EMILIO
Short Film (2023)
Concept, Co-direction, Production, ActingDuring the first lockdown in Athens, in the hush of empty streets and full hearts, this short film was born out of a shared glass of wine and a quietly aching absence. EMILIO follows three people mourning a loved one – drifting through vodka, memories and pizza boxes as they search for connection. A film about late-night confessions, childhood myths, furious tenderness, tears – and the soft absurdity of trying to live with the impossible.
“Being with someone is not easy. Being with yourself is not easy either.” In EMILIO, the border between dream and memory softens. Emilio was a brother, a lover, a friend – and then a pizza delivery boy from the other side. In the middle of grief, something fragile and real takes shape: improvisation, intimacy, and the quiet bravery of telling a story together. In the end, we lie in bed. Naked, alive, connected.
The themes of this film echo what I keep returning to in my artistic practice: fragility, identity, liminal spaces. EMILIO is part of a larger narrative I’m weaving – about queer longing, loss, and the strange beauty of shared silence. Created together with a group of Greek artists in a time of global stillness, this film became a gentle act of remembrance – and a way to hold on to something before it disappears.
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