Mary Gogoli, Petros Tserpelis

Mary Gogoli:

I was born in Athens, Greece, and I pursued studies in Chemistry before discovering my passion for filmmaking. I wrote and directed my first DIY short film, "Pluto", and contributed to the creation of other short films as both a cast and crew member. "Deeper" is my latest work as a co-director, writer, editor, and producer.

I love the arts and have attended various filmmaking, photography, animation, and subtitling seminars to enhance my artistic and creative abilities. I review, select and curate films as a festival volunteer. I'm also interested in music, literature, pottery, theatre, aerial yoga.

Petros Tserpelis:

I was born in Athens, Greece on 10 November 1995 and I studied Greek Philology and Linguistics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. I have done short movies as a director, writer, actor and crew member, I have reviewed, selected and curated films as a festival volunteer, I have studied subtitling, I am studying improv theatre, and I have attended several cinema- and theatre-related seminars and workshops. Moreover, I write short- and feature-length scripts, stand-up comedy, short stories, film reviews and other short texts, I have participated in an open mic, I have published texts on webzines, and I work as a casting assistant, subtitler and freelance writer.

Furthermore, I am studying electric guitar, electric bass, musical ensemble and ear training, I have studied classical guitar, popular music theory and music technology, I play acoustic guitar and ukulele, I compose and arrange music, I write lyrics, I participate in concerts, I have released one single and one EP, and in the past I was producing and presenting music shows on web radios for eight years. Finally, I have worked, volunteered and attended seminars in several other fields.

Directors' Statement:

The main idea for “Deeper” sprung from personal experiences with - and conversations about - what could be described as depersonalization. With this movie we want to convey what it's like to feel that you become distanced from yourself and the people around you, and how that sometimes serves as a reaction to stressful situations. Other themes include the struggles that often come with creative expression, as well as anxiety, phobias and generational trauma, in particular fear of abandonment as portrayed in the relationship between our protagonist and her mother and projected on her relationship with her oldest friend. Our goal was to tackle these themes with the gravitas they deserve but also to sprinkle them with a ray of hope.