BEING PRESENT
Global Covid pandemic finds Greece with a broken public health sector, after a decade of austerity, where invisible heroes strive to save the game, as political intrigue, inside and outside the country, is at full swing.
Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos
Best Documentary, Cannes World Film Festival, France, 2021
BEING. PRESENT
Global Covid pandemic finds Greece with a broken public health sector, after a decade of austerity, where invisible heroes strive to save the game, as political intrigue, inside and outside the country, is at full swing.
83 min 2021 Full HD
Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos
Best Documentary, Cannes World Film Festival, France, 2021
SYNOPSIS
Whilst still healing from the wounds caused by the ten year long economic disaster, Greece has to confront the biggest public health crisis of recent history. Against the backdrop of a disintegrated public health sector, the prominent protagonists managing the pandemic are entangled with the stories of its invisible heroes. Political decisions and behind-the-scenes manipulations are closely observed and juxtaposed with the struggles of the people who bear the brunt of this new crisis. Observing for one year the experience of his homeland, Avgeropoulos manages to capture a universal reality and poses critical questions about the post-Covid era the world is entering.
Always there, always present. With his camera shooting countless hours of footage, recording and ultimately condensing 5, 10, 20 years into a documentary-like timelapse lasting 75, 90 or 120 minutes.
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MAIN CREDITS
Written & Directed By: YORGOS AVGEROPOULOS
Producers: ANASTASIA SKOUBRI AND YORGOS AVGEROPOULOS
Music: YIANNIS PAXEVANIS
Editing: VASILIS TSOUKALAS
Additional Editing: KOSTAS CHRISTAKOPOULOS
Research: YORGOS AVGEROPOULOS, FENIA CHALA, ALEXIA TSAGKARI, THODORIS CHONDROGIANNOS, PHOEBE FRONISTA, KOSTAS KOUKOUMAKAS, ELENA APOSTOLIDOU, MARIANNA KAKAOUNAKI, CHRISTINA CHASOU
Filming: YIANNIS AVGEROPOULOS, THEOFILOS DADIS, KOSTIS NIKOLOPOULOS, YORGOS MOUTAFIS, YIANNIS CHLEMPAKOS, YIANNIS KOLESIDIS, YORGOS SANTAMOURIS, DIMITRIS KOTSOU, SOFIA EXARCHOU, YORGOS ILIOPOULOS, ALEXIA TSAGKARI, PHOEBE FRONISTA, FANIS KARAYORGOS, YIANNIS NTRENOYIANNIS, YORGOS AVGEROPOULOS, NIKOS FOSKOLOS, SIMON KEATING
A SMALLPLANET PRODUCTION FOR iMEdD © 2021