Apples

 

APPLES 

Aris, a solitary man in his late thirties, becomes a victim of an unexplained surge of memory loss disorders in his city and is forced to confront his severe amnesia through an experimental new treatment.

  • International title: Μήλα
  • Original title: Apples
  • Director: Christos Nikou
  • Year: 2020
  • Countries: Greece, Slovenia, Poland
  • Dialogues: Greek (modern), English
  • Length: 91 min
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Logline: Could it be that we are the things we don’t forget?
  • Cast: Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovassili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argyris Bakirtzis, Kostas Laskos, Costas Xikomonos, Alexandra Aidini

Selective list of festivals and awards:  Venice Film Festival 2020, Transilvania International Film Festival 2021

Director’s biography: Christos Nikou was born in Athens in 1984. His short film KM participated in over 40 international film festivals, including Rotterdam, Stockholm, Palm Springs, Sydney, Tallinn Black Nights, Interfilm Berlin, and winning the Best Short Film Prize at the Motovun Film Festival of Croatia.  For the past ten years, he has worked as an assistant director on the feature films DOGTOOTH (Yorgos Lanthimos) and BEFORE MIDNIGHT (Richard Linklater), as well as 4 BLACK SUITS, NOBODY, CHRISTMAS TANGO, A GREEK TYPE OF PROBLEM and 7 KINDS OF WRATH and APPROACH.