First Swim

A film by Alexandros Kostopoulos

Synopsis
It’s the last day of the family’s vacations. A little girl wants to swim without her wings, but her parents want to postpone it until next summer. An allegory about the attitude of the Western civilization towards the refugee crisis.

Festivals
27th Festival La Fila de Cortometrajes, Valladolid, Spain
33rd Trieste Film Festival, Trieste, Italy
34th Foyle Film Festival, Derry, United Kingdom (Special mention)
19th IN THE PALACE Short Film Festival, Pernik, Bulgaria
12th Bengaluru International Short Film Festival, Bengaluru, India
21st Dhaka International Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh
11th Catania FilmFest, Catania, Italy
20th International Festival Signs of the Night, Paris, France
4th Aarhus Annual Film Festival, Aarhus, Denmark
5th Stockholm Independent Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
8th Balkan Panorama Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey
NYC Greek Film Expo, New York, US
16th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, Los Angeles, US
28th San Francisco Greek Film Festival, San Francisco, US
Positively Different Short Film Festival, Athens, Greece
16th Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Thessaloniki
11th Athens International Digital Film Festival
10th Chania Film Festival
Aigio International Short Film Festival “Theodoros Angelopoulos”
14th Larissa International Film Festival
Patras Steps Film Festival
Greek Directors’ Guild Panorama (Special mention “Dinos Katsouridis”)
24th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
27th Athens International Film Festival - Premiere Nights