening up of the frame alludes to the re-opening of movie theaters for the audience and the openness of the Thessaloniki Festival”, explains Manolis Mavris.

Watch the three spots of the 62nd Festival: