Small Gods hits screens
Small Gods [+see also:
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The film was presented at Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival (see Special Report) and is set to screen this week in the Sturm und Drang section at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
Labelled an arthouse film and starring Steefi Peeters, Luoiza Vande Woestijine (two non-professional actresses), Titus de Voogdt and Dirk Van Dijck, Small Gods is a twilight road movie. Three lost souls wander aimlessly and try, without much success, to steer their destinies beneath a silent sky.
Produced on a budget of €50,000 by the director and his brother (Nicolas Karakatsanis, a talented DoP), Small Gods received backing from Peter De Maegd of CCCP Production and was awarded a film completion grant (€60,000) from the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF).
The latter have just given Karakatsanis a scriptwriting grant of €12,500 for Le mensonge (“The Lie”), an upcoming feature produced once again by CCCP.
(Translated from French)
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