From the Snow

From the snow (Greek: Απ' το χιόνι) is a Greek drama film directed by Sotiris Goritsas. The film released in 1993 and stars Gerasimos Skiadaresis. The film won the Golden Alexander award in Thessaloniki Film Festival and the Best Movie Award in Greek State Film Awards.

From the Snow
Directed bySotiris Goritsas
Written bySotiris Goritsas
Sotiris Dimitriou
StarringGerasimos Skiadaresis
Vasias Eleftheriadis
Mania Papadimitriou
CinematographyStamatis Giannoulis
Edited byTakis Koumoundouros
Release date
September 1993
Running time
90 minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

Plot

Few men from South Albania (North Epirus) immigrate to Greece during Albania Crisis. The film follows their travel for a better life in Greece. After crossing the borders on foot, they arrive in Athens with every transport means. There, they face the racism from local society. Some people help them but the difficulties are so many that they decide to return to their village in Albania.[1][2]

Cast

Awards

List of awards and nominations[3]
AwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
1993 Thessaloniki International Film FestivalGolden AlexanderSotiris GoritsasWon
1993 Greek State Film AwardsBest FilmSotiris GoritsasWon
Best ScreenplaySotiris GoritsasWon

References

  1. "From the Snow". tainiothiki.gr. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. Robert Firsching (2015). "From the Snow (1993)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  3. "International Thessaloniki Film Festival". filmfestival.gr. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
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