WHAT MARY DIDN’T KNOW

BY KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI

FEATURE FICTION | 54min | FRANCE, GREECE, SWEDEN | 2024

A cruise ship, the Neoromantica, crosses the Mediterranean. Among pensioners who yearn for Marriage Margaritas, Mary, a teenage girl, wanders the casino and hits her own jackpot in love. Under the whimsical Aegean moon, Greek myths meet Arabian Nights.

Director: Konstantina Kotzamani
Screenplay: Konstantina Kotzamani
Producers: Emmanuel Chaumet, Stelios Cotionis, Antigoni Rota , Marie-Gabrielle Peaucelle, Kyveli Short, Frida Mårtensson, Jerry Carlsson
Co-Producers: Stelios Kammitsis, Alexis Anastasiadis, Konstantinos Vassilaros
Production Companies: Ecce Films (FR), Foss Productions (GR), Les Films de Juillet (FR), Verket Produktion (SE), Felony Film Productions (CY), Frenel (GR), StudioBauhaus (GR)
International Sales: Ecce Films

Festival Selections

Locarno International Film Festival • World Premiere
And Gijón International Film Festival
Black Canvas International Film Festival
Bahamas International Film Festival
Istanbul Film Festival
Curtas Vila do Conde
Belgrade Auteur Film Festival
Drama International Short Film Festival
Tous Courts Festival Aix-en-Provence
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
BUFF Malmö International Film Festival
Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival
Brive Film Festival
Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
2ANNAS International Short Film Festival
Côté Court Festival, SCHLiNGEL Film Festival
Leiden Shorts, Brussels Short Film Festival

Awards

Drama International Short Film Festival • Best Director Award
Thessaloniki International Film Festival • Special Mention
Brive Film Festival • Prix du Jury Jeunes de la Corrèze