Greek School Prayer(2014)
Greece, 2014, 20′
CREDITS
Director: Thanasis Neofotistos
Screenwriter: Thanasis Neofotistos, Grigoris Skarakis, Katerina Piperia
Cast: Christos Karavevas, Stelios Karampinas
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
Golden Dionysus, Best Film Award, 37th Drama Film Festival
Best Sound Award, 37th Drama Film Festival
Honorable Mention at Athens International Film Festival, 2014
Screening:
8 May 2026
10:00 – 11:30
For middle school students, in collaboration with schools of the Municipality of Heraklion.
SYNOPSIS
At Dimitris’s middle school, Vasilis and his group—a gang of bullies—terrorize him. When he learns that he has to say the morning prayer, Vasilis takes over all his thoughts. But what will happen when the day comes for him to stand in front of the entire school, and especially in front of him? In their search for identity, through violence, one will push the other to his limits.
In collaboration with ΕΚΚΟΜΕD, Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center (HFAC).
Screening of the short film Greek School Prayer (2014) by Thanasis Neofotistos.
The film Prayer centers on two middle school students who, in their search for identity, test each other’s boundaries. The film, which has been awarded the Golden Dionysus at the Drama International Short Film Festival, highlights issues of gender identity within the school environment.
The CINEMATHERAPY by EKKOMED program leverages the power of cinema as a tool for psychosocial empowerment. Applying the methodology of cinematherapy, the initiative invites students to explore, through their own personal experiences, issues of personal identity, the need for belonging, the experience of loneliness, as well as the power of expression within a collective context.
The program will be led by psychotherapist Denise Nikolakou, collaborator of the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center and head of the CINEMATHERAPY program.
