Chara’s family is everything to her, and yet she sometimes ponders a life without them. Unable to talk to anybody about her internal turmoil, Chara carries the burden of guilt and confusion by herself. When she strikes up a hesitant friendship with the shy and defiant daughter of her new boss, she is inexorably forced to confront her existential angst and face a painful past that she’s been trying to forget.

PATCHWORK

Log Line

TRAILER

Festivals / Awards

55th Karlovy Vary Inter. Film Festival, East of West Competition (World Premiere)

35th Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany

62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece

29th Raindance Film Festival, London, UK

26th European Union Film Festival, New Delhi

43th Panorama of European Cinema, Athens - Best Greek Film

20th Pune International Film Festival, India

Technical Details

Original Title

Patchwork

International Title

Patchwork

Duration

2.35:1

87 min

Aspect Ratio

Format

2k

Sound

Dolby Digital

Year

2021

Original Language

Greek, English

Countries of Production

Cyprus, Israel, Slovenia

AMP Filmworks

Production Companies

Transfax Film Productions (Israel), Perfo Production (Slovenia)

Co-production Companies

Screenplay

Janine Teerling

Costumes

Joanna Syrimi

Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, MDM-Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Ile de France, Metafora Production, Eurimages

With Support of

Credits

Petros Charalambous and Janine Teerling (uncredited)

Director

Janine Teerling, Marios Piperides

Producers

Yorgos Rahmatoulin

Director of Photography

Production Design

Lisa Tsouloupas

Stylianos Costantinou, Kyros Papavassilou

Editor

Music

Christos Kyriakoullis

Chara: Angeliki Papoulia

Melina: Joy Rieger

Christie: Stella Fyrogeni

Andreas: Andreas Tselepos

Yiorgos: Antonis Kafetzopoulos

Yael: Shiree Nadav-Naor

Cast

Marek Rozenbaum, Michael Rozenbaum, Aleš Pavlin, Andrej Štritof

Co-Producers

Director’s Bio

Cyprus-born Petros Charalambous studied film directing at the California State University. His debut film, the coming-of-age drama “Boy on the Bridge”, had its world premiere at the 2016 Rome IFF and travelled to over 50 festivals worldwide. "Patchwork” is his second feature film.

Writer/Co-Director’s Bio

After obtaining a PhD in Anthropology and Human Geography, Netherlands-born Janine Teerling’s love for filmmaking led her to venture out of academia. Since 2011, she has worked as a producer at AMP Filmworks in Cyprus. “Patchwork” is her first feature film as a screenwriter and co-director.