Black Stone – Release News
Director: Spiros Jacovides
Writers: Spiros Jacovides & Ziad Semaan
Producer: Maria Kontogianni (for Steficon)
Cast: Eleni Kokkidou, Julio George Katsis, Achilleas Chariskos, Kevin Zans Ansong
Festivals:
- Trieste: Winner of Audience Award, Special Mention in the Best Feature Category
- Thessaloniki: Winner of two Audience Awards, the Youth Jury Award, and Best Debut Film
- Winner of Best Actress at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards (Eleni Kokkidou)
- Selected for the Smart7 Initiative, a film festival cooperation network aiming to foster the circulation of exceptional European titles.
- Nominated for the Grand Prix at Sofia IFF
- Winner of Best Actress (Eleni Kokkidou) and Best Actor (Kevin Zans Ansong) at Athens Panorama of European Cinema
The film is a satirical comedy, a mockumentary of sorts following a distraught, overprotective Greek mother as she searches for her missing civil servant son. It’s a deftly-handled and utterly charming story. It debuted at Thessaloniki, and has shown at a number of other festivals including Trieste and Sofia, picking up several prizes along the way. It’s been a runaway hit in Greece and Cyprus, so we’re delighted to be bringing it to the UK. We’ve already had a small-scale theatrical release, but the film will be available digitally on the 10th June.