‘Arcadia’ by Yorgos Zois to Represent Greek Cinema in the 2025 Academy Awards

‘Arcadia’ by Yorgos Zois is selected by the Ministry of Culture to correspond Greek cinema successful the 98th Academy Awards. Photo credit: AMNA

The question representation “Arcadia” by Yorgos Zois is the Greek cinema authoritative information for the 98th Academy Awards, commonly referred to arsenic the Oscars.

As stated by the Greek Ministry of Culture, it is the cleanable movie to correspond modern Greek cinema having participated successful prestigious planetary festivals.

The movie is simply a phantasy play starring Angeliki Papoulia and Vangelis Mourikis. A fatal car mishap shakes up the wintery tranquility of a tourer resort. Giannis, a erstwhile doctor, and Katerina, a neurologist, get to the section infirmary to place the victim. Katerina is shocked, uncovering that her fears are proven right.

Together and separately, they volition effort to link the pieces of the puzzle of the beingness that was mislaid successful the crash, coming look to look with a bid of unexpected revelations. They are not alone. At the area’s eerie seaside bar, Arcadia, Katerina volition brushwood a unusual radical of unexpected companions. Katerina and Giannis present person to unravel a mystery.

In supporting roles, Elena Topalidou, Nikolas Papagiannis, Vangelis Evangelinos,
Asterios Rimagmos, Evangelia Andreadaki, Flomaria Papadaki, Elena Mavridou, and
Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos implicit the cast.

Director Yorgos Zois co-wrote the scrip with Konstantina Kotzamani. ‘Arcadia’ premiered astatine the 74th Berlin International Film Festival successful Encounters. It besides participated successful the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival successful the Firebird Awards: Young Cinema competition.

Yorgos Zois

George Zois represented Greek cinema astatine immoderate of the astir important festivals worldwide, specified arsenic Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam and Telluride. In Greece, his enactment has been recognized with the Best Short Film Award for ‘Casus Belli’ from the Hellenic Film Academy, arsenic good arsenic 7 awards astatine the abbreviated movie Drama Festival, including Best Film, Direction, and Screenplay.

His archetypal diagnostic film, ‘Interruption’, premiered astatine the Venice Film Festival successful 2015, winning the Best New Director Award from the Hellenic Film Academy, and his abbreviated movie ‘Third Kind’, which premiered astatine Cannes Critics’ Week successful 2018, won implicit American audiences with its archetypal screening astatine the Telluride Film Festival.

The Greek movie manager has been nominated for Best Director by the European Film Academy for his movie ‘End Credits’. In addition, helium served arsenic a subordinate of the authoritative assemblage “Lion of the Future” astatine the 74th Venice International Film Festival. His films person been broadcast connected large tv stations, specified arsenic CANAL+, ARTE, and person been selected by the renowned Criterion platform.

Greek Ministry of Culture announcement

The announcement of the Ministry of Culture regarding the Greek information for the Academy Awards reads arsenic follows:

“Official information of Greece for the 98th Academy Awards is the question representation ‘Arcadia’ by manager Yorgos Zois, which was selected to vie for the International Feature Film Academy Award, successful the 98th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States.”

‘Arcadia’ was nominated aft the unanimous ballot of an 11-member Committee, which is formed by the Ministry of Culture exclusively for this purpose.

Deputy Minister of Culture Iason Fotilas accepted the Committee’s sentiment and issued the applicable decision.

The Ministry of Culture ensures the timely completion of the procedures for representing Greek cinema astatine the 98th Academy Awards, successful accordance with the regulations of the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.