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RIP Recycling Interred People (micro short/trailer)

Steve Vasiliou

Greece - 2017

Director:
Steve Vasiliou
Type:
Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
Country:
Greece
Year:
2017
Language:
English
Runtime:
00:01:00
Synopsis:
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Funerals are big business. In some countries like Greece, graves are reused over and over again. R.I.P. can be reinterpreted as Recycling Interred People. Families in Greece pay for an elaborate funeral and an expensive marble grave only to have it destroyed by a bulldozer 3 or 4 years later. They are then required to pay more money to have their loved one's remains forcibly exhumed so that the same grave can be reused for another corpse. In many cities, this process yields 8 million euros profit per year for local government. The bureaucrats turn a cold shoulder when confronted by grieving families who have to endure and watch their kin be buried, then unburied (skeletons with intact clothes) and have their remains thrown away or put into a little box. The funeral debate is an international, religious and social issue. This film takes the viewer on a historical journey and contrasts it with the present. Life becomes death. Our material world turns to rubbish. Rest in Peace has become as difficult as Life in Peace. Will we ever learn to respect Life, Nature and our mortal destiny?

Credits:
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Technical Director: Dimos Skenderidis; Drone Operator: Chris Karasarlidis; Music: Harmony Music Libraries; Photographs: Steve Vasiliou, Spyros Vougiouklakis, Pixabay; Editor: Steve Vasiliou

Awards:
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Silver Screen for Short Films "SSSF"
Clearwater, Florida
Official Selection
United States

Aab International Film Festival
Moga, Punjab
Official Selection
India

MedFF
Siracusa
Official Selection
Italy

Berlin Flash Film Festival
Berlin
Monthly Category Winner
Germany

Barcelona Planet Film Festival
Barcelona
Official Selection
Spain

Roma Cinema DOC
Rome
Official Selection
Italy

Avalonia Festival
Providence, Rhode Island
December 9, 2017
Winner of 1 Minute Documentary
United States

Lake View International Film Festival
Moga, Punjab
Official Selection
India

Hollywood Film Competition
Los Angeles, California
Official Selection
United States

16 International Film Festivals - in Jaipur India by JIFF 47
Jaipur, Rajasthan
May 4, 2018
Award Winner Best Ad Film
India

Fresh Meet International Film Festival
Quito
Official Selection
Ecuador

Kill Jim International Film Festival
Siracusa
Official Selection
Italy

Model N Movie International Short Film Festival
Howrah, West Bengal
Finalist
India

Berlin Flash Film Festival
Berlin
Annual Finalist
Germany

Model N Movie International Short Film Festival
Howrah, West Bengal
Best Sound Award Winner
India

Košice International Monthly Film Festival
Košice
Finalist
Slovakia


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