Nikos Pastras

Nikos Pastras

Nascimento : 1982-01-11, Athens, Greece

História

Born in Athens in 1982, Nikos Pastras has worked as an editor in short and feature films, while also creating video art for theater plays. His first short «Theremin» participated in several international film festivals (Festival de Cannes: Short Film Corner, Athens International Film Festival, Winnipeg International Film Festival etc.) and won the Best Short Film Award in the International Film Festival of Cyprus (2008). His video art projects have screened in Greece, Germany, India, Latvia, Rotterdam and Spain (Reina Sofia Museum). Has directed music videos and making of programs. From 2011 is in charge for the videos (director/cinematographer/editor) of movie site flix.gr. In 2012 has completed his second short film «Lost Girl» and participated at Berlinale Talent Campus.

Perfil

Nikos Pastras

Filmes

Bastards
Producer
The Bastards have left the city behind. Their house in the countryside smells of nothing but summer. Five girls and five boys living in the moment, for the moment. No outsider comes around here, and all the insiders take turns standing guard, kissing each other, playing dead. They are still kids. They are your kids. They are our Bastards.
Bastards
Editor
The Bastards have left the city behind. Their house in the countryside smells of nothing but summer. Five girls and five boys living in the moment, for the moment. No outsider comes around here, and all the insiders take turns standing guard, kissing each other, playing dead. They are still kids. They are your kids. They are our Bastards.
Bastards
Screenplay
The Bastards have left the city behind. Their house in the countryside smells of nothing but summer. Five girls and five boys living in the moment, for the moment. No outsider comes around here, and all the insiders take turns standing guard, kissing each other, playing dead. They are still kids. They are your kids. They are our Bastards.
Bastards
Director
The Bastards have left the city behind. Their house in the countryside smells of nothing but summer. Five girls and five boys living in the moment, for the moment. No outsider comes around here, and all the insiders take turns standing guard, kissing each other, playing dead. They are still kids. They are your kids. They are our Bastards.
Sun And Shadow
Title Designer
There was light and it was brutal. The shadows could not heal. The Boy had fallen into sleep. The Girl was recalling and the sand was everywhere.
Gym
Editor
Seventeen monologues about a gym that doesn't exist, about a film that was never shot, about the actors of the film, about the words that made them true characters.
Melatonin
Writer
A small love story about electronic music and sleep disorders.
Melatonin
Director
A small love story about electronic music and sleep disorders.
When I Smile My Eyes Close
Title Designer
A teenage girl believes she never dreams, or otherwise doesn't remember any of her dreams; apparently, they are too dull to be worth keeping. But in the course of a single day at home, time will pass like a dream. And when she opens her eyes, she will find that her waking life, outside the world of her empty dream state, is a much lovelier place to be in.
When I Smile My Eyes Close
Editor
A teenage girl believes she never dreams, or otherwise doesn't remember any of her dreams; apparently, they are too dull to be worth keeping. But in the course of a single day at home, time will pass like a dream. And when she opens her eyes, she will find that her waking life, outside the world of her empty dream state, is a much lovelier place to be in.
O Fim do Sofrimento
Title Designer
Sofia entrou em pânico novamente. O universo decide contatá-la. Um diálogo de outro mundo. Uma sinfornia para Marte, onde o povo sonha acordado e luta por amor.
As You Sleep the World Empties
Title Illustration
Humanity has been struck by a pandemic. People from around the globe have fallen asleep and nobody knows when they're waking up. Only few of them haven't been infected. Among them, there's a boy who fell in love with a girl right before the outbreak of the epidemic. With an old camera, he tries to capture the beauty that's left in the world, so the girl can see it when she wakes up.
Winona
Editor
Parece um passeio comum a uma praia remota. Quatro jovens mulheres e seu cão pastor Froso aproveitam o calor do sol e a brisa do mar. Elas brincam, dançam e cantam. O dia dá lugar a brincadeiras inocentes e de menina. A casa nacolina paira sobre elas, e elas fogem para lá e se perguntam quem seriam seus ocupantes. O riso delas é pontuado por lágrimas. As lágrimas são lavadas pela imaginação. Até que o dia chega ao fim e elas começam a arrumar suas coisas para irem embora. Despretensiosamente misteriosa e profundamente nostálgica, Winona guarda o seu doce segredo amargo até o fim.
Still River
Additional Editor
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.
The Forest
Editor
A group of people in a dystopian future is led through the last forest in existence. Plants? What were they again?
Acrylic
Writer
The first sexual experience of a sensitive 16-year-old girl becomes the starting point of an emotional journey towards adulthood and reconciliation through music and its power.
Acrylic
Director
The first sexual experience of a sensitive 16-year-old girl becomes the starting point of an emotional journey towards adulthood and reconciliation through music and its power.
Afterlov
Graphic Designer
Summer in Athens. Nikos is a musician with no future who takes care of a villa while the wealthy owner is out. With nothing to do, Nikos decides to invite his ex-girlfriend Sofia over and force her to tell him why they broke up a year earlier.
Three Eggholders, Almost Four
Editor
Haralabos is at his late forties and he has just lost his dog. He decides to fill his empty space and time with a collection: on a whim, he chooses to collect egg holders. Until one day he meets Dimitra, an avid collector and also a loner. Their relationship will share the joy of discovery and the grounds of sharing. But everything will change after a trip in the country, where the couple will face an unknown temptation: the egg holder that could be the most beautiful piece in their collection. If they don’t own it, how can they go on?
Xenia
Camera Operator
Estranhos em seu próprio local de nascimento, Dany, um garoto de 16 anos que chupa pirulitos e seu irmão Odysseus, de 18 anos, atravessam o país inteiro (junto com o coelho de estimação Dido) em busca de seu pai grego, que eles só conhecem como "The Nameless", após a morte de sua mãe albanesa. Eles esperam obter passaportes e cidadania gregos, mas na jornada encontram racismo e preconceito.
Lost Girl
Writer
A short story about a great intrusion and an irreversible loss. Do you even know who you are? How often do you change your mind? How much can you trust what you think you know? Caught between memory and nightmare, Margarita is trying to shut the door.
Lost Girl
Director
A short story about a great intrusion and an irreversible loss. Do you even know who you are? How often do you change your mind? How much can you trust what you think you know? Caught between memory and nightmare, Margarita is trying to shut the door.
Blood Ties
Airplane passenger
Margarita works as a flight assistant. Her life is divided between travels and the care of her sick father. When he dies, she decides to make a fresh start to her life. She begins a trip to Northern Greece seeking...