Park (2016 film)

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Park
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Film poster
Directed by Sofia Exarchou
Written bySofia Exarchou
Starring Dimitris Kitsos
Music by Alexander Voulgaris
Release date
  • 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)(TIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesGreece
Poland
LanguageGreece

Park is a 2016 Greek-Polish drama film directed by Sofia Exarchou. [1] It was selected to be screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. [2]

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  1. "'Park' wins Karlovy Vary's works in progress prize". ScreenDaily. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. "Park". TIFF. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.