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Saving Some Random Insignificant Stories

North American Premiere

As a point of departure for Anna Vasof, a survey of the damage left by a flood in her parents’ house reveals a simple yet multilayered work about memory, loss, and how we deal with the past.

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Country of Origin

Austria/Greece

Year

2022

Language

In Greek with English subtitles

Film Contact
14 min

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Cinematography

Anna Vasof

Editor

Anna Vasof

Director

Anna Vasof headshot, Saving Some Random Insignificant Stories director

Anna Vasof

Anna Vasof is an architect and media artist. Born in 1985, she studied architecture at the University of Thessaly in Greece and transmedia art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Since 2004, her videos and short movies have been presented in several festivals, some of them receiving awards. She is currently working on designing and building innovative mechanisms for producing critical videos, actions, and installations.