Credits
CREATED BY VIVIEN SINCLAIR & NEFELI SYNESIOU QUAY
EDITOR NEFELI SYNESIOU QUAY
EDIT CONSULTANT VIVIEN SINCLAIR
STARRING ZAFIRENIA TSINAROGLOU, IRINI ANNA GEORGIOU, L FERNANDEZ
CAMERA VIVIEN SINCLAIR, NEFELI SYNESIOU QUAY, ZAFIRENIA TSINAROGLOU
SOUND DESIGN NEFELI SYNESIOU QUA

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Strife in the Streets / Bag was realised through a series of imagined and lived experiences. The imagined story follows two girls wandering the streets catch sight of the colour blue. This triggers their instinctive, almost predatory behaviour. The colour blue belongs to a plastic prototype-like handbag that is being carried by another girl wandering the streets.
One of the songs that is heard in the film was pulled from a real life experience. While wandering through Athens, Vivien and Nefeli heard music coming from a man’s backpack. They followed the sound, asked him what the song was, and he showed them his phone.


The track was later remixed and adapted for the film.

When the man looked up at them, they noticed his bright blue contact lenses. This detail became part of the film, leading Vivien and Nefeli to decide that the girls would wear contact lenses as well. With this final visual element in place, the pre-production phase was complete.
The film was shot over two days using an iPhone 15 and a Canon DSLR. The Canon, fitted with a 75–300mm zoom lens, allowed us to film from a distance, while the iPhone kept us close to our subjects.
The entire shoot was improvised. The story was deliberately kept as something that could be described in a single sentence. The actors’ movements, the locations, and the post-production, specifically the editing and sound, were each given the freedom to shape the film’s meanings and rhythms.