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SUMMARY:Pre-event | screening: The Stuff We Are Made Of – Siamak Etemadi
DESCRIPTION:Greece – Iran\n\nThe screening will be followed by an open discussion with the audience.\nAris, a young quadriplegic psychology student, begins his undergraduate thesis on the stereotypes surrounding the sexuality of people with disabilities — a research project that gradually evolves into a five-year personal journey. Seeking answers about desire, intimacy, and sexuality, Aris meets people who transform his perspective: from Katerina Vrana to Dimitris Zorzos, Greece’s first professional sexual assistant, from young couples taking their first steps in a relationship to lifelong partners who have experienced the loss of loved ones.\nMoving from a personal quest to a collective exploration of desire and sexuality, the film challenges established perceptions and expands the boundaries of what is considered desirable — and who is considered capable of desire.\nDirector’s Note\n“I met Aris six years ago during a small film project about disability and sports. As we traveled together for the shoots, he told me about his thesis — a study exploring the stereotypes surrounding the sexual lives of people with disabilities in Greece. It quickly became clear that his research was deeply personal: a way of confronting his own fears and questions. As I listened to him, I realized how many of these anxieties were universal. His disability acted as a magnifying lens for insecurities we all carry. From those conversations, the idea for this film was born.\nWhat is it that we fall in love with? A ‘perfect’ body? A beautiful mind? A scent, a presence, an unpretentious vitality? What is love, and who has access to it? Is it a right or a gift? In Greek mythology and culture, love has long been portrayed as a paralyzing force — a state that equalizes everyone, dissolving differences and placing us all in the same vulnerable position: that of being in love.\nThe film follows Aris from his graduation onward, on a more personal journey as he meets people whose experience of disability has shaped their romantic and sexual lives. Among them are Dimitris Zorzos, the first Greek sexual assistant for people with disabilities; Giorgos and Elli, an inter-abled couple whose love story spans three decades and two continents; and Katerina Vrana, one of Greece’s best-known stand-up comedians, who has woven her disability into the core of her comedy. With each encounter, another piece of the puzzle falls into place.\nThe film does not seek definitive answers. Instead, it asks what it means to love, to desire, and ultimately, to be human: fragile, vulnerable, yet full of life and desire.”\nSiamak Etemadi, Director\nDuration:  98 min.\nin co-organization with the Galvanize Projection Group\nCredits\nFeaturing: Aris Katsoulis, Konstantina Alexandridou, Giorgos Christakis, Elli Bogiaki, Gogo Roukoutaki, Theano Konta, Mariza Terzopoulou, Gerald Stakaj, Katerina Vrana, Dimitris Zorzos\nA production by AEGOS FILMS\nDirected & Produced by: SIAMAK ETEMADI\nCo-produced with: EKKOMED, ERT, AVE S.A., with the participation of HERETIC\nScreenplay: SIAMAK ETEMADI, PANOS VOUTSARAS\nEditing: PANOS VOUTSARAS\nMusic: MANOS MYLONAKIS\nResearch: LEFTERIS KATSOULIS\nStory: SIAMAK ETEMADI\nProduction Management: ANDRIANA THEOCHARI, DIANNA VASILEIOU, AFRODITI KATERINOPOULOU\nSound Recording: PANAGIOTIS PAPAGIANNOPOULOS, MANOLIS MAKRIDAKIS\nSound Mixing: KOSTAS VARYMPOPIOTIS\nSound Design: VALIA TSEROU\nImage Post-Production Services: AN MAR FILM LAB\nColor Grading: VIOLETA KYRIAKOU\nPoster Design: GIANNIS GRIVAKOS\nExecutive Producers: ARIS KATSOULIS, THOMAS ROUMPAS\nAssociate Producer: ANDRIANA THEOCHARI\nDistribution: Tanweer Alliances S.A.\nImpact Producers: ANDRIANA THEOCHARI, SIAMAK ETEMADI\nImpact Campaign Partners: NEANIKO PLANO\nAccessibility Services: NEANIKO PLANO\nTrailer: https://youtu.be/BN9b4nFFvOg\n\n\n\n\n			\n	{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"#arve-youtube-bn9b4nffvog","@type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BN9b4nFFvOg?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=1"}\n\n \nSiamak Etemadi\nBorn in Tehran in 1972, Greek Iranian filmmaker Siamak Etemadi has been living and working in Athens since 1995. He studied television production in the United Kingdom and film in Greece. He has worked extensively as an assistant director and production manager on feature films, television series, and documentaries.\nHis short film Cavo d’Oro premiered at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival and went on to have a successful international festival run, receiving several international awards.\nHis first feature film, Pari, a European co-production, had its world premiere in 2020 at the Berlin International Film Festival, in the Panorama section. The film received numerous awards at international festivals and was nominated for eight Hellenic Film Academy Awards.\nIn 2020, he founded the production company Aegos Films. As director and producer, he completed his first feature-length documentary, The Stuff We Are Made Of, in 2025. The film was released theatrically in Greece in February 2026 and is nominated for the 2026 Hellenic Film Academy Award for Best Documentary.\nSELECTED FILMOGRAPHY\n2023–2026\nSleepwalkers on the Outskirts (Director – Producer)\nFeature documentary\nProduction: Aegos Films\nCo-production: H.C.F.A.C.\nStage: Post-production\n2025\nThe Stuff We Are Made Of (Director – Producer)\n98’, feature documentary\nProduction: Aegos Films\nCo-production: GFC, ERT, AVE, Heretic\n2020\nPari (Director – Screenwriter)\n104’, fiction feature film\nProduction: Heretic (Greece)\nCo-production: GFC, ERT, Le Bureau (France), CNC, Topkapi Films (Netherlands), The Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria), Bord Cadre Films (Switzerland)\n2012\nCavo d’Oro (Director – Screenwriter – Co-producer)\n29’, fiction short film\nProduction: Siamak Etemadi\nCo-production: GFC, ER\n
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