Film Category: short

Original Title: Pyramides tis Athinas

English Title: Pyramids of Athens

Greek Title: Πυραμίδες της Αθήνας

Duration: 14.35 min.

Country of origin: Greece

Director: Yolanda Markopoulou

Producer: Yolanda Markopoulou

Production Company / Companies: Independent Production

Brief synopsis in English: Metaxourgeio: a multicultural neighborhood in Athens. In between an Egyptian coffee shop, a Chinese restaurant and brothels, a mysterious group appears and enters the orange building across the street. It's the same building where young Ismael, an Egyptian immigrant, sleeps illegally every night. He feels threatened and abandons his home.

Release Date: May 2010

Original Format: Super 16mm

Credits (music, cast etc): Writer: Maria Zavakou / Cinematographer: Dimitris Kasimatis / Editor: Giorgos Didimiotis / Art Director: Aleksandra Siafkou / Composer: Dimitris Issaris / Sound Design: Emanuelle Simone / Principal Cast: Mohammed Mansy, Maria Aiginitou, Harris Haralambous, Mohammed Lsaan, Aristotelis Karananos

Original Language(s): Greek / Arabic