Project Detail

Constantinopoliad

Hands opening the small cover pages of a book, with the title 'Constantinopoliad' above, and text revealed within the pages.
Behind a gauze curtain people wearing headphones and looking down at the books on the table infront of them.
a hand-made book on a table, with a desk lamp above it, orange light reflecting off the pages.
The sillouettes of people through a gauze curtain, reading books in a green light.

Synopsis

Constantinopoliad is an expanded documentary and installation that centers around the collective reading of a hand-made book. A response to the archive of the poet Constantine Cavafy, the story is inspired by the blank and torn out pages in “Constantinopoliad, an epic”, the journal the teenage Cavafy began when he and his family fled Alexandria; by lost and missing queer archives through time; and by the ghosts, both erotic and historical, that visit the older Cavafy in his poems.
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2025 - Immersive
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025 - Inter:Active Award - Winner

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
XR / Immersive
Running time
55 min
Format
Installation
Director
sister sylvester and Nadah El Shazly
Producer
sister sylvester
Co-Producer
Onassis ONX
Executive Producer
sister sylvester
Editor
sister sylvester
Screenwriter
sister sylvester
Production Designer
sister sylvester and Efrin Ozyetis
Sound
Nadah El Shazly
Composer
Nadah El Shazly
Principal cast
sister sylvester and Nadah El Shazly
Illustration and book co-design
Efrîn Ozyetis
Lighting
Cosette (Ettie) Pin
Slides
Jeremy Kadetsky based on a design by Tei Blow
Dramaturgy
Andrew Kircher
Produced by
sister sylvester
Associate Produced by
Julia Solomonoff, Marin Day

Production Status

Production Company

Sales Company

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