What happened in Larissa? A music story about Nat Birchall

Direction: Dimitris Papadopoulos, Ioannis Kollaxizis
Script: Dimitris Papadopoulos, Ioannis Kollaxizis
Director of Photography: Dimitris Papadopoulos
Editing: Ioannis Kollaxizis, Dimitris Papadopoulos
Music: Nat Birchall
Productions: Dimitris Papadopoulos, Kostas Voultsidis, Christina Tsakmakka, Anim Act
Country of Production: Greece
Runtime: 72 min
Production Year: 2021
Language: English, Greek
Subtitles: English, Greek

Actors:

Nat Birchall, Kostas Voultsidis, Adam Fairhall, Andy Hay, Nick Blacka, Corey Mwamba, Paul Hession, Nikos Fotakis, Dimitris Trikas, Petros Voultsidis

Summary:

Nat Birchall is one of the most important representatives of the British Jazz scene. Kostas Voultsidis is the initiator of Duende Jazz Bar in Larissa in 2009. The documentary traces their paths and focuses on the creation of the landmark album titled 'Nat Birchall Quintet: Live In Larissa', but also on the deep human relationship that was created.

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Director:

Dimitris Papadopoulos | Ioannis Kollaxizis

Dimitris Papadopoulos works as a teaching staff at the Film Department of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and at the University of Thessaly. His studies and most of his professional career are dedicated to film education. As a director he is the creator of two documentaries (one as a member of the Ciners 7 group) with participation in Greek and international festivals as well as many short films in the field of education. Beyond cinema, he is also involved in photography. Filmography: Thessaloichoi (2011), Vios... the other way (2019), What happened in Larissa? A music story about Nat Birchall (2021)

Yiannis Kollaxizis is a cinematographer, New Media Artist, Associate Professor of the School of Fine Arts, Department of Film, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
He collaborates with various other Greek universities. He studied graphic design, pedagogy, painting, graphic arts - multimedia, audio and video technology at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has worked on the creation of 43 short, medium and feature films in Greek and international productions. He has participated in distinctions in many festivals in Greece and abroad. He has also participated in distinctions in 30 Greek and international art exhibitions.