EMERGING GREEKS COMPETITION

Life in a Beat – by Amerissa Basta

Lena is a 20-year-old woman who lives in Athens with her family and works at a local supermarket. As their home is poor, always messy and full of tension, she wants to move out and start a life of her own. Everything changes for Lena, when she gets fired from her job and at the same time she finds out that she is pregnant. Life in a Beat is a realistic, anthropocentric story, harsh and tender at the same time. What if keeping her baby is the only way to keep her job?

Amerissa Basta

Amerissa Basta lives in Athens and works in Communications at Publication Industry. She has studied Communication and Mass Media and holds an MA in Cultural Management (Panteion University, Athens). She also holds an MA on Creative Writing and Screenwriting (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). She has been writing scripts and directing short films since 2010, having completed seven short films and a documentary so far. Life in a Beat is her first feature film.