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Local title
Kuula
Original title
Akouse me
Director
Maria Douza
Country
Greece
Year
2022
Programme
Youth Competition, Children's Rights Programme
Subject
first love, belonging, alienation

Financial upheaval forces a teenage deaf girl, Valmira (16), to leave her progressive Athens school and return to her father's struggling island where she is confronted by the danger of prejudice and intolerance, most shockingly - her own.

Age recommendation: 12+

Director
Maria Douza
Cast
Efthalia Papacosta, Dimitris Kitsos, Nikos Koukas, Yorgos Pyrpasopoulos, Yoana Bukovska Davidova, Vangelio Andreadaki
Producer
Michael Sarantinos, Ivan Tonev
DoP
Zafeiris Epaminondas Gsc
Production designer
Olga Leontiadou
Editor
Ioanna Pogiantzi
Writer
Maria Douza
Music
Anna Stereopoulou
Production
Steficon SA, ARS Digital Studio, Bulgarian National Film Center
World sales
Steficon
Runtime
Language
Greek, Bulgarian
Subtitles
Estonian, English
Director
Maria Douza

Filmograafia Valik/Selection: The Agas Trial (2008, doc), The Tree & The Swing (2014), Thission Cinema Of Athens (2017, doc), Pantelis Kaliotsos In The Writer’s Workshop (2018, doc), Akouse me (Listen, 2022)

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Screenings

8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening100601 / Kuula
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsMaria Douza (Film Director, Scriptwriter), Michael Sarantinos (Producer, CEO, General Manager), Zaphiris Epaminondas (Cinematographer)
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3rd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening121203 / Kuula
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsMaria Douza (Film Director, Scriptwriter), Michael Sarantinos (Producer), Zaphiris Epaminondas (Cinematographer)
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Hall Electric Cinema, Tartu
Screening132202 / Kuula
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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