
Filmproduktion
Filmproduktion
PRODUCED BY oDo CINEMATOGRAPHY ARGYRIS GERMANIDIS MUSIC HERMAN HERRMANN
SOUND DESIGN FRANK BEHNKE COLOR GRADING NIKOS VOULGARIS
COSTUME DESIGN / PRODUCTION DESIGN / SOUND KATERINA STRAUCH & ARGYRIS GERMANIDIS
SCREENPLAY / TEXT ARGYRIS GERMANIDIS
DIRECTED BY ARGYRIS GERMANIDIS & KATERINA STRAUCH
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2021 | 10' | 1:1.85 | Colour
Cortázar
Somewhere on the mainland, the tenants of a building slowly rise from their sleep. From afar arrives the promise of a secret passage to the sea.
Filmproduktion
October 2022 - Cortázar at the Linea d'Ombra Festival, Italy
September 2022 - Cortázar at the Torino Underground Cinefest, Italy
September 2022 - Cortázar at the Garofano Rosso Film Festival, Italy
July 2022 - Cortázar at the Suspaustas Laikas Film Festival, Lithuania
June 2022 - Cortázar at the Aigio Short Film Festival, Greece (Best Cinematography Award)
June 2022 - Cortázar at the Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Greece,
June 2022 - Circle of Confusion at the 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin
City of Sleep: receives script funding from the Greek Film Center
NEWS
2021 | 10' | 1:1.85 | Colour
Cortázar

FILMS
In Development
Stories of Endangered Species
Feature film, fiction
(currently in post production)

City of Sleep
Feature film, fiction
(currently in development)
Script Funding by Greek Film Center
Particles of Dust
Feature Film, fiction
(Funded by the Greek Film Center,
In production)

OTHER PROJECTS
Single channel video installation 2022
48 Stunden Neukölln
Circle of Confusion

Enclaves
Photography exhibition by Argyris Germanidis (2018)

Street Photography
One Day Older
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ABOUT
Argyris Germanidis was born in Athens. He studied History and Theory of Science at the University of Athens and Film Studies at the Stavrakos Film School. For more than a decade he worked in Greece as a screenwriter and script editor before turning to directing his own short films and documentaries.
In 2014 he moved to Berlin, where he continues working as an independent filmmaker and photographer.
Awards
Cortázar (10', 2021)
Best Cinematography Award - Athens International Film Festival
Special Mention by the GSC - Drama International Film Festival
Best Cinematography Award - Aigio International Film Festival
Cinematic Achievement Award - Thessaloniki Short Film Festival
Left - Right (14', 2009)
Director - Scriptwriter
Special Mention - Cinema Tous Ecrans (Switzerland)
Best Balkan Film Award - Filmini International Short Film Festival (Bulgaria)
Best Cinematography Award - Villach K3 International Short Film Festival (Austria)
Jury Special Award- Golden Boll Adana Film Festival (Turkey)
3rd International Award -ZubrOFFka International Short Film Festival - (Poland)
Selected in 37 international film festivals (Sarajevo, Shanghai, Molodist, São Paulo, Dokufest...)
Rio (2007, Feature Film)
Scriptwriter
Balkan Fund Prize - Thessaloniki Film Festival 2007
A Game for Two (2004, Short Film)
Scriptwriter
National Quality Prize - Thessaloniki Film Festival 2004
Katerina Strauch was born in Germany and raised in Greece. She studied Theater at the Fine Arts School of the Aristoteles University in Thessaloniki and Acting at the National Theater Acting School in Athens. After her studies she turned to filmmaking and worked at film projects as an assistant director and assistant producer.
She is currently based in Berlin. Cortázar is her first film.


is a film fabricating partnership
between the Berlin based filmmakers
Katerina Strauch and Argyris Germanidis.