Christopher Vourlias Christos Nikou’s “Apples” will represent Greece in the best international feature film race at the 2021 Oscars, Variety has learned.Nikou’s directorial debut, which opened the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival and was also a selection in Telluride and Toronto, is the story of a man struggling to recover his memory in the midst of a pandemic that causes widespread amnesia.
It will screen this week in competition at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, which runs online Nov. 5-15.Cohen Media Group took North American rights for “Apples” from CAA and Alpha Violet last month.
The film has also sold to France (Bodega Films), Italy (Lucky Red), Greece (Feelgood), Benelux (Filmfreak), Scandinavia (Scanbox.
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