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Pontos
Pontos
Directed by	Peter Stefanidis
Written by	Peter Stefanidis
Produced by	Peter Stefanidis, Ria Stefanidis
Starring	Lee Mason, Ross Black, Michele Cele, Tara Jade Ross, David Stavretis
Cinematography	Peter Andrian
Edited by	Peter Stefanidis
Music by	Paul Housman
Release date	19 May 2008;
Running time	10 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$5,000

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Pontos is a 2008 dramatic short film concerning the Greek genocide. The film's duration is a little over 10 minutes and was filmed entirely in Australia. Written, produced and directed by Peter Stefanidis, Pontos aims to capture a small part of the genocide from the perspective of its two central characters played by Lee Mason (Kemal) and Ross Black (Pantzo). In 2008, Pontos was screened at the short film corner at the Festival De Cannes film festival to critical acclaim on 19 May (a day of remembrance for Pontic Greeks).

Plot

The film begins with an unknown figure looking through old photographs of the genocide. Then there is a flashback and we see the protagonist of the film, Pantzo (Ross Black) Pontian partisan, cleaning a bloodied knife with the bodies of Turkish soldiers at his feet. Kemal (Lee Mason) is dragged to Pantzo awaiting execution. Kemal's family is forced to watch. There is another flashback to an earlier time revealing a captured Pantzo forced to watch the brutal murder of his wife and daughter by the same Turkish soldiers now dead.

Flashing forward to Kemal's capture, Kemal antagonizes Pantzo to carry out the execution. Pantzo plunges the knife into the ground leaving a stunned Kemal to ponder why his life was spared.

External links

Official website
[1] First Diatribe Article
[2] Second Diatribe Article

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 | director       = Peter Stefanidis
 | producer       = Peter Stefanidis, Ria Stefanidis
 | writer         = Peter Stefanidis
-| starring       = Lee Mason, Ross Black, Michele Cele, Tara Jade Ross, David Stavretis
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 | music          = Paul Housman
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-'''Pontos''' is a 2008 dramatic short film concerning the Pontian/Hellenic Genocide. The film's duration is a little over 10 minutes and was filmed entirely in Australia. Written, Produced and Directed by Peter Stefanidis, Pontos aims to capture a small part of the genocide from the perspective of its two central characters played by Lee Mason (Kemal) and Ross Black (Pantzo). In 2008, Pontos was screened at the short film corner at the Festival De Cannes film festival to critical acclaim on the 19th of May (the day of commemoration for the Pontian Genocide).
+'''Pontos''' is a 2008 dramatic [[short film]] concerning the [[Greek genocide]]. The film's duration is a little over 10 minutes and was filmed entirely in [[Australia]]. Written, produced and directed by Peter Stefanidis, Pontos aims to capture a small part of the genocide from the perspective of its two central characters played by [[Lee Mason (actor)|Lee Mason]] (Kemal) and Ross Black (Pantzo). In 2008, Pontos was screened at the short film corner at the Festival De Cannes film festival to critical acclaim on 19 May (a day of remembrance for [[Pontic Greeks]]).
 ==Plot==
-The film begins with an unknown figure looking through old photographs of the genocide. Then there is a flashback and we see the protagonist of the film, Pantzo (Ross Black) Pontian partisan, cleaning a bloodied knife with the bodies of Turkish soldiers at his feet. Kemal (Lee Mason) is dragged to Pantzo awaiting execution. Kemal's family is forced to watch. There is another flashback to an earlier time revealing a captured Pantzo forced to watch the brutal murder of his wife and daughter by the same Turkish soldiers now dead.
+The film begins with an unknown figure looking through old photographs of the genocide. Then there is a flashback and we see the protagonist of the film, Pantzo (Ross Black) Pontian partisan, cleaning a bloodied knife with the bodies of Turkish soldiers at his feet. Kemal ([[Lee Mason (actor)|Lee Mason]]) is dragged to Pantzo awaiting execution. Kemal's family is forced to watch. There is another flashback to an earlier time revealing a captured Pantzo forced to watch the brutal murder of his wife and daughter by the same Turkish soldiers now dead.
 Flashing forward to Kemal's capture, Kemal antagonizes Pantzo to carry out the execution. Pantzo plunges the knife into the ground leaving a stunned Kemal to ponder why his life was spared.
+==External links==
+{{wikiquote|Pontos}}
+*{{official website|http://www.pontosmovie.com}}
+*[http://diatribe-column.blogspot.com/2007/06/pontos-movie.html] First Diatribe Article
+*[http://diatribe-column.blogspot.com/2008/06/sequel.html] Second Diatribe Article
+[[Category:2008 drama films]]
+[[Category:2008 films]]
+[[Category:Australian drama short films]]
+[[Category:Pontic Greek culture]]
+[[Category:Works about the Greek genocide]]
+[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
+[[Category:2000s Australian films]]
+{{2000s-Australia-film-stub}}