Neda FILM
Greece
AMANDA LIVANOU
Producer, CEO
ISAVELLA ALOPOUDI
Producer
Company Profile
Neda Film was established in Athens in 2014 by producer Amanda Livanou, and it is now including two more producers Isavella Alopoudi and Katerina Tzourou, who both started their careers at Neda Films.
The company has produced features and documentaries that have made an impact nationally and internationally, many of them with first time directors in international co-productions, as well as servicing for challenging, independent productions filmed in Greece. The company Neda’s slate produce animation and TV – with projects in various stages of development and production.
We focus on international collaboration and co-productions with like minded creative and producing partners, who we aim to continue working with more than once.
Titles include
L and PITY by Babis Makridis (both premiered at Sundance), PARK by Sofia Exarchal (Best New Director, San Sebastian Film Festival), “DAYS & NIGHTS OF DEMETRA K” (doc), by Eva Stefani which premiered at True/False FF, NEW WORLDS: THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION (doc) by Andrew Muscato starring Bill Murray, premiered in Official Selection in Cannes 2021, ON XERXES’ THRONE (short) by Evi Kalogiropoulou, Canal+ Prize in Semaine de la Critique 2022, THE INVISIBLE FIGHT by Rainer Sarnet (2023) Locarno Competition, BUZZHEART by Dennis Iliadis (2024), Talinn Black Nights Competition, GORGONA by Evi Kalogiropoulou (2025) Venice International Critics Week
Neda’s slate of development is supported by Creative Europe – Development
Company Highlights
PITY 2016
Genre: Psychological Drama
Director: Babis Makridis
Screenplay: Efthimis Filippou & Babis Makridis
Cast: Yannis Drakopoulos, Evi Saoulidou, Makis Papadimitriou
The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
2019 Winner Hellenic Film Academy Award ,Best Film ,Amanda Livanou Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
2019 Nominee Hellenic Film Academy Award Best Actor
Yannis Drakopoulos in Pity (2018)
2019 Nominee Hellenic Film Academy Award
Best Supporting Actor Makis Papadimitriou
2019 Nominee Hellenic Film Academy Award Best Director
Babis Makridis
2019 Nominee Hellenic Film Academy Award Best Screenplay
Babis Makridis Efthimis Filippou , Odesa International Film Festival
2018 Winner Golden Duke
Babis Makridis
2018 Nominee Prize of the City of Torino Best Feature Film
Babis Makridis
PARK 2016
Genre: Drama
Director: Sofia Exarchou
Screenplay: Sofia Exarchou
Cast: Dimitris Kitsos, Dimitra Vlagkopoulou, Enuki Gvenatadze, Lena Kitsopoulou, Yorgos
Pandeleakis, Thomas Bo Larsen
Isolated and abandoned, surrounded by decaying sport venues, the Athens Olympic Village is today a near-deserted place, its only residents a few working class families offered free housing following the 2004 Games. Isolated and abandoned, surrounded by decaying sport venues, the Athens Olympic Village is today a near-deserted place, its only residents a few
working class families offered free housing following the 2004 Games.Stuck inside the
Village, a group of boys wander around the ruins playing distorted versions of Olympic games and organizing dog matings for money. The eldest of the gang, Dimitris (17) along with Anna, a retired athlete of 22, will try to escape the confines of the Village for the seaside Β-class resorts in the outskirts of Athens. During their visits and as they penetrate more and more
into the lives of the foreign tourists, Dimitris’ desire for acceptance is tested in brutal ways.
San Sebastian International Film Festival / New Directors Award of the Donostia
European Film Festival Palić / Best Film Award
Créteil International Women's Film Festival / Best First Feature
Geneva International Film Festival - Tous Écrans / Special mention of the International Features Jury
Hellenic Film Academy Awards / Best First Time Director and Best Sound
Thessaloniki International Film Festival / Best Actress Award / Dimitra Vlagopoulou
NEW WORLDS: CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION 2021
Genre: Documentary
Director: Andrew Muscato
On a glorious Greek evening, screen legend Bill Murray and world-renowned cellist Jan Vogler rock the Acropolis with a timeless mix of poetry and music. The international quartet enchants the Athenian audience from the 2,000-year-old stage
of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus with musical reflections on love, hope, and heartbreak. Spanning from Bach to Van Morrison, Whitman to West Side Story, the wildly entertaining, humorous, and deeply touching program is infused with the
one-of-a-kind charm of Bill Murray.
Cannes Film Festival 2021, Official Selection