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VENICE 2022 Giornate degli Autori

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Giornate degli Autori title Kristos – The Last Child

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- Giulia Amati’s new documentary zooms in on Kristos, the last remaining child among the 30 inhabitants of Arki, a windswept island in Greece’s Dodecanese

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Giornate degli Autori title Kristos – The Last Child
Kristos – The Last Child by Giulia Amati

Of the 30 inhabitants of Arki, a windswept island in Greece’s Dodecanese, Kristos is the last remaining child. He is ten and is the only pupil of his teacher, Maria, who devotes herself entirely to him.

Kristos will start his final year of primary school soon. In order to finish compulsory education, he needs to leave Arki and move to a larger island. His family, however, cannot afford this expense, and his father wants him to become a shepherd, a profession passed down the family for generations. Maria cannot accept this situation and is determined to find a solution to further his education. Will Kristos stay on the island to become a shepherd like his brothers, or will he leave Arki to continue his education far away, on the other side of the sea?

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This is the synopsis of Italian-French director Giulia Amati’s documentary Kristos – The Last Child [+see also:
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, which is being showcased in the Giornate degli Autori strand of this year’s Venice Film Festival.

The picture was produced by Italy’s Blink Blink Prod, France’s Les Films de l’œil sauvage and Greece’s Bad Crowd, in co-production with ARTE France, ERT and the Al-Jazeera Documentary Channel, and in collaboration with RAI Cinema and Lyfta. It was funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe – MEDIA programme, the Italian Ministry of Culture, the CNC, Région Sud, PROCIREP – ANGOA, the SCAM “Brouillon d’un rêve” and “La Culture avec la Copie Privée” grants, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, and the Greek Film Centre. Germany’s Deckert Distribution is handling its world sales.

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