Siege on Liperti Street: online world premiere

Stavros Pamballis’ first feature, Siege on Liperti Street, awarded in Thessaloniki International Film Festival, makes its world premiere at Viva.gr and will be online for four days in February 2021. A contemporary urban western which takes place near the Green Line of Nicosia, starring Constantine Markoulakis, Daphne Alexander, Akilas Karazisis and Niovi Charalampous.

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You can now enjoy the film by the comfort of your home with English subtitles, at 19-22/02/2021.

It is the first time that a Greek film will open online, aiming at an international audience.

Ιi is a co-production of Greece, Cyprus and Great Britain.

Please, follow the link below:

https://www.viva.gr/tickets/cinema/streaming/poliorkia-stin-odo-liperti/

Note: With the purchase of every ticket you have the opportunity to begin watching the film by using your unique ticket code up until 4 hours after the official start.

SYNOPSIS

Austerity took everything but the roof over their heads, and today it will come for that too. But today, they will finally fight back, like a family with nothing left to lose…

A Crisis-Western, set beside the UN Buffer Zone that divides the city of Nicosia, Siege on Liperti Street tells the story of one family’s struggle to hold on to their home, no matter the price.

CAST

Constantine Markoulakis, Daphne Alexander, Akilas Karazisis, Niovi Charalampous

CREW

Written and Directed By Stavros Pamballis

Producers Panos Papahadzis, Simos Manganis

Executive Producers Christos V. Konstantakopoulos

Cinematography Dimitris Kyriakou

Editing Yiorgos Mavropsaridis

Art Director Liza Tsouloupas

Original Music Patrick Jonsson

Sound Dinos Kittou

Sound Design / Foley Persefoni Miliou

Sound Mix Kostas Varymbopiotis

Make Up Artist George Vavanos

VFX Supervisor Yafka – Antonis Kotzias

Production Argonauts Productions S.A., Green Olive Films

In Co-Production With Faliro House , Cyprus Ministry Of Education And Culture, Ert S.A., Iron Box Films Ltd

With the Financial Support of Greek Film Centre, MEDIA Creative Europe

STAVROS PAMBALLIS – BIO

A Fulbright Scholar and a Sundance Fellow, Stavros holds a BFA in Film Production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA in Screenwriting from the London Film School.

His first feature as a screenwriter, the multi-award winning Shirley Adams, was an official selection at major international festivals including Locarno, Toronto and London, where it was nominated for the Sutherland Trophy. His second, Turbulence, was directed by two-time BAFTA award winner Michael B Clifford. His third, Boy On the Bridge, premiered internationally at the 2016 Rome International Film Festival.

The Siege on Liperti Street is his debut as a Writer-Director.

An alumni of the Berlin Film Festival Talent Campus, the Binger Film Lab, the Sundance Mediterranean Writer’s Lab and the Working Title Filmmakers’ Residency, Stavros is represented worldwide by Casarotto Ramsay and Associates, one of London’s most renowned literary and film agencies.