Synopsis
It's summer, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father's funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard where he has been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond—imperfect, yet poignant.
Cast & Crew
Directed by
Myrsini Aristidou | Cinematography: Lasse Ulvedal Tolboll | Editor: Jenna Mangula | Production Designer: Dimitra Sourlantzi | Composer: Alex Weston | Sound Mixer: Kostas Varympopiotis
Cast
Cast
Maria Petrova; Christos Passalis
Director
Myrsini Aristidou
Myrsini Aristidou is a Cypriot filmmaker who studied Film and Art History at Pratt Institute in New York and earned her MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Hold Onto Me is her debut feature film.
Director’s Statement
Hold Onto Me concludes a trilogy that began with the short films Semele and Aria, exploring the evolving father-daughter relationship and the emotional traces left by absence and reconnection.
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