Meltemi – Zeta Spyraki – New York City Greek Film Festival

Meltemi

Fiction, 18’. 2016

Synopsis: Our story is set in Andros, known for its Meltemia, the unexpected, strong Cycladic winds. On Good Friday, Polyxeni, a 70year-old mother, grandmother and widow mysteriously disappears. Relatives and the local society are looking for her, anxious about her health and judgment, without knowing about her secret appointment: an appointment that has been waiting for 48 years.

Zeta Spyraki

She started as a writer, publishing a collection of short stories at her 18th. After her degree as a Computer Engineer, she returned to narration, this time through cinema, by writing and directing her first short films (official screenings at the Athens Digital Arts Festival). She continued by completing her Master Degree at London Film School, and now she works in scripts, direction, photography and production. Meltemi is her graduation film as a director.

Filmography

2016 Meltemi (short)

CREW

Cast Maria Aliferi, Aggelos Skasilas, Giannis Kotsifas, Thanasis Nakos, Giannis Mpostantzoglou, Filippos Grigoras, Maria Kallimani, Nikol Kokkinou

Directed by Zeta Spyraki

Written by Zeta Spyraki

Cinematography Nicholas Nazari

Art Direction Chrysa Serdari

Editing Georgia Spyraki

Sound Thanasis Papageorgiou

Sound Design George Ramantanis

Produced by Faidra Tsolina, The London Film School

Antigone, an immigrant to a small Greek village, works as a housekeeper

for her cousin.

One day she is assigned to cook artichokes for her cousin’s guests. This

ends up to be harder than it seemed and makes her reevaluate life.