The End of Suffering (a proposal)

A film by

Greece / 14' / 08/2020 / fiction

Sofia is panicky, again. The Universe decides to contact her. An other-wordly dialogue. A planet symphony for Mars, where people dream awake and fight for love.

“contemplates an imaginary solution to the problems of life on Earth with affecting humor.”
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“contemplates an imaginary solution to the problems of life on Earth with affecting humor.”
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Jacqueline Lentzou

Biography

Jacqueline (Athens, 1989) is an artist whose cinematic language involves discovering poetry in -seemingly- mundane premises. Her tools are word and image association, the dream-construct, intuition. She experiments with formats, durations, and tones.

Having directed six films until now, through her work she aims to discuss non-traditional family systems, loneliness, love, and most importantly, the lack of it.

Jacqueline is the recipient of numerous prominent awards, including the Leica Cine Discovery Award by Semaine de La Critique for Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year (2018), the Golden Hugo in Chicago IFF for The End of Suffering ( A proposal)(2020), as well as the Grand Prix in Reykjavik IFF and Sevilla Film Festival for Moon, 66 Questions (2021), her debut feature which premiered in Berlinale Encounters Competition, receiving raving reviews globally.

Retrospectives on her full body of work have taken place in Montreal, Vienna, Porto and Ghent.

Jacqueline is the New York Onassis foundation fellowship recipient for 2022. She was in the three finalists for the prestigious Rolex Mentor&Protegé scheme 2022-2024.

Filmography

  • The End of Suffering (a Proposal) – 2020
  • Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year – 2018
  • Hiwa – 2017
  • Fox / Alepou- 2016
  • Thirteen Blue – 2013
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Crew

Director: Jacqueline Lentzou
Screenplay: Jacqueline Lentzou
Producer: Fenia Cossovitsa
Cinematographer: Konstantinos Koukoulios
Sound: Leandros Ntounis
Editor: Smaro Papaevaneglou
Set dresser: Eva Goulakou
Make Up: Ioanna Ligizou
Production manager: Anna Zografou

