The award-winning Mexican film “Little Wolves” is screened at
CinePortokalia on Monday 1 August in the hospitable space of the Agricultural University
School of Karavas.
Two little brothers, Max and Leo, have just passed, along with their mother
their Lucia, the border from Mexico to the US, in search of a better
life. But it is not easy for them to find their way around in the
their new home. While they wait for Lucia to return from work.
children construct an imaginary universe with their drawings and
they think about their mom's promise that they're going to Disneyland, their own
their Promised Land. Director Samuel Kishi Leopo builds on the
experiences of his own childhood and tells a story of migration
explosively timely.
The screening of the film by the Children and Youth Film Library of the Youth
Plan, implemented in Kythera in the framework of the educational programme
Encinestrengthening the Youth Plan in collaboration with the Olympia Festival, the
which will run throughout the summer and includes 5 screenings of films for children
and young people and a short filmmaking workshop
film.
The film is shown with Greek subtitles. The screening starts at 9 and a bit
and admission is free. As every Monday, a short film will be screened
surprise.
Little wolves / Los lobos
A film by Samuel Kishi Leopo
Directed by Samuel Kishi Leopo
Screenplay by Samuel Kishi Leopo
Starring Martha Reyes Arias, Maximiliano Nájar Márquez, Leonardo Nájar
Márquez
Country of Production: Mexico
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 94 minutes
Language: spanish, english, cantonese
Subtitles: English
Awards:
- Best Film Award in the Generation K-plus section, Berlin International Film
Festival 2020
- Audience Award & International Confederation of Film Critics Award,
Guadalajara International Film Festival 2020
- Best Film Award, Miami Film Festival 2020
- Best Director Award & «Human Values» Award of the House of Representatives
Greek, Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People 2020
- Audience Award & Film Critics' Prize, Luxembourg City Film Festival 2021
- Best Cinematography Award, Havana Film Festival 2019
- Nominated for the Best Film Award in the Flash Forward programme,
Busan International Film Festival 2019
- Special Committee Award, Fribourg International Film Festival
- Best Film Award, Burgas International Film Festival 2020
- Municipality of Malmö Award, BUFF International Film Festival 2020
