Refused (1980)
Frieda Liappa in this short film casts an alternative gaze on the notion of historicity. Loukia is a teenager currently staying at her cousin’s house in Athens. Unlike her cousin she is timid and quite stressed for the school exam. She studies history. Between the lines of her book the historical events sprung up in a multidimensional way. Liappa transverses the dimensions of the real the imaginary and the symbolic. She invites the viewer to consider the construction of the filmic as well as the historical text. She succeeds in making a film with an open end and to leave room for our own contingent constructions.
Director: Frieda Liappa
![]() |
Maritina Passari as |
![]() |
Tzoulieta Karori as |
![]() |
Nani Vasileiou as |
![]() |
Antonis Karkagiannis as |
![]() |
Georgia Gasparinatou as |
![]() |
Giorgos Kilimis as |
![]() |
Rita Kolaiti as |
![]() |
Leonidas Papadakis as |
![]() |
Kimon Fotiadis as |
![]() |
Efi Psyhogiou as |
![]() |
Poly Psyhogiou as |
| Art | Damianos Zarifis | Art Designer |
| Lighting | Stavros Partheniadis | Electrician |
| Camera | Nikos Smaragdis | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Filippos Koutsaftis | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Thanasis Georgiadis | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Giorgos Korras | Editor |
| Production | Frieda Liappa | Producer |
| Directing | Maria Nikolakopoulou | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lefteris Xanthopoulos | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Marinos Athanasopoulos | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stella Votsou | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Frieda Liappa | Director |
| Writing | Frieda Liappa | Writer |
| Production | Michel Demopoulos | Production Assistant |
| Production | Stamatis Fasoulis | Production Assistant |
| Production | Maria Nikolakopoulou | Production Manager |
| Production | Thanos Lambropoulos | Production Manager |