Directed by: Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel (2011)
Synopsis
Wasted Youth is set during a hot summer day in Athens. A sixteen-year-old skater and his friends are amusing themselves in the big city. A middle-aged man struggles to take care of his family, through work that he hates and mounting stress. Their lives intersect in this contemporary portrait of the city of Athens. A society in crisis.
Festivals
Rotterdam Film Festival "Competition, Opening Film", Netherlands (2011)
Sarajevo Film Festival "Competition", Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011)
Karlovy Vary Film Festival "Official Selection", Czech Republic (2011)
Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Film (BAFICI) "Competition", Argentina (2011)
Munich Film Festival "International Program", Germany (2011)
Guadalajara Film Festival, Mexico (2011)
Festival De Nouveau Cinema "Official Selection", Canada (2011)
Melbourne Film Festival "International Panorama", Australia (2011)
Disappearing Act film festival, USA (2012)