Festivals

  • Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland (5 – 15 August, 2020)
    International Competition Pardi di Domani
  • Concorto Film Festival, Italy (22 – 29 August, 2020)
    International Competition Won: Special Jury Prize
  • New York Film Festival, United States (17 September – 11 October, 2020)
    Currents
  • Batumi International Art-House Film Festival, Georgia (13 – 20 September, 2020)
    Competition
  • Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland (17 – 27 September, 2020)
    Jacqueline Lentzou retrospective
  • Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece (20 – 26 September, 2020)
    International Competition Won: Fipresci Award & Special Award for Environment & Climate Change
  • Athens International Film Festival, Greece (23 September – 4 October, 2020)
    Short Film Competition Won: Golden Athena for Best Short Film
  • 25FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Croatia (24 – 27 September, 2020)
    Competition
  • Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada (24 September – 7 October, 2020)
    MODES
  • Black Canvas – Festival for Contemporary Cinema, Mexico (1 – 10 October, 2020)
    Beyond the Canvas – Competition Won: Best Cinematography
  • FestiFreak – La Plata International Independent Film Festival, Argentina (1 – 18 October, 2020)
    Competition
  • Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal (3 – 11 October, 2020)
    International Competition
  • BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom (7 – 18 October, 2020)
    Experimenta Shorts Program
  • Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Canada (7 – 18 October, 2020)
    Short Film Competition
  • Chicago International Film Festival​, United States (14 – 25 October, 2020)
    Short Film Competition Won: Golden Hugo for Best Live-Action Short Film
  • AFI Fest, United States (15 – 22 October, 2020)
    Short Film Competition
  • Riga International Film Festival, Latvia (15 – 25 October, 2020)
    International Competition
  • Imagine Science Film Festival, United States (16 – 23 October, 2020)
    Official Selection
  • Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden (19 – 25 October, 2020)
    International Competition
  • Cámara Lúcida Film Festival, Ecuador (1 – 14 November, 2020)
    Official Selection
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (3 – 8 November, 2020)
    International Competition
  • Cork International Film Festival, Ireland (4 – 15 November, 2020)
    Short Film Competition Special Mention
  • Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia (13 – 29 November, 2020)
    Rebels with a Cause
  • Belgrade Auteur Film Festival, Serbia (22 – 30 November, 2020)
    Brave Balkans Competition
  • Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (23 – 29 November, 2020)
    International Competition
  • FIDOCS – Documentary Festival Santiago, Chile (25 November – 1 December, 2020)
    Opening program
  • Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina (25 November – 20 December, 2020)
    Official Selection
  • Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Greece (28 November – 5 December, 2020)
    Contemporary Greek Cinema
  • Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia (8 – 15 December, 2020)
    International Competition
  • Greek Film Series, Brazil (18 – 20 December, 2020)
  • Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway (12 – 17 January, 2021)
    International Competition
  • London Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (15 – 23 January, 2021)
    Out of competition
  • Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (22 – 28 March, 2021)
    Thematic: Alt Worlds
  • Akbank Short Film Festival, Turkey (22 March – 1 April, 2021)
    Perspective
  • Aspen Shortsfest, United States (6 – 11 April, 2021)
    Official Selection
  • San Francisco International Film Festival, United States (9 – 18 April, 2021)
    Official Selection
  • Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, the Netherlands (14 – 18 April, 2021)
    International Competition
  • LA Greek Film Festival, United States (10 – 30 May, 2021)
    Competition
  • Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, Germany (21 – 30 May, 2021)
    International Competition
  • Flatpack Film Festival, United Kingdom (21 – 31 May, 2021)
    Short Film Competition Special Mention
  • EU Short Film Festival Ottawa, Canada (27 – 29 May, 2021)
  • VIENNA SHORTS – International Short Film Festival, Austria (27 May – 1 June, 2021)
    Expedition: Best of the Fests
  • Hamburg Short Film Festival, Germany (1 – 7 June, 2021)
    International Competition
  • Prague Short Film Festival, Czech Republic (2 – 27 June, 2021)
    International Competition Special Mention
  • Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Greece (2 – 8 June, 2021)
    National Competition
  • Short Waves Festival, Poland (14 – 20 June, 2021)
    Focus: Mirror Mirror
  • Il Varco International Short Film Festival, Italy (27 June – 3 July, 2021)
    International Competition
  • Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival, Portugal (10 – 18 July, 2021)
    New Voices: Jacqueline Lentzou
  • Filmfest Dresden, Germany (13 – 18 July, 2021)
    Open Air Screening
  • Festival ECRÃ, Brazil (15 – 25 July, 2021)
    Official Selection
  • IOS Festival, Greece (15 – 25 August, 2021)
  • FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival, Slovenia (16 – 21 August, 2021)
    Special Vienna Shorts: To the Future
  • Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil (19 – 29 August, 2021)
    International Program
  • Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic (20 – 28 August, 2021)
    Prague Shorts Winners
  • Leiden Shorts, the Netherlands (2 – 5 September, 2021)
    Competition
  • Verín International Short Film Festival, Spain (4 – 12 September, 2021)
    Official Selection
  • ASUFICC – Asuncion International Film Festival, Paraguay (7 – 11 September, 2021)
    International Short Film Competition
  • FICBUEU International Short Film Festival, Spain (10 – 19 September, 2021)
    Experimental Competition
  • Manaki Brothers – International Cinematography Film Festival, Macedonia (16 – 21 September, 2021)
    Short Film Competition
  • Visionär Film Festival, Germany (22 – 26 September, 2021)
    Panorama
  • Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival, Egypt (25 September – 2 October, 2021)
    Short Film Competition
  • Thess International Short Film Festival, Greece (1 – 10 October, 2021)
    Official Selection Won: Cinematic Achievement Award
  • Tacoma Film Festival, United States (7 – 14 October, 2021)
    Competition
  • La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival, France (11 – 17 October, 2021)
    New Waves Competition
  • Film Fest Gent, Belgium (12 – 23 October, 2021)
    Jacqueline Lentzou Retrospective
  • Film Festival Cologne, Germany (21 – 28 October, 2021)
    Look program
  • shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival (21 – 31 October, 2021)
    International Competition
  • Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival, Portugal (10 – 14 November, 2021)
    Competition
  • Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia (14 – 21 November 2021)
    Festivals in the spotlight: Festival autorskog filma
  • Kinemastik International Short Film Festival, Malta (14 – 21 November, 2021)
    Official Selection
  • Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (16 – 21 November, 2021) Competition
  • Short Film Festival Cologne, Germany (16 – 21 November, 2021)
    New Aesthetic
  • Minute Short Film International Film Festival, China (November, 2021)
    Out of Competition
  • Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, United Kingdom (7 December, 2021)
    Healing: Reimagining the Future

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Dialogue list English: Click here

Downloadable trailer: Click here

Press quotes

“Answers come in dreams – or they don’t. There is frustration here, a rejection of “knowing”. That isn’t to say there isn’t any affinity for the age-old quest for the meaning of life, but Jacqueline Lentzou is clearly more attracted by the poetry around us and, thus, the way consolation can be found in this beauty. With the infectious joy of game playing, she explores both the complex inner worlds of her characters and the stars. Whether she is fabricating a personal mythology or experimenting with form, she is navigating cinema on her own terms.
Review: The End of Suffering (A Proposal) – Of Consolation and Constellation – Michiel Philippaerts