AGAPI

A HAND DRAWN ANIMATED SHORT FILM BY JULIA SPEROPOULOS

Logline

1914-1923 marked the 2nd phase of the Genocide of the Greeks of the Black Sea by the Young Turks. Agapi, her family, and the whole village’s Greek population are forced out of their homes and into a march in the snowy forest for 40 days. Will they survive the ordeal?

Synopsis

After the fall of the Ottoman empire the Young Turks arose in power in 1908. Their goal was to exterminate the non-muslims, create a “clean” Turkey that would only be inhabited by Sunni muslim Turks. Mustafa Kemal, who succeeded them decided that the Greeks of the Black Sea (Pontic Greeks) were a threat. So, he decided to find different ways to exterminate them. One of these ways was the “white death march”, in which especially after 1916, innocent Greek civilians would be forced to leave their patrimonial homes and march toward inland in the winter through the forest with 1-2 meters of snow, with no food or water. This is the story of Agapi and her family, who were forced into such a march in 1921, for 40 days, from their home at Haydar, Kotyora (Turkish: Ordu, Black Sea, Turkey). Will she and her family survive?

TECHNICAL SPECS

Status: World Premiere

Production year: 2025

Project Genre: 2D Hand Drawn digitally animated short.

Length: 9’49”

GENRE: Narrative, historical, human rights.

Languages: Greek, Turkish, English

Countries of Production: Greece, USA

SOFTWARE: Blender, TV Paint, Photoshop, Premiere Pro.

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Resolution: 4096x1716

Formats: DCP, ProRes, MP4

Sound: Stereo

Festivals

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Julia Speropoulos with documentary award

Yubi is a winner.

3rd Prize Documentary Award for Yubi

Documentary Award in the Greek Short section for YUBI documentary film at the 5th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra, in 2018.

Yubi's world premiere, duration: 40'

World Premiere of YUBI at the 5th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra, Crete 2018

YUBI was screened on Sunday, August 5th, 2018 at 21:00, at the Square Mosque and

on Thursday, August 9th, 2018, at 11:50 at the Interior Room Mosque in Ierapetra, Greece.

Screening @ 21 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

Yubi, with new duration of 50', World Premieres in Thessaloniki

World Premiere of Yubi at the 21st Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, in the Human Rights category.

The film was screened on Monday, March 4th, at John Cassavetes, and on Tuesday, March 5th, at Christos Tsakiris, Cultural Center of Pavlos Melas Municipality.

official selection at 8th AIDFF

Yubi in Athens.

Athens Premiere at 8th AIDFF

Official Selection of Yubi at the 8th Athens International Digital Film Festival, Athens 2019.

Yubi at Chalkida

Official Selection of Yubi at the 12th Docfest.

Official Selection of Yubi at the 12th Docfest Greek Documentary Festival, Chalkida 2018.

Yubi at Krakow!

Selection of Yubi at the 59th Krakow Film Festival.

Selection of Yubi at the 59th Krakow Film Festival, in the Market category, Krakow Poland 2019.

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