RAPTURE WITH ZERO
LOGLINE
An Ode to Memory.
The film constitutes a first recording of memory and existential states, where lived experiences spill forth and transform.
SUMMARY
A Journey Beyond Limits, Time, and Division.
Driven by an endless movement toward an "opening," the female figure embodies an ode to time —past, present, and future— and to motherhood. Motherhood is presented not as a given condition, but as a potential built by stretching the self beyond all boundaries.
Amid a world fractured by war, violence, and division, the film poses a fundamental question: do borders ultimately matter? The protagonist attempts to pierce and transcend them, reshaping space, time, and consciousness.
In doing so, motherhood expands into a universal realm of connection, creation, and the ultimate dissolution of limits.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Celebrating Achievements.
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2026 - Official Selection "3rd Piraeus Port Film Festival"
DIRECTOR
Arehas Papathanasiou was born in 2002 and lives and works in Athens. He studied Cinematography and Television Camera Operation at the "L. Stavrakos Film School" (2022–25) and is currently completing his studies at the "Filmschool - Directing Courses" seminar (academic year 2025–26).
Currently, he is working with the Athens-Epidaurus Festival from May to August 2026. He has recently completed his short film "Rapture with the Zero" and the performance "The Taste of Cherry".
His professional experience thus far includes participation as an extra in the short film "Kelsey", as Second Assistant Camera on the student short film "Earthbound" —which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 47th Drama International Short Film Festival— as Gaffer on the short film "Love is a Heavy Load", which won the Best Student Film Award at the Micro μ Festival, and as a cast member in the short film "Angelo".
