2.500 years ago, Sophocles the Athenian introduces the conflict of a young princess named Antigone who opposes the State’s power in order to bury her dead brother. At that moment, the moment of Democracy’s birth, a question is born that is still unanswered today.

Is human law Justice?

Alpha is a broadly collaborative, solely crowd funded feature film and live cinematic performance, inspired by our actual present and by this exact same question posed 2.500 years ago.

Alpha
A TRANSMEDIA CINEMATIC PERFORMANCE

THE FIRST EXCLUSIVELY CROWD-FUNDED ART PROJECT IN GREECE

Slug Magazine : Stunning! | ★★★★★ |

PopMatters : A visionary work of film.

Smells Like Screen Spirit : Mysteriously oblique, viscerally poetic. | ★★★★ |

TwitchFilm : Beguiling and mesmerizing.

Taste Of Cinema : The author speaks in excellent B&W images and layered soundscapes.

El Antepenúltimo Mohicano : Un tipo de cine alejado de fórmulas y estereotipos que lanza una mirada plena de fuerza al pasado transformándolo en poesía de nuestro presente. | ★★★★ |

Popaganda : Awe-inspiring to say the least.

Artmag : The Transmedia Cinematic Performance “Alpha”, is an impressive attempt in fusing performing arts and it hugely impressed and troubled its audience.

In the feature film, a woman is forced to sit under a rotting corpse in the middle of a burnt forest, until the authorities decide that she has been punished enough.
In the live performance, the performer plunges into her dark subconscious on-stage, while the feature film inundates the entire stage, forcing two worlds to unfold in unison before the eyes of the audience.
ENTER THE FILM
ENTER THE PERFORMANCE
ABOUT THE PROJECT

Since its inception, Ancient Drama has had a strong community, collective and political character. By bringing together a group of more than 40 young artists to creatively collaborate with BAKIS’ main team, we have chosen the route of crowd-funding for the project’s realisation.

Alpha is a completely independent, solely crowd-funded project that has become a reality with the active participation and support of 607 people from all over the world that have participated financially or otherwise.

We roll credits with our PRINCIPAL CROWDFUNDERS

Anna Frangouli

Montse Moro

Christos Constantakopoulos

Panos Papadopoulos

Kosmas Christodoulopoulos

Gael Herrera Batallan

SEEC Delegación de Alicante

Phrixos Papachristidis chair in Modern Greek Studies, McGill university, Montreal

Pericles Vanikiotis

Yvone Roman

Dimitris Koliodimos

Angelo Venetis

Chrysa Vasileiou

Vicky Anastasiou

Tomasa Campos

Tasos Psychogios

Georgia Psychogiou

George Fotopoulos

Michalis Galanis

Dionysia Tsoni

Giannis Triantafilopoulos

Julia Falia

Steve Kourba

Panagiotis Kokmotos

Christos Panagiotakopoulos

Stavros Panagiotakopoulos

Roula Spyropoulou

  1. Gianakopoulou

Trisevgeni Panagiotakopoulou

Dimitra & Christos Badekas

ALEF – Science Fiction Club of Athens

Areti Vardaki

Zenia Anastasiadou

Irene Daskalaki

Alexandros Panagiotakopoulos

Dimitris Panagiotakopoulos

Dimitris Skias

Magda Gini

Kostas Panagiotakopoulos

Litsa Tsangari

Evanthia Kourba

Angeliki Papalexandropoulou

Vera & Marianna Fotopoulou

Nikos Antonopoulos

Tsolis Kostas

Eleni Sakka

Michalis Michalopoulos

Giota Psychogiou

Jo Palin

Aris Chrysafides

Evelina & Kostas Tsangaris

Nasis Athanasiou

Andreas Athanasiou

Mimis & Sofia Athanasiou

Anastasiou Charis

Theodoros Kallianos

Angelos Mastorakis

Sichoson

Xenia Kyriakopoulou

Babis Psychogios

Soureti Tasoula

Thanasis Tsintavis

Rousos Skarpathiotis

Maria Grigoriadou

Giorgia Tsangari

Director, Writer

Stathis Athanasiou (IMDB | Website | Facebook | Twitter)

Co-writer

Pedro Olalla (IMDB | Website | Facebook)

Additional contribution to the script

Michael Samiotis (IMDB | Website)

Michael Kloukinas

Director of Photography

Michael Kloukinas

Production Design

Michael Samiotis (IMDB | Website)

Music

Stavros Gasparatos (IMDB | Website | Facebook | Twitter)

Sound Design

Nikos Tsines (Website | Facebook | Vimeo | IMDB)

Editing

Stathis Athanasiou (IMDB | Website | Facebook | Twitter)

Starring

Serafita Grigoriadou (IMDB | Facebook)

Also appearing

Tasos Karakyklas (IMDB | Facebook)

Silvano Olalla

Katerina Psychogiou

Savina Samioti

Evdokia Chrysovergi (Facebook)

Producer

Stathis Athanasiou – BAKIS (IMDB | Website | Facebook | Twitter)

Co-Producer

Panos Papadopoulos – Prosenghisi (IMDB | Website)

Production Manager

Kostas Sfakianakis (IMDB)

1st Assistant director

Kostis Panagiotopoulos Alexakis (Google+)

Continuity – D.I.T.

