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My Name Is Anti film image, co-directors Andreas Vakalios and Fili Olsefski

My Name Is Anti

World Premiere

On the way to the airport a teen girl jumps from a moving car to flee a sex trafficking abduction; while she escapes, she records it all on a stolen cell phone. This is a terrifyingly real and brilliantly original first-person run-for-your-life thriller. The phone camera perspective puts us right in the action, offering a believable, constantly shifting, and relentless documentary of her abduction evidence. Tight direction and solid ensemble performances create a tense, frightening episode—a small example highlighting a worldwide sex trafficking problem that exploits and destroys the lives of many young women.

 

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Directors
Cast

Afroditi Baharnikou, Efthalia Papacosta, Aris Servetalis, Nikolakis Zeginoglou

Credits
Country of Origin

Greece

Year

2022

Language

In Greek with English subtitles

Film Contact
Content Warning

Sexual Violence

16 min

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Credits

Executive Producer

Phaedra Vokali

Producer

Phaedra Vokali, Orestis Plakias

Screenwriter

Andreas Vakalios, Fili Olsefski

Cinematography

Fili Olsefski

Editor

Andreas Vakalios, Fili Olsefski

Production Design

Sofia Vaso, Anna Vokali

Directors

Fili Olsefski headshot, My Name Is Anti co-director

Fili Olsefski

Fili Olsefski was born in Łódź, Poland, and raised in Athens. She studied painting at the Fine Arts School of Aristotle University. She works as a cinematographer.

Andreas Vakalios headshot, My Name is Anit co-director

Andreas Vakalios

Andreas Vakalios was born in Budapest and raised in Athens. He obtained an MFA in Digital Arts at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He works as a screenwriter and a director.