Artist
George Drivas
Title
Kepler
Date
2014
Medium
Single Channel HD Video Color, Surround Sound, Dur. 14’20”
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Credit line
Courtesy Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative
Rights and Reproductions Information
© George Drivas – Polyeco S.A.
Object label
Kepler, is a newly discovered planet. According to scientists, it’s soil, atmosphere and size is similar to earth’s, which makes it potentially habitable. Kepler, is a retrofuturistic fairy tale, a commentary on today’s politics of development or just a big disillusionment for all of us.
CREDITS
Director
George Drivas
Script writer
George Drivas
DoP
Claudio Bolivar G.S.C.
Editing
Christos Gakis
Staring
Nika Tavadze
Nino Koridze
Gia Burjanadze
Costumes
Polina Rudchik
Sound Design
George Ramantanis,
DNA Lab
Production
Produced in the framework of PCAI
Executive Producer
Athanasios Polychronopoulos,
Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative
PRESS & AWARDS
Premiered at Greek Cinematheque, Athens International Film Festival, 2014
Presented at Cairo Video Festival, Medrar for Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt 2015/ Alternative Film – Video Festival, Academic Film Center, Belgrade, Serbia, 2015/ Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival, Malaysia International Competition, 2015/ Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montreal, Canada International Competition, 2015/ “Kino der Kunst”, Festival and Group Show,Munich, Germany International Competition 2015/ “ECU”, European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France International Competition – Experimental Film Section, 2015/ Glasgow Short Film Festival International Competition Center for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK, 2015
