Panphobia
Panphobia
General Information
Duration: 3 min 37 sec
Genres: Short, Student
Language: Greek, English
Country: Greece
Submitted By: Lazarus Gerofotis
Festival Rating
Panphobia is a Greek student short film about fear and depression during covid-19 pandemic. Panphobia is a vague and persistent dread of some unknown evil. Nikos a middle age man lives alone watching news on tv and struggling with his fears during covid-19 pandemic quarantine.
Film was shot during covid-19 pandemic quarantine at December of 2020 with almost no budget, with only 2 cast and crew members as a project for the director's film studies.
Editor/Writer/Director
Lazarus Gerofotis
Starring
John Gerofotis
Film poster graphic designer
Leonidas Sifaleras
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DirectorsLazarus GerofotisDirector
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Film TypeShort, Student
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GenresDrama, Quarantine
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Runtime3 minutes 37 seconds
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Production BudgetUSD
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Country of OriginGreece
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Country of FilmingGreece
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Film LanguageGreek, English
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Shooting Format
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Aspect Ratio
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Film ColorColor
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerYes
1st Monthly Film Festival - January 2021
Best Quarantine Film
1st Monthly Film Festival - January 2021
Best Actor Short Film
1st Monthly Film Festival - January 2021
Special Mention Poster
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival - February 2021
2nd place Top 10 Films of the Week - 6th Week of 2021
Couch Film Festival - Summer 2021
Best Drama International 1-5 Minutes Category
OTB | Only The Best Film Awards - April 2021
Official Selection
Aab International Film Festival - April 2021
Official Selection
FROSTBITE International Indie Film Festival - January 2021
Official Selection
Vesuvius International Monthly Film Festival - January 2021
Official Selection
Luleå International Film Festival - January 2021
Semi-Finalist
Stockholm City Film Festival - January 2021
Semi-Finalist
New Cinema - Lisbon Monthly Film Festival - February 2021
Semi-Finalist
Director's Biography
Lazarus Gerofotis is 34 years old from Thessaloniki, Greece.
He is a first year student at Film directing school of IEK Delta 360 Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece.
He graduated from Art school, Department of Music at the University of Ioannina, Greece at 2014.
He did his internship at Thessaloniki International Film Festival for 6 months in 2013.
The last 5 years he has been working as a crew trainer and cashier in a multiplex cinema theater in Thessaloniki.
Panphobia is his first short film.
