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A tender fairy tale centered on the friendship between a withering and forlorn tree on the sidewalk and a homeless little boy. The film touches in a heartwarming, humane manner issues such as: ''Desolation'', ''Abandonment'', '' Loneliness'', ''the Urban Landscape as a source of Social Isolation'', ''Nature and how we choose to disregard it'', '' Basic survival needs such as hunger and shelter, for all those living on the margins of a society we take for granted''.
ΕΓΡΑΨΑΝ / CRITICS
«Ένα αριστούργημα, μια φορά»
"once upon a time, a masterpiece..."
ΣΩΤΗΡΗΣ ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ / ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΤΥΠΙΑ
S. Maniatis/Eleftherotypia
«Το δέντρο που αγάπησαν μικροί και μεγάλοι»
"The beloved by everyone Tree, juniors and adults..."
ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ ΤΡΑΪΟΥ / REAL NEWS
E. Traiou/Real News
«Η ταινία, με γλυκό τρόπο, δείχνει στα παιδιά το τι σημαίνει να μπαίνεις στη θέση του άλλου…»
"The movie in a sensitive way shows to the kids what means to put youself in someones's position..."
ΜΑΡΙΑΝΝΑ ΤΖΙΑΝΤΖΗ / ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ
Marianna Tzantzi/Kathimerini
FILM POSTER
The Boy: DANAI SKIADI
The Tree: Dionyssis Savvopoulos
The Princess: MARIA NAFPLIOTOU
Short Synopsis
One evening close to Christmas, the tree, having seen the splendidly trimmed Christmas trees standing in the windows of nearby houses, and longing to be as beautiful as they are, begs the boy to trim it too.
But the boy has neither ornaments nor money to buy any, in fact he has nothing.
How can he make this withered, shriveled tree look beautiful, there in the middle of a filthy, freezing pavement? And yet this night will prove to be a very different night from every other. It will be a night when dreams come true, a night of enchantment and magic.
But the boy has neither ornaments nor money to buy any, in fact he has nothing.
How can he make this withered, shriveled tree look beautiful, there in the middle of a filthy, freezing pavement? And yet this night will prove to be a very different night from every other. It will be a night when dreams come true, a night of enchantment and magic.
5th ANIMFEST ATHENS 2010
CREDITS
produced and directed
by
PANAGIOTIS RAPPAS
associate producer
ULI MEYER
based on the original story
by
EUGENE TRIVIZAS
adapted for the screen
by
EUGENE TRIVIZAS
PANAGIOTIS RAPPAS
music composed
by
DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU
film editor
SIMOS MAGLIVERAS
sound
ANTONIS DELAPORTAS
production designer
THANASSIS TSITSIKAS
cinematography
PANAGIOTIS RAPPAS
cast
the tree: DIONYSSIS SAVVOPOULOS
the boy: DANAI SKIADI
the princess: MARIA NAFPLIOTOU
engineers
1. THODORIS ATHERIDIS
2. PAVLOS KONTOGIANNIDIS
3. MICHALIS MITROUSSIS
4. DIMITRIS PIATAS
passing by people:
1. PAVLOS HAIKALIS
2. PAVLOS KONTOGIANNIDIS
3. DIMITRIS PIATAS
4. TAKIS TZAMARGIAS
songs
lyrics by: EUGENE TRIVIZAS
music by: DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU
vocals by: FOTINI DARRA and BABIS TSERTOS
storyboard
PANAGIOTIS RAPPAS
visual effects supervisor
EVANGELOS CHRISTOPOULOS
CG supervisor
SIMOS MAGKLIVERAS
animation supervisor
NIKOS SPATHIS
compositing supervisor
ELISSAVET PANETA
modeling supervisors
NIKOS SPATHIS
FANIA DIZOU
lighting & shading supervisor
SIMOS MAGKLIVERAS
rendering supervisors
SIMOS MAGKLIVERAS
AGELOS CHRISTOPOULOS
texturing supervisor
FANIA DIZOU
Fx supervisor
EVANGELOS CHRISTOPOULOS
character design
ULI MEYER
THIERRY SHIELL
KOSTAS DEMIS
graphic designer
ANNA PSAROUDAKI
conceptual art
KOSTAS DEMIS
PANAGIOTIS RAPPAS
THIERRY SCHIEL
THANASSIS TSITSIKAS
additional development art
MARIZA LITINA
DIMITRIS RAPPAS
character modeling
NIKOS SPATHIS
set & props modeling
FANIA DIZOU
THIERRY SCHIEL
ANNA PSAROUDAKI
Additional modeling
SIMOS MAGKLIVERAS
YANNIS ANDREOPOYLOS
IONNA PARASKEYOPOULOU
rigging
LEFTERIS KALPAKIORIS
EVANGELOS CHRISTOPOULOS
VAGELIS DIMITRIADIS
layouts artists
PANAGIOTIS RAPPAS
NIKOS SPATHIS
NASSOS VAKALIS
pipeline engineer
NIKOS TZOUMIS
animation artists
LEFTERIS KALPAKIORIS
THIERRY SCHIEL
PANAGIOTIS RAPPAS
NIKOS SPATHIS
FLORA CHAGIMICHALI
MARIZA LITINA
ARGYRIS SANDALIS
cloth simulation
LEFTERIS KALPAKIORIS
EVANGELOS CHRISTOPOULOS
matte painters
THANASSIS TSITSIKAS
lighting & shading artists
SIMOS MAGKLIVERAS
EVANGELOS CHRISTOPOULOS
KATERINA IAKOVAKI
FANIA DIZOU
NIKOS TZOUMIS
texturing artists
FANIA DIZOU
SIMOS MAGKLIVERAS
KATERINA IAKOVAKI
THIERRY SCHIEL
ANNA PSAROUDAKI
NIKOS TZOUMIS
rendering artists
SIMOS MAGKLIVERAS
EVANGELOS CHRISTOPOULOS
KATERINA IAKOVAKI
ΝΙΚΟΣ ΤΖΟΥΜΗΣ
FANIA DIZOU
RnD & Pipeline
EVANGELOS CHRISTOPOULOS
compositing artists
ELISSAVET PANETA
MARY STROUMPOULI
marketing manager
CHRISTINA IOANNOU
public relations manager
MARIA KOUTSIOUMPA
music and sound line producer
CHRISTOS GIANNOULIS
Production coordinator
FANIA DIZOU
music producer
DIMITRIS PAPADIMITRIOU
Music recording studios
KOSTAS ZEVGADELIS
CHRISTOS GIANNOULIS
sound design
ANTONIS DELAPORTAS
THOMAS KARAMAZAKIS
DIMITRIS VALAGEORGIOU
recording & sound mastering
GENESIS PRODUCTIONS
RECORDING STUDIOS
accounts
KOSTAS MITRAVELAS
EVANGELOS GEORGIKOS
studio keepers
VALENTINI SIVERI
PETROS SENGERGI
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