????Awards and Official Selections????
(as of April 2022, the film is still on festival run????)

- Best Landscape Music Video, High Tatras Film & Video Festival
- Best Mountain Culture Film, High Tatras Film & Video Festival
- Best Stop Motion/Timelapse, Short to the Point
- Best Microfilm, Independent Shorts Awards
- Nominee, Cannes World Film Festival
- Nominee, Indie Short Fest
- Official Selection, Nawada International Film Festival 3rd Season
- Official Selection, Clapperboard Golden Festival

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????️A short non-narrative, experimental timelapse documentary film, capturing the beauty of the mountains of Epirus, Greece.

“The mountains are calling, and I must go.” – John Muir

"Into The Mountains" is a visual journey through the beautiful mountains of Epirus, Greece.
This is my 3rd personal experimental short documentary film, after the award-winning films "Keep Looking Up" and "Forest of Tranquility".

The idea for this film was formed in my mind while I was filming "Forest of Tranquility" back in 2019.
I have spent many days back then inside the forests and the mountains for filming and it was during that time that I made a promise to myself to create a timelapse film dedicated to those beautiful mountains.

I had started working on the preparations of the production at the start of 2020, but then a powerful and unseen enemy, the coronavirus, changed our world and our lives, probably forever.

After almost two years of restrictions, curfews, and quarantines, I finally had the chance to travel back to my favorite locations, the mountains of Epirus, which I missed so much.

In this film, I tried to capture some natural and beautiful sceneries into the mountains.
Locations that can calm our souls with their simplicity and minimalism, no matter if it has beautiful clear skies or even bad weather.

Another goal that I had set, when and if possible, was to avoid capturing anything that it is not created by nature. If I succeeded in this goal, it’s up to you to decide.

Hope you enjoy the film.
Christophe

*????Directed and filmed by Christophe Anagnostopoulos
https://www.christopheanagno.com/
*????Original Music by Dreamstate Logic
http://www.dreamstatelogic.com/

*Produced by Christophe Anagnostopoulos, with the support of:
Tokina Global (https://tokinalens.com/),
Hoya Global (https://hoyafilter.com/),
Cokin (https://cokin.com/en/),
Kenko (https://kenkoglobal.com/),
and Slik (http://slik.com/).

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The production of "Into The Mountains" was filmed exclusively with the following gear:

Cameras
- Nikon Z 7ii (x2)

Lenses
- Tokina Firin 20mm F/2 AF FE*
- Tokina Opera 50mm F/1.4**
- Tokina atx-m 85mm F1.8*
- Tokina Firin 100mm F/2.8 FE* Macro
- Tokina Opera 16-28mm F/2.8**

*FE Mount Lenses mounted on Z 7ii via Techart TZE-01 Adapter
**F Mount Lenses mounted on Z 7ii via FTZ Adapter

Filters

HOYA
- HOYA HD Nano MkII CIR-PL
- HOYA PROND1000 & PROND32 Grad
- HOYA Variable ND (BTS)
- HOYA STARSCAPE
Cokin
- NX Filter System Holder
- Nuances Extreme ND1024 & ND8
- Nuances Extreme GND 16S, GND 8S and R-GND 8S
- Nuances Extreme Clearsky
Kenko
- Kenko Starry Night
- Kenko PRO1D ProSofton Clear
- Kenko Black Mist No.1 & No.5

Tripods
- Slik Vari CF-704
- Slik Pro CF-834
- Slik Pro CF-833

Motion Control & Timelapse
- Cinetics Lynx 3-Axis Motion Control System
- Kenko Skymemo Mini Star Tracker (in Timelapse Mode)
- Timelapse+ View Advanced Intervalometer (x2)

Ambient natural sounds were recorded on filming location with a Tascam DR-05X Sound Recorder.
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A separate BTS video will be released in the coming weeks, showing various scenes during production.
More info about the production can be found here:
https://www.christopheanagno.com/project/into-the-mountains/
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*** Please Note ***
Copyright Christophe Anagnostopoulos 2022 – All Rights Reserved
Please don’t download or/and use this video or parts of it without permission.
Sharing is allowed only with this embed code of the original video.

All clips of the film are available in 8k resolution.
For licensing or any other inquiries please contact: info@christopheanagno.com

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