Patchwork (2021 film)

Patchwork is a 2021 drama film directed by Petros Charalambous and co-directed by Janine Teerling, who also wrote the film's screenplay. The film stars Angeliki Papoulia as Chara, a woman struggling with the pressures imposed by motherhood.

Patchwork was produced by AMP Filmworks, a Cypriot production company, in collaboration with the Israeli company Transfax Film Productions and the Slovenian production company Perfo Production.

Premise
Chara (Papoulia) struggles with anxiety as she and her husband Andreas (Tselepos) raise their six-year-old daughter, Sophia. Much of the distress stems from Chara's own childhood, as she is reluctant for her mother to meet Sophia.

Meanwhile, at her work at an architecture firm, Chara's friendship with human resources manager Christie (Fyrogeni) is strained by the latter's seemingly happy child free lifestyle. Chara is forced to address the causes of her pain when she strikes up a friendly relationship with Melina (Rieger) the teenage daughter of a new Israeli architect at the firm.

Cast

 * Angeliki Papoulia as Chara
 * Joy Rieger as Melina, the teenage daughter of the new head creative at the architecture firm where Chara works
 * Stella Fyrogeni as Christie, Chara's friend and the human resources manager at the architecture firm
 * Andreas Tselepos as Andreas, Chara's husband
 * Antonis Kafetzopoulos as Yiorgos
 * Shiree Nadav-Naor as Yael

Release
Patchwork debuted in August 2021 at the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. Later that year, the film premiered in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Greece, at the Raindance Film Festival, Braunschweig International Film Festival, and Thessaloniki International Film Festival, respectively.

In 2022, Patchwork screened at the European Union Film Festival in Canada and the Pune International Film Festival in India. The film premiered in Israel the following year.