LOVE IN THE MAKING | Greek Jewelry Advertorial

Less than a year ago, the Greek jewelry professionals, represented by their federation, entrusted us with a unique challenge — creating a short film to enhance the global visibility of Greek jewelry. The task at hand was daunting: How do you encapsulate 6000 centuries of jewelry history in just 10 minutes? The decision-making process involved choosing the right medium — should it be a fictional narrative, a documentary, or an editorial approach?

The concept that emerged as the foundation for our film was "Love in the Making." Woven around this theme was a short love story between a foreign visitor to Athens and a young jeweler. The tone of the film embraces adventure and fantasy film undertones, designed not only to educate but also to entertain. By employing humor and fantasy, we aim to bring a smile to the audience's face as they discover the intricacies of an ancient craft that continues to thrive in the modern world.

Cast

Katerina Hill

Pantelis Kontogiannis

Directed by Eirini Steirou

Director of Photography Anthony Katrakazis

Editor Stavros Symeonidis

Production Designer Athena Drakoularakou

Crew

Camera Operator Damian Aronidis

Assistant Director Marios Hannas

Location sound recordists Manolis Makridakis, Aris Pavlidis

Assistant camera Kostas Nielsen

Hair & Make up Sotiria Malatesta

Assistants make-up Elena Karatsoki, Venia Samara

Production assistant Alexandros Gounaris

Color Correction Anthony Katrakazis

Sound mix Stavros Symeonidis

Title design Dimitrios Kanellopoulos, Marina Tzatzo

Voice over Katerina Hill

Voice over recording Yotis Paraskevaidis

 

Commissioned by POVAKO

Produced by PostScriptum

Project Coordinator

Vassilis Zaires

Production manager

Eva Gkoletsou

Executive Producers

Kostas Konstantinidis from PostScriptum

Triantafyllos Papathanasiou from POVAKO

Scientific curation by Aikaterini Polymerou Kamilaki

Written by Mary Linda McNeely, Marios Hannas and Eirini Steirou

Greek Subtitles by Manos Gaitanos

The film was shot on location in

The National Archaeological Museum of Athens,

the Ancient Agora of Athens,

Neso Studio

Red Light Studio (jewelry close-ups)

Yampouras, Damaskos and Axarlian workshops

Featuring archival film and photography material from Manaki brothers.

Thankful to exceptional jewelers for their contribution

Vasilis Giampouras, Yiannis Syrmakesis, Giorgos Damaskos, Efi Damaskou, Marialena Leontaraki, Eirini Leontaraki, Antonis Kouzoupis, Zoe Xemantilotou, Sofia Gerochristou, Dolly Boukogianni, Stefano Montzelli, Polina Sapouna Ellis, Margarita Meitani, Dimitris Armaos,Sergios Axarlian, Antria Prasinou

Special thanks to the

Management and staff of the Ephorate of Antiquities of the City of Athens

Management and staff of the archaeological site of the Ancient Agora

Management and staff of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and especially

Anna Vasiliki Κarapanagiotou, Dr Archaeologist, Director General of the National Archaeological Museum

Evangelos Vivliodetis, Dr Archaeologist

Konstantinos Nikolentzos, Dr Archaeologist

Maria Terzoudi, Archaeologist- Msc Cultural Management

Many thanks to the

Curatorial Department of the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum for the courtesy of exhibits from the museum’s permanent collection.

To Yorgos Arvanitis and Christos Tsoumagas for donating traditional jewels from their own collections.

To Looking Good optics and Rent Photo Video

The director wishes to thank especially Aggeliki Demertzi, Ioanna Papazoglou, Katerina Pimenidou, Byron Vafeiadis and Konstantina Geralea

Copyright

@POVAKO

©Hellenic Ministry of Culture/ Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources

Development (H.O.C.RE.D.)