Poplars

Lesvos, 1997, Gulf of Geras. A father waits at the port, smoking, to pick up his two children. Across the shore, their mother helps them board a small ship. When the children arrive, they are older than when they departed. They greet their father and enter the car, heading to an olive grove. Three tall poplars stand there, symbols of the three heroes. The children begin working the land. Whenever the father smokes or grows angry, the trees and children grow rapidly. He realizes time has passed unnaturally, shocked by their growth. Lost between memory and reality, he falls into a golden crater opened by the trees and becomes one with the great poplar. Years later, the sons return, climb the tree, and its leaves embrace them.

Company and Tavern Studio rental Plankton Productions — Konstantinos Koukoulis HD Scanning Studio Trichia Accountant Panagiotis Vounatsos Production Accountant Thanasis Liakopoulos

Special Thanks / Additional Thanks Thanks to Animasyros Kim Noce, Lizzy Hobs, Mario Radev, Michael Ho, Alosia Makrionitou, Antonis Bekiaris, Maria Stamatoyiannopoulou, Valianatou family: Daphne Valianatou, Erato Valianatou, Fragiskos Valianatos, Oleg Stathopoulos, Olga Saliampoukou, Lygia Manarioti, Petros Chytiris, Vanesa Ferle, Fokion Xenos, Thomas Kunstler, Chris Ioannou, Anastasia Deligianni, Theodora Itsiou, Panagiotis Vounatsos, Eirini Vounatsou, Efstratios Vounatsos, Thodoris Petrou, Yannis Lolis, Regina Pessoa, Isabel Herguera, Olivier Catherin, Vanessa Sinden, Dafni Bechtsi, Cinobo

We had our premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last May, followed by multiple screenings at festivals in Greece, including the Drama International Film Festival, the Athens Film Festival, Animasyros, and TAF in Thessaloniki.