A Poem
Director: Vasilios Papaioannu
Greece, 2025, 3 min
Shooting Format:16mm, 8mm, Super 8, and HD
Festival Year:2026
Category:Experimental
Crew:Writer: Vasilios Papaioannu. Producer: Vasilios Papaioannu. Editing: Vasilios Papaioannu; Cinematography: Vasilios Papaioannu
Email:vasiliospapaioannu@gmail.com
Synopsis
In an underground garage, a voice message becomes the testament of a love left in limbo, while fleeting images allude to the moment that led to it.
About the director
Vasilios Papaioannu is a filmmaker, photographer and mixed media artist currently based in Washington, DC. In his work Papaioannu explores the fleeting dreamscapes of reality using noise, movement and disturbance. He hybridizes different modes of filmmaking, unifying variegated media, primarily 16mm film, digital video and archival footage. His works have been shown in various venues around the world, such as the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Crossroads at SFMOMA, Anthology Film Archives, Athens International Film + Video Festival, Cork International Film Festival, Festifreak, Analogica, Cámara Lúcida, Engauge Film Festival, EXiS, L'Alternativa, Antimatter [media art], Montreal Underground Film Festival, Revelation Perth Film Festival and Sharjah Film Platform. Papaioannu holds an MA in Communication, Text Semiotics and Cinema from the University of Siena in Italy and an MFA in Film from Syracuse University in New York. Papaioannu is currently an Assistant Professor at the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, Department of Media, Journalism, and Film at Howard University.