ABOUT THE PEOPLE
DIRECTOR
Lefteris Charitos has directed 5 fiction and non-fiction series for Greek television, including the highly acclaimed history documentary series 1821, The Journey of Food and the fiction crime series Zone Defence. In parallel to directing, he has been the Digital Film Production Coordinator at the SAE Creative Media College in Athens. Dolphin Man is his first feature film.
PRODUCER
Emmy award-winning producer Ed Barreveld has worked with Canada's finest filmmakers and his films with Storyline Entertainment have garnered many awards, including Emmy, Gemini and Canadian Screen Awards. In 2016 Hot Docs recognized Barreveld's creative vision, entrepreneurship and mentorship with the Don Haig Award.
PRODUCERS
Rea Apostolides and Yuri Averof produce and distribute innovative documentaries, exhibitions, web and educational projects with Anemon Productions, aiming to inform and inspire action both within and beyond Europe. Recent films include IDFA shortlisted Kismet, Grierson nominated The World's First Computer and FIPA d'Or winner A Family Affair.
PRODUCER
Estelle Robin and production company Les Films du Balibari have worked extensively with TV broadcasters in France and abroad such as France télévisions, ARTE, ZDF, YLE, SVT, ORF and Estelle’s productions have travelled to major festivals such as IDFA, HOT DOCS, Visions du Réel. In 2010, she was nominated for the Procirep French TV producer award.
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Stelios Apostolopoulos GSC is a DP with over 20 years of experience in fiction, documentary and commercial shoots. He has filmed underwater on more than 100 international productions, making him the most experienced underwater cinematographer working in the unique location of the Aegean Sea.
EDITOR
David Kazala CCE is an award-winning editor based in Toronto, Canada. His work includes Canadian Screen Awarded The Real Inglorious Bastards, Emmy nominated The World Before Her, Gemini nominated (best editing) The Real Mash and Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences shortlisted The Richie Boys.
MUSICIAN
Pianist and composer, Mathieu Lamboley has a multi-faceted musical activity in concerts, musical theater and film music composition. His latest scores include fiction films Un petit Boulot by Pascal Chaumeil and Lolo by Julie Delpy and documentaries Bardot la méprise by David Teboul and Super Fungi by Anne Rizzo and Thomas Sipp.
ARCHIVE RESEARCH
Erin Chisholm
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Shasha Nakhai
360 / INTERACTIVE
Ian Tuason
POST PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATION / CANADA
Katie Murray
CREDITS
DIRECTED BY Lefteris Charitos
NARRATED BY Jean-Marc Barr
WRITTEN BY Lefteris Charitos, Yuri Averof
PRODUCERS Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof, Ed Barreveld, Estelle Robin You
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Seiko Kato, Marta Zaccaron, Marco Alessi
EDITOR David Kazala, CCE
CINEMATOGRAPHY Stelios Apostolopoulos GSC
ORIGINAL SCORE Mathieu Lamboley
SOUND RECORDING Olivier Dandré, Jérémie Halbert
SOUND EDITING Olivier Dandré
SUPERVISING RE-RECORDING MIXER Daniel Pellerin
RE-RECORDING MIXER Bret Killoran
COLOR GRADING Andrew Mandziuk
CAMERA OPERATORS Christos Douros, Giannis Rozeas, Julius Glampedakis,
Dimitris Kassimatis, Devendra Kumar Singh, Ruggero Di Maggio
UNDERWATER CINEMATOGRAPHY Stelios Apostolopoulos GSC
ADDITIONAL UNDERWATER CINEMATOGRAPHY Julius Glampedakis, Sassy Horesh
ADDITIONAL SOUND RECORDING Aris Kafentzis, Anita Kushwaha
ASSISTANT EDITORS Jordan Kawai, Tim Patterson, Katie Murray
PRODUCTION MANAGER Kyveli Short
PRODUCTION MANAGERS / GREECE Leonidas Liambeys, Elektra Peppa
PRODUCTION MANAGER / FRANCE Armel Parisot
PRODUCTION MANAGER / ITALY Fabiana Balsamo
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATION / FRANCE Adeline Moulliet, Merryl Roche
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATION / SICILY Marco Alessi, Guilia Achilli
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Shasha Nakhai
POST PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATION / CANADA Katie Murray
ARCHIVE RESEARCH Erin Chisholm
RESEARCH Clément Dorival, Nina-Maria Heinonen, Masaki Sasamoto, Viviana Sebastio,
Kyveli Short, Natsuko Takasago
SET PHOTOGRAPHY Daan Verhoeven, Fabio Feroli, Daniele Padovan,
Kenichiro Yanagida, Gilad Mizrahi, Sassy Horesh
A film produced by
ANEMON PRODUCTIONS - LES FILMS DU BALIBARI - STORYLINE ENTERTAINMENT
in collaboration with
IMPLEO INC.
DYGONG FILMS
QUASAR MULTIMEDIA
in co-production with / with the participation of
ARTE G.E.I.E. / Commissioning Εditor, Madeleine Avramoussis
WOWOW / Executive Producer, Atsushi Uchino
ERT S.A.
THE GREEK FILM CENTRE
CANADA MEDIA FUND
ONTARIO MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
THE CANADIAN FILM OR VIDEO PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT
OMDC FILM AND TELEVISION TAX CREDITS
in association with
KNOWLEDGE / Executive Producer, Murray Battle
TVO / Executive Producer, Jane Jankovic
CANAL D / Director of Acquistions, Franca Cerretti
SVT / Commissioning Editor, Axel Arnö
RTS / Commissioning Editor, Gaspard Lamunière
YES DOCU / Commissioning Editor, Guy Lavie
CYBC / Commissioning Editor, Evi Papamichael
with the support of
CNC, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée / French-Greek coproduction fund
THE GREEK FILM CENTRE / French-Greek coproduction fund
CREATIVE EUROPE - MEDIA programme of the European Union
REGION PAYS DE LA LOIRE
SICILIAN FILM COMMISSION / Programme ‘Sensi Contemporanei Cinema’
ANEK LINES
developed and pitched at
CROSSING BORDERS
THESSALONIKI GOES TO CANNES - DOCS IN PROGRESS
MARCHE DU FILM - FESTIVAL DE CANNES
TOKYO DOCS
HOTDOCS FORUM
shot with
ANGENIEUX LENSES