Coti K.

History

Costantino Luca Rolando Kiriakos, born in Milan, Italy in 1966, moved to Greece at the age of 6, where, since the mid-eighties, better known simply as Coti (or Coti K.), he has been involved in various Athens pioneering electronic bands (Ricochet, Dada Data, Raw, Spiders' Web). Working as a record producer, musician and sound engineer, he has collaborated with many artists including Tuxedomoon, Blaine Reininger, Stereo Nova, Raining Pleasure,Bokomolech, Ilios and others. He has released various solo records, written music for film, theatre, dance theatre, TV adverts, and since 2000 he has been involved in the creation of various audiovisual installations. A member of free music improvisation club 2-13, he has played live electronics with many musicians including Evan Parker, Phil Durrant, Nikos Veliotis, Rhodri Davies, Steibruchel, Andrea Neumann, Jason Kahn, Mark Wastell, Matt Davis, and others.

Profile

Movies

Ladies in Waiting

Music

As the era of psychiatric asylums in Europe draws to an end, Ladies in Waiting opens a window to its past. Through the unique perspectives of caregivers from the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica - the last remaining one in Greece - and the lives of care-receivers, we take a peek inside the taboo world of mental illness.

The Last Journey

Music

Andreas is on the verge of retirement. His weathered body has taken a beating from all of the years that he has spent at sea. This is his last journey. He will be forced to confront both his fears as well as his hidden desires.

Olla

Music

After answering an ad on a dating website for Eastern European women, Olla leaves Ukraine and heads to French suburbia to move in with Pierre, who lives with his elderly mother. However, the suburbia cannot temper her desires, and nothing goes as expected.

Cedar Wolf

Music

Zohair, a 14 year old refugee from Afghanistan, finds himself trapped in legal limbo in Greece. While wandering around Athens, he recollects his hometown. His life gradually brightens through the work in an old sawmill and his relationship with an old carpenter and his son.

Still River

Music

A Greek couple, Anna (Katia Goulioni) and Petros (Andreas Konstantinou), have recently moved to a small industrial town in Siberia. It’s a long process to adapt, especially for Anna, since Petros is quite occupied with his job. That will cause a conflict between them and inevitably the couple is distanced. Everything is escalated as for the past period there is no sexual intercourse between them. This slow-paced decay is intensified when an unexpected event occurs, changing everything between them. Balancing between trust and disbelief the haunting suspense evolves.

Lambda Pi

Lena Platonos, a major figure in the Greek music scene who has proven to be ahead of her time in terms of her groundbreaking work in electronica, is now receiving a surge of international attention, thanks to album re-issues and remixes. Both established and up-and-coming artist cite her as a key influence for her experimentations in sound, her eerie lyrics and her unique, uncompromising approach to creating music and art. With the help of collaborators, friends and international musicians of the electronic music scene such as Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and the Red Axes, the film goes back to the time her revolutionary records were made.

Travel Express

Music

Margarita is on her way to taking a holiday on a Greek island. When she misses the boat, she finds herself traveling much further away.

In the Woods

Original Music Composer

Enormous tree trunks. The nature of leaves, the roots of desire and a house hidden deep in the forest. A journey to the other side. Something like a "punk" existential fairytale.

A Dog's Dream

Original Music Composer

During a strange night, a prostitute, an opera singer, a fortune teller, a travel agent, a police chief and an insomniac meet by chance.

Uranisco Disco

Music

About a producer-director of erotic films and his mistress, a wannabe a singer, making a porn-musical.

Swimming Home

Original Music Composer

It follows of Joe and Isabel's marriage, which is dying. A naked stranger is found floating in the pool at their holiday villa, and they invite her to stay. What kind of relief can she provide for this family in crisis?