BLUE SKY FROM PAIN
a film by Stephanos Mangriotis
in collaboration with Hyacinthe Pavlides and Laurence Pillant

A man is imprisoned without knowing why. Where is he ? For how long ? Using images from abandoned detention centres for migrants in Greece and a reconstruction of a story , Blue Sky from Pain submerges us in a suffocating atmosphere, erased, in ruins…

Festival Selection
Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) – Spain, October 2017
Montegro Film festival – Montegro, August 2017
Mediterranean Film Festival - Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 2017
Le festival international de Contis – Contis, France, June 2017
Inhabitants – Milano, Italy, June 2017
Doc en Mai – Bordeaux, France, Mai 2017
IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam – Holland, January 2017
Jean Rouch Internation Film Festival, Paris & Marseille – France, November 2016
Carthage International Film Festival - Tunisia, November 2016
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival - Czech Rep., October 2016
Nice International Short Film Festival – France, October 2016
Drama International Short Fim Festival – Greece, September 2016
Athens International Short Film Festival – Greece, September 2016
Aegean Docs Film Festival, Lesvos – Greece, September 2016