about

II is the debut short film of Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis.
It had its world premiere in the Pardi di Domani section of the Festival del Film Locarno.

Awards
Best Film, Athens International Film Festival, 2014
Best Direction, Athens International Film Festival, 2014
Special Prize, Drama International Film Festival, 2014
Best Photography, Christos Voudouris, Drama International Film Festival, 2014

Festival participations:
08/14, Festival del film Locarno – Pardi di domani
09/14, International Short Film Festival in Drama {Special Award & Best Cinematography award}
09/14, Athens International Film Festival / Opening Nights {Best Film award & Best Direction award}
11/14, Thessaloniki International Film Festival
11/14, Leeds International Film Festival – Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition
04/2015, Festival International Cinéma Méditerranéen Tétouan
06/2015, Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
12/2015, Exground, Germany

As a project in development II won the the prize in the Pack&Pitch program of
the Sarajevo IFF (2011)

Press/Reviews:
http://flix.gr/news/drama-ffest-2014-day02.html
http://www.aiff.gr/article.asp?catid=11270&subid=2&pubid=15420833
http://flix.gr/articles/drama-ffest-ii.html
http://flix.gr/news/drama-ffest-2014-awards.html
http://www.e-go.gr/cinemag/article.asp?catid=28048&subid=2&pubid=129865696
http://flix.gr/news/opening-nights-2014-greek-awards.html

story

An old groom walks in the open horizon towards a bride waiting for him. They meet but the distance between them starts to grow once again.

Director

Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis, born in 1983, bears the Greek and German nationality. Since 2010, he has directed commercial and music videos. Currently, he is a post-graduate student at Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France, working on his next short film, Odette, as well as his first feature film. He is an alumnus of the Berlinale and Sarajevo Talent Campus. II is his debut short film.

http://ekossan.com

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