Chariton’s Choir
Α “bitter” comedy: A party of tragicomic characters that do not take themselves seriously, act according to the local intrigues and goals, a nostalgic story, which proves – for once more – that youth and beauty are always triumphant, even when a few tricks are necessary to win the prize.
The story is based on an idea of Grigoris Karantinakis and Iraklis Kvirikadge.

Grigoris Karantinakis
2005, 35mm, color, Dolby Digital
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- 46th International Film Festival of Thessaloniki, 2005:
- Best Motion Picture First Prize, State Awards 2005
- Best Sound Award, State Awards 2005
- Audience award for best Greek film, Film Festival of Thessaloniki 2005
- Alexandria International Film Festival, 2006:
- Best Film Award
- Best Direction Award (Grigoris Karantinakis)
- Best Leading Actress Award (Maria Nafpliotou)
- Sydney Greek Film Festival, 2006, screening
- Troia International Film Festival, 2006, screening
- Tursak International Film Festival, 2006, screening
- 5th Panorama of Contemporary Greek Cinema, Paris, 2007, screening
- Fortnight of Greek Cinema in Strasbourg, 2007, screening
- Palm Springs Film Festival, 2007, screening
- US HBO Comedy Arts Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2007, screening
- European Film Festival, Beirut, 2007, screening
- Greek Film Week, Munich, 2007, screening
- Greek Film Week, Geneva, 2008, screening
- Greek Cinema Week CAC-VOLTAIRE, Geneve, 2008, screening
- Greek Cinema Week, Madrid, Albecete, 2008, screening
- Greek Film Festival, San Francisco, 2008, screening
- European Film Festival, Lima, 2008, screening
- Cine Odyssee, Strasbourg, 2008, screening
- Greek Club of Bretagne, France, 2009, screening
- European Film Festival, Prague, 2009, screening
- Cine-Projections, Latvia, 2009, screening
- Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 2009, competition
- The Montreal Greek Film Festival, Montreal, 2009, screening
- Festival "Ichos & Icona", Santorini, 2009, screening
- EU Film Festival, 2010, China, screening
- Ciné-Club Hellénique de Luxembourg, screening, 2010
- European Union Film Festival, Tunisia, 2011, screening
- E.U. Film Festival, Singapore, 2013, screening
- Panorama of Greek Cinema, Washington, 2012, screening
CREDITS
Directed by
Grigoris Karantinakis
Screenplay
Grigoris Karantinakis, Yiorgos Makris, Dimitris Vakis
Cinematography
Nikos Kavoukidis
Sets
Antonis Halkias
Costumes
Eva Nathena
Sound Recording
Marinos Athanassopoulos
Cast
George Corraface, Maria Nafpliotou, Olga Daletza, Akylas Karazisis, Stefanos Karadinakis, Vassilis Kolovos, Alexandros Logothetis, Yvonne Maltezou, Fotini Baxevani, Dimitris Piatas, Dimitris Ponticas, Christos Stergioglou
Line Producer
Costas Lambropoulos
Production Manager
Yannis Iakovidis
Producer
Elena Hatzialexandrou
Shooting locations
Athens, Corfu
Released
November 10, 2005, by ODEON