The Promotion

Promoted to a higher rank, a professor invites his father to travel with him from Athens to Thessaloniki to attend the university’s promotion ceremony. The trip provides an opportunity for father and son to sharpen their connection by reliving past experiences and memories. A plot twist toward the end of the film deepens the drama and points to the value of cathartic healing.

In Greek with English subtitles | Drama | All audiences

Direction and screenplay: Periklis Choursoglou
Cast: Alexandros Logothetis, Vasilis Kolovos, Eleni Gerasimidou, Dimitris Naziris, Vangelio Andreadaki

Accolades:

• 2024 Hellenic Film Academy Award: Best Supporting Actor (Vasilis Kolovos)
• 2024, San Francisco Greek Film Festival – Best Performance in Narrative Feature – Astron Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

Director Periklis Choursoglou was born in Athens and studied mathematics and film. He worked as an assistant director alongside Pantelis Voulgaris and has taught in the film department at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the State Theatre of Northern Greece Drama School, and Peiraikos Syndesmos Drama School since 2004. In 2011, he wrote and directed a 13-episode documentary series, “I Met Happy Craftsmen,” which broadcasted on the Greek Television channel ET1. His films have distinguished themselves at festivals internationally.