Copa-Loca

Directed by Christos Massalas
2017 • Greece • 14min

This is the story of Copa-Loca, an abandoned Greek summer resort. Paulina is the girl at the heart of Copa-Loca. Everyone cares for her and she cares about everyone – in every possible way.





“Copa-Loca” is an abandoned summer resort; a ‘wonderland’, that has fallen apart. It evolved from my early memories of summer, growing up in the 90s in Greece. Memories of real instances and imagined ones; sparked from the sensationalised imagery I was exposed to, and from the magically-ambiguous words I would hear from the lips of adults: “Cosmopolitan”, “Mai-Tai”, “Gin Fizz”, “Sex on the beach”. This seemed like the “promised land” of adulthood: a never-ending summer, floating in grenadine, burning under a hedonistic sun. But nothing could prepare you for the winter chills of adulthood – of loss and of separation. “Copa-Loca” is this summer-land, revisited.




Christos Massalas was born in Greece in 1986. He is a graduate of the London Film School, LFS. His short films have received multiple prizes and have screened at many international film festivals, including Cannes, New Directors/New Films, Locarno, BFI, Guanajuato, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki and more. He is currently developing "Broadway", his debut feature project which was selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.

Christos Massalas was born in Greece in 1986. He is a graduate of the London Film School, LFS. His short films have received multiple prizes and have screened at many international film festivals, including Cannes, New Directors/New Films, Locarno, BFI, Guanajuato, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki and more. He is currently developing "Broadway", his debut feature project which was selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.

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