For the first time in Greece, an application transforms Ancient Drama and ancient Greek myths into original interactive educational books-games for young and old, in collaboration with the Karolos Koun Art Theater and with the support of the Ministry of Culture.
Important and internationally renowned Greek artists join forces in this innovative venture of the new Greek start-up that is beginning to conquer the world by offering a high artistic, pedagogical, educational and entertaining result: Diamantis Karanastasis (Conception – Direction – Narration), Philippos Photiadis (Image Design) and Stavros Gasparatos (Music Composition – Sound Design). In the series “Ancient Drama” - where the entire story develops through interactive pages in which the user comes into contact with each myth by discovering the actions, speech, texts and sounds - the beginning is with Aristophanes’ “Birds” and in the immediate future Aeschylus’ “Prometheus” and Euripides’ “Helen” arrive.
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The application is already available in Greek and English, with versions in new languages being prepared. Download “The Birds” on your mobile or tablet. It is available on the App Store and Google Play for iOS and Android devices, exclusively from Birigogo.
More at www.birigogo.gr
Two Athenian friends, Peistheteros and Euelpides, dream of living in a place where tranquility, joy and peace will prevail. They will meet the woodcock and then Peistheteros will set out to found a new city, the city of birds in the ethers, in the interval between the world of men and the world of the gods.
Will they manage to build their own Nephelococcygea? Will they find the help they need or will they encounter resistance? Will the other birds show the same enthusiasm? What reason will the gods have in this? Is it easy to dream of something completely new? How easy is it to build your own utopia?
The goal of birigogo.gr is:
-The introduction of children to the Ancient Greek poets.
-The familiarization of children with Mythology and Greek History, through audiovisual material and simple interactions.
-The initiation of children, through technology, to the stakes, ethics, myths, language and values that ancient poets negotiate, record and creatively manage in their work.
-The interactive, enjoyable and creative approach to the myths and texts that shaped global dramaturgy and form the basis of our cultural heritage.
The concept and creation of the applications belongs to Diamantis Karanastasis (www.diamantiskaranastasis.com & www.dacos.gr) who is responsible for the direction, the texts and the entire production and implementation of the new original interactive applications and also voices the Greek narration of the texts. This is an idea whose implementation is the result of a multi-year effort.
Diamantis Karanastasis is an actor and director. Graduate of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens. He has been working in theater, television and cinema since 1998. He has undertaken the production of many theatrical performances. His voice has invested over 7500 television and radio commercials, as well as many documentaries, television shows and selected children's animation studio movies (Madagascar franchise, Ice Age franchise, Star Wars Clone Wars etc.). With his privately owned post-production studio DACOS, he has undertaken hundreds of audiovisual productions. He has directed the feature film AIMA (production, screenplay, direction – editing – post production).
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The film has the following distinctions:
AWARDS – NOMINATIONS
Jury Prize, SPECIAL JURY PRIZE-WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC (Diamantis Karanastasis), AMSTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL 2012 (Netherlands)
Best Original Music Award (Stavros Gasparatos), HELLENIC FILM ACADEMY 2013.
Nomination for Best Actress (Vicky Volioti), HELLENIC FILM ACADEMY 2013.
BEST CONCEPT FOR FICTION FILM Award (Diamantis Karanastasis), LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL 2013 (London)
BEST ACTRESS Award (Vicky Volioti), LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL 2013
BEST SCREENPLAY Award (Diamantis Karanastasis), LONDON GREEK FILM FESTIVAL 2013
SPECIAL FESTIVAL MENTION Award (Diamantis Karanastasis), NOIDA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014 (India)
HONORABLE MENTION Award (Diamantis Karanastasis), INDIE GATHERING INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014 (USA)
GOLD AWARD (Diamantis Karanastasis) INTERNATIONAL MOVIE AWARDS (Indonesia)
AWARD OF RECOGNITION – Feature Film (Diamantis Karanastasis), THE indieFEST (Aug 2018, La Jolla, USA)
Nominations, Best Foreign Language Feature Film / Best Original Score / Best Original Screenplay of a Foreign Language Film / Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film, International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema LONDON 2016 (United Kingdom)
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OTHER FESTIVAL PARTICIPATIONS
Official participation, GIJON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012 (Spain)
Official participation, ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL-PREMIERE NIGHTS 2012
Official participation, SAN FRANCISCO GREEK FILM FESTIVAL 2013 (USA)
Official participation, VUKOVAR FILM FESTIVAL 2013 (Croatia)
Official participation, COLUMBIA GORGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014 (USA)
In December 2020, he directed, filmed and did all the post-production for the play “PYRAMIDS” (Andrea Flourakis) at the Karolos Koun Art Theater, receiving excellent reviews. In April 2021, he completed his medium-length film “11 p.m.”, starring Athens, its empty streets and closed cultural spaces, during the second quarantine. In May 2022, he directed and filmed his play “Freddy”. This original web-theater was filmed entirely at the Karolos Koun Art Theater. In 2022, it announces the creation and operation of the first mobile and tablet application that transforms Ancient Drama and ancient Greek myths into an original interactive educational book-game, with the international award-winning musician, composer and sound artist Stavros Gasparatos and the Architect - Painter - Illustrator Philippos Photiadis as key artistic contributors.
