Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

On Xerxes’ Throne

Evi KALOGIROPOULOU 2022 Greece Fiction color 16min DCP
At the dystopian Perama shipyard, a ban on physical contact has transformed the boatyard into a charged landscape of alienation and repressed sensuality beyond stereotypical heteronormative desires. According to local legend, Persian King Xerxes watched the overwhelming defeat of his fleet from his throne on Mount Egaleo, in today’s Perama.

Director

Evi KALOGIROPOULOU

A filmmaker and visual artist working between Athens and London. She is currently developing her debut feature Cora.