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Filming is progressing steadily on the new essay-hybrid feature film "The Gaze", directed by Christos N. Karakasis. Blending fiction with essay cinema, the film offers a profound existential reflection on memory, time, art, and the human condition.
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The film
unfolds through images captured in various cities and landscapes across Greece
and abroad, creating a cinematic journey in which places become more than
settings—they emerge as vessels of memory, experience, and personal
transformation.
At the
heart of the narrative lies humanity's relationship with creation, loss, love,
and the search for meaning. Through personal monologues, evocative cinematic
imagery, and fictional elements, The Gaze approaches art as an
act of self-discovery and inner exploration.
Drawing
inspiration from poetic and essay cinema, the film also engages in a dialogue
with painting, theatre, literature, and philosophy, creating a multilayered
cinematic experience in which the act of seeing becomes a way of understanding
both the world and ourselves.
Production
will continue over the coming months in new locations, completing a film that
aspires to become a contemporary work of essay cinema distinguished by its
strong artistic vision and existential depth.
Currently
in production, "The Gaze" is
expected to be completed in the near future and will be submitted to
international film festivals before its public release.
Cast
·
Vasiliki Kappa
·
Maria Kappa
Crew
Director /
Cinematography / Editing
Christos N. Karakasis
Cinematography
Dionysis Dimas
George Devon
Original Music
& Song
Vasiliki Kappa
Assistant Director
Nikolaos Psaltakis
Production
Assistant & Make-up Artist
Eleni Karakasi
Produced by
KOYINTA Film Production
Associate Producer
& Distribution Partner
Tickets Tickets Company