Alexandros Koyk (Facebook)

Choreographer

Apostolia Papadamaki (Vimeo)

1st Assistant Camera

Konstantinos Kiousis (Facebook)

Steadicam

George Petrakis (Facebook)

Steadicam Assistant

Alexis Nikolaou

Gaffer

Charis Pournias

Sound Recordist

Yiannis Zervakos

Makeup

Ioanna Vartzi (Facebook)

Hair Styling

Renos Politis (Website | Facebook)

Special Effects

Prokopis Vlaseros (Facebook)

Scenographer’s Assistants

Laertis Liagos

Chrysanthi Badeka (Website | Facebook)

2nd Unit Cinematographer

Alexandros Papathanasopoulos (Vimeo | Facebook)

Crane

Stefanos Tsigas

Special Collaborator

Agathi Psychogiou

Special Assistant

Corina Charitopoulos (Facebook)

Hexacopter

Antonis Lekanides

Antonis Bardakas

Production Assistants

Takis Papadopoulos (Facebook)

Nikos Borovas

Runner

Dimitris Martinides (Facebook)

Production Coordination

Elpida Markianidou (LinkedIn | Facebook)

Katerina Apostolopoulou (Website | Facebook)

Communication – Sponsorships

OPUS ltd – Natalia Katifori & Katerina Apostolopoulou (Website)

Music Performed by ’Tropos Quartet’

Dionysis Vervitsiotis – Violin

Katia Kaminskaya – Violin

Giannis Athanasopoulos – Viola

Ellie Philippou – Violoncello

VOICE CHORUS

Nefeli Maistrali

Amalia Ninou

Evangelia Karakatsani

Aristea Stafylaraki

Eleni Koytsiouba

Set photographers

Vicky Psychogiou

Iria Chorianopoulou

Argyris Drolapas

Andrej Dutina

George Charisis

Gregory Thanopoulos

Nikos Papaspyrou

Christina Sarlami

Microlix

Antonis Katrakazis

Eleni Chrysikou

Daily Making Of Videos

Mariza Papadimitriou – Azymmetry Pictures

Nantia Skourti

Alexandros Papathanasopoulos

George Charisis

Dimitris Patrikios

Gabriela Gerolemou

Kostis Georgopoulos

Panagiotis Dendramis

Crowdfunding Team

Natalia Katifori

Katerina Apostolopoulou

Alexandros Romanos Lizardos

Sissy Anastasopoulou

Angie Argyroudi

Irene Nikopoulou

Ifigenia Kolla

Polina Christopoulou

Twitter Account Manager

Polina Christodoulou

Facebook Account Manager

Katerina Apostolopoulou

Stathis Athanasiou

CHORUS

Nestor Kopsidas

Ioannis Papakyriakopoulos

Pantelis Goumas

Christos Papamichael

Nikolaos Motakis

George Voudouris

Giannis Monastiropoulos

Sofianna Theofanous

Papakostas Lefteris

Mandalos Petros

Nousis George

Dimitris Maris

Kasdaglis Ioakeim

Vasilis Karteris

Dimitris Boutsikas

Giorgos Charalampidis

Hairi Emplook

Giounous Karachotza

Kostas Klitsas

Michalis Frangiadakis

Leonidas Avramides

Angie Argyroudi

Sissy Anastasopoulou

Elena Papagianopoulou

Thalia Papadaki

Eddie Lame

Moschopoulos Efthymios

Samaletis Adis

Chaldaios Kostas

Chrysopoulos Christos

Sofia Kyriakou

Rena Tsaousi

Elpida Belali

Vrasidas Papaignathios

Thanasis Gamsizis

Thanasis Dimas

Marios Kourkoulas

Children Chorus

Konstantinos Moschovakis

Konstantinos Bousbouras

Konstantinos Nikolatos

Aristoteles Baltoumas

Polina Baltouma

Giorgos Zarkadoulas

Savina Samioti

Eva Samioti

Nikitas Apostolatos

Filippos Apostolatos

Vasilis Vasileiou

Theatre Extras

Karampelas Stavros

Balasopoulou Penelope

Stamatoglou Thalia

Takou Konstantina

Gialifos Theofanis

Sotiropoulou Stefania

Angelopoulos Dimitris

Iliokaftou Ersi

Pagania Dimitra

Marangou Fotini

Papageorgiou Gogo

Eleni Theodoropoulou

Maria Loutsi

Eleni Gioti

Konstantinos Iliou

Eftichia Bakogianni

Andreas Skiadaresis

Papagianopoulou Efstathia

Papagianopoulou Giorgia

Giannouli Dionisia

Delibeis Giorgos

Gettos Markos

Karakosta Nike

Giorgos Papadimitrakopoulos

Eleni Andrikopoulou

Eleni Koutsopoulou

Evina Akrida

Giorgos Tsamolias

Toula Tsamolia

Zografia Kouratou

Marios Spyrou

Giorgos Mantalas

Cecilia Charbila

Fiorela Mastrokalou

Serafeim L. Marinis

Kostas Psychoulas

Andriana Andreovich

Despoina Lazaridi

Christos & Michalis Giotis

Nikolia Makri

Maria Karamani

Panagiotis Spiropoulos

Takis Gasparatos

Giorgos Zigoyris

The people below are our crowd funding backers and without them, Alpha would still be on the drawing board. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts!

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