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Life in a Beat
LEM 24/04 > 20:00
NIC 23/04 > 18:00
93’, 2025
Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, France
Directed by
Amerissa Basta
Screenplay
Dimitris Nakos
Amerissa Basta
Cinematography
Christina Moumouri
Editing
Lambis Haralambidis
Production Design
Mary Marmarinou
Ioanna Papadogianni
Costume Design
Matina Mavraganni
Sound Design
Christos Kyriakoulis
Kostas Varympopiotis
Cast
Elina Tsiormpatzi
Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos
Jeo Pakitsas
Dimitris Kitsos
Luli Bitri
Marina Makri
Yorgos Pirpassopoulos
Producers
Ioanna Soultani
Dimitris Nakos
Production Company
Soul Productions
Co-producers
Despina Mouzaki
Ivan Tonev
Dejan Krajcevski
Marko Jacimovic
Vincent Michaud
Co-production Companies
Breaking Wave Productions
Krug Film
Videa Production
ARS Ltd
2 Herons Productions
Synopsis
Lena is a 20-year-old woman who lives in Athens, works at a local supermarket and lives with her family. As their home is poor, always messy and full of tension, she wants to move out and start a life of her own. Everything changes for Lena when she gets fired from her job, and at the same time, she finds out that she is pregnant.
Biography
Amerissa Basta lives in Athens and works in communications in the publishing industry. She studied Communication and Mass Media and holds an MA in Cultural Management (Panteion University, Athens). She is currently pursuing an MA in Creative Writing and Screenwriting at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has been writing scripts and directing short films since 2010 and has completed seven short films and one documentary to date. Life in a Beat is her first feature film.
Awards
Audience Award – Meet the Neighbours Competition,
Audience Award – Greek Programme Competition & Crew United Award,
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece, 2025.
Filmography
2025 Life in a Beat
2022 Not Tomorrow (s.f.)
2018 Umbrella (s.f.)
2015 Christos and Dimitra (s.f.)
2014 Eviva (s.f.)
2013 Jesus Stopped at Gyzi (s.f.)
2012 Stella and I (s.f.)
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