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The White Wings

The White Wings is a short animated film created in 2019 by two greek artists Penelope Bekiari (producer and co-director) and Vivi Markatos (co- director).

The film is titled "The White Wings" and lasts 5 minutes. It is highly symbolic and leaves the audience to its own interpretations. Following the difficult life of a small creature (caterpillar) in a big world, from its dangerous past, to its hopeful yet mysterious future, it is a simplistic tale that allows us to make our own deeper inferences [...]. The film’s intention is to convey a message of optimism, during hard times, a message that is very much related also to the Greek reality. "We hope to escape the quagmire of turmoil we find in our country and open our wings... If there is a way we can better ourselves, we are looking for it..." says Vivi Markatos, co-director, THE WHITE WINGS, 2019. "Evil things in our lives are like a sickness and its up to each of us to find our cures. To find our white wings to balance the dark! Everything in life is based on counterparts ... "Notes Penelope Bekiari, producer and co-director of THE WHITE WINGS, 2019.

This is a debut film of the two artists with Penelope creating the original soundtracks of the film and Vivi animating single-handedly. The interesting is that this film was made in a defective laptop and no funds. The latter is a result of the financial crisis of Greece and the incapacity to support greek productions or any other creative attempts of young artists... However there have been some small steps to encourage artists to participate in the animation community which slowly grows. The White Wings is selected by the Lift-off Festival in Uk. The two artists want to encourage young people and especially women to follow their creative flair and participate in the industry and especially in Greece, where still almost 50% of the young women remains unemployed or occupied with the household.

The trailer of the film can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lhIdzh-VBw