Peppermint
30 years later Stefanos meets Marina at the funeral of his mother. They’ll certainly have a lot to say to each other. Stefanos pulled out his first tooth by tying it to the door knob with a piece of string. His mother told him that if he threw it on the roof tiles a raven would bring him a ring. But he didn’t wait. He stole one from his aunt’s jewelry case and promised it to Marina, his first cousin. Kiss-kiss the grownups told them, but the cousins kissed on the mouth. Only during their adolescence things went too far. They had to break up…

Costas Kapakas
1999, 35mm, color, 105′, Dolby Digital
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 1999:
- Grand Prix for Best Feature Film
- Best New Director (Costas Kapakas)
- Best Script (Costas Kapakas)
- Best Actress (Annie Loulou)
- Best Editing (Takis Yannopoulos)
- Best Music (Panayotis Kalatzopoulos)
- Best Supporting Actor (Tassos Palatzidis)
- Best Make up (Theano Kapnia)
- Best Sound (Marinos Athanassopoulos)
- The Audience award for best Greek film
- Bronze Knight Award, GOLDEN KNIGHT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2000
- Award for Financial Support for Distribution, CINEMA MEDITERRANEEN MONTPELLIER FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL, 2000
- GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL, 2001:
- Gold Medal Awarded by ANEC, the Italian National Association of Cinema Owners
- Bronze Gryphon
- CICAE Award, CINE JUNIOR Festival, 2001
- Best Director Award, THE FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2001
- Special Jury Award, WORLDFEST HOUSTON, 2001
- Contemporary Greek Cinema, 2001, screening
- Greek Cinema Days, 2002, screening
- Greek Films of the 90's CINETECA DEL COMUNE DI BOLOGNA, 2002, screening
- Euro-Mediterranean Celebrations (Intercultural Cultural Year), Cairo, 2008, screening
- Cine Odyssee, Strasbourg, 2008, screening
- Greek Film Festival, Tbilisi, 2008, screening
- European Forum of Youth and Image, Paris, 2008, screening
- Greek Cinema Days, Nuremberg, 2008, screening
- Cinema Tribute to the Greek Culture Institution, Cairo, 2009, screening
- Cinema Festival, Cape Town, 2009, screening
- European Film Festival, Jenda, 2009, screening
- Greek Cinema Days, Hamburg, 2010, screening
CREDITS
Directed by
Costas Kapakas
Screenplay
Costas Kapakas
Cinematography
Yiannis Daskalothanasis
Music
Panayotis Kalatzopoulos
Editing
Takis Yannopoulos
Sets
Giorgos Georgiou, Alexandra Horianopoulou
Costumes
Maria Kontodima
Sound Recording
Marinos Athanassopoulos
Cast
George Corraface, Giorgos Gerontidakis-Sempetadelis, Anny Loulou, Alexandros Mylonas, Markella Pappa, Nikoletta Vlavianou, Zoe Voudouri
Executive Producer
Costas Lambropoulos
Production
Greek Film Centre, Kapa Films, Cinegram SA, ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation
Theater Release
December 10, 1999