COPA-LOCA

COPA-LOCA

The wild days of Paulina, a runaway teenager in an abandoned summer resort in Greece. Writer/Director: Christos Massalas Director of Photography: Konstantinos Koukoulios Starring: Elsa Lekakou, Jenny Hiloudaki, Pavlos Iordanopoulos, Talat Iqbal, Stathis Stamoulakatos, Michalis Pitidis, Fotis Stratigos, Nadia Katsoura, Panos Iosifidis, George Ramantanis, Jon Simvonis Production Manager: Maria Repousi Editing: Christos Massalas Original music: Σtella Costume Design: Marli Aliferi Make-up: Ioanna Lygizou Sound: Dimitris Kanellopoulos, George Ramantanis Produced by Christos Massalas Co-produced by Giorgos Karnavas, Konstantinos Kontovrakis Running time: 14’ Country of production: Greece Supported by the Greek Film Centre, GFC World Sales: Ioanna Stais, Heretic Outreach facebook.com/copaloca.film Qualified for the Academy Awards, 2019 Screened at over 100 film festivals and received numerous prizes, including: Best Short Film, Hellenic Film Academy Awards Best Short Film, European Film Academy Awards (nominee) Best International Short, Festival du nouveau cinéma Best International Short, Leeds International Film Festival Best International Short, Reykjavik International Film Festival Best Short Film, Athens International Film Festival Best Director, Athens International Film Festival Youth Jury Prize, Concorto Film Festival Best Short Film - Prix EFA, European Competition, Sarajevo Film Festival Special Mention, Regional Competition, Sarajevo Film Festival Best Director, Bašta Fest Jury Prize, IBAFF Film Festival Best Short Film, Seanema Film Festival Christos Massalas was born in Greece, 1986. He studied Filmmaking at the London Film School, LFS. He is currently preparing his debut feature titled “Broadway”, which was selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.