Moderation (2016)
Moderation, set in Egypt, Greece and Italy, revolves around a female horror director (Maya Lubinsky) and a screenwriter (Anna De Filippi), whose latest collaboration is haunted by encounters with its 'raw material' and the escalation of conflicting desires. Faced with the disintegration of their project, the director becomes more and more drawn into conversations with the actors she has cast (Aida El Kashef, Michele Valley and Giovanni Lombardo Radice), which reflect on the way horror traverses the affective and material realities of their lives on and off screen.
Director:
Anja Kirschner
Writers:
Anna De Filippi, Maya Lubinsky, Anja Kirschner.
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Maya Lubinsky as May, the director |
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Anna De Filippi as Ray, the screenwriter |
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Aida El Kashef as Aida, the Egyptian actor |
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Michele Valley as Michele, the Greek actor |
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Giovanni Lombardo Radice as Johnny, the Italian actor |
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Adham Zidan as Ehab, the Egyptian producer |
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Pauline Huguet as Paul, the production designer |
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Stavroula Siamou as Patricia, the L.A. producer |
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Areti Seidaridou as the oracle |
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Giorgos Valais as Waste management executive |
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Laura Riccioli as Angelica, the Italian screenwriter |
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Adriano Saleri as Driver |
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Lida Dalla as Barmaid |
| Sound | Giuseppe Di Lascio | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Max Schneider | Sound Recordist |
| Visual Effects | Antonis Kotzias | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Dimitris Kasimatis | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lefteris Theodoroudis | Production Manager |
| Directing | Adriano Saleri | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Olivia Artemis Webb | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Anthi Tsirouki | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Mostafa El Kashef | Director of Photography |
| Art | Eva Vlassopoulou | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ioanna Lygizou | Makeup Designer |
| Visual Effects | Michalis Gkiokas | Visual Effects |
| Camera | Manos Kritsotakis | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Nikos Exarhos | Boom Operator |
| Production | Theo Prodromidis | Producer |
| Sound | Dracula Lewis | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alkistis Mamali | Costume Design |
| Production | Kamila Metwaly | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alice Circi | Makeup Artist |
| Art | David Kynigos | Art Department Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ioanna Lygizou | Hair Designer |
| Editing | Anja Kirschner | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Sorrentino | Hair Designer |
| Art | Kleio Boboti | Production Design |
| Editing | Manos Hamilakis | Colorist |
| Production | Anja Kirschner | Producer |
| Editing | Smaro Papaevangelou | Editor |
| Production | Chrisostomos Theodoroudis | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Costas Fylaktidis | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Valerio Matola | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Sorrentino | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Dimitris Kanellopoulos | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Stamatis Kouros | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Anja Kirschner | Director |
| Writing | Anna De Filippi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maya Lubinsky | Screenplay |
| Writing | Anja Kirschner | Screenplay |