THE FIREBIRD

– A film by ANTONIS TSONIS —

Ficino Films Presents The Firebird
CREW

Executive Producers

Antonis Tsonis and Stamatia Spanos Tsonis

Producers

Stamatia Spanos Tsonis and Nikita Ballas

Associate Producer and Editor

Tim Isaacson

Cinematographer

David Williams

Composer

John Phillips

Written and Directed by

Antonis Tsonis

Assistant Production Manager

Lawrie Alush-Jaggs

1st Camera Assitant

Will Sheridan

2nd Camera Assitant

Clayton Smith

Sound Recordist

Keith Bottomley

Boom Operator

Jason Albury

Gaffer

Michael Hughes

Grip

Dean Garro

Stills

Sean Rafter

Art Director

Tess Clarke

Artwork

Ryan Salazar Acosta

Make up & Special Effects

Kerry Tseros

Assitant make up artist

Vi Nygien

Assistant to the Director

Ilias Plessias

Post Production

Method Studios
Mastering & VFX Jamie Scott

Colourist

Roslyn Di Sisto

Sound Design & Mix

Sam Hopgood & Richard Buxton

Post Coordinator

Bronwyn Ketels

Hair Stylist for Lottie BettsDean

Lisa Skoyrtaniotis

2nd Unit Production Team

John Houndalas
George Papadakis
Manolis Papadakis

Electrical Works

Conway Electrics

Catering

Vanilla Lounge

Cultural Consultants

Khash Mehr & Nasrin Saremi
Poem by Saadi, excerpt from The Gulistan
Poem by Rumi, You worry too much
Translated by Shahram Shiva

Thanks to

KIB Insurance Brokers
Aus Air Australia
Lifeguards Victoria
Yarra Trams
Regent Theatre Melbourne

Caroline Logan from Freelancers Promotions
Bill and Toula Papageorgiou
Payman Mehr and Nasrin Saremi
Rodney Richard
John Koullas
Chantal Correale
Jeff Santalucia from East West Farmers
Ted McGowan from the Mordialloc Boating and Angling Club
John Pompei
Behruz Aligorgi from Behruz Studio
Tram Extras

Special thanks to

Wayne Blair
Angeliki Tsonis

Filmed in Victoria

CAST

Omid

Amir Aligorgi

Young Omid

Kamyar Mehr

Shahin

Khash Mehr

Roya

Rebecca Bebehani

Police Sergent

John A Jani

Boat Captain

John Pompei

Arezoo

Tanya Ali Jani

Fereshteh

Vanessa Rodwal

Haleh

Niki Melabiotis

Boat People

Sonia & Tom Karamzalis,

Dead refugee

Angelo Paschalidis

Guard ‘Sam’

Sloane Willing

Detention Centre Official

Dimitris Plessias

Guards

Mark Smith
Joey Ianzano
Matt Hurley

Toby Aguero

Michali Mandalis

Frank Abrahams

Lawrie Alush-Jaggs

Chief Pilot

Gordon Brown

Arthur

Thanasis Spanos

Man getting off tram

Ilias Plessias

Couple on tram

Paul Kousounis &
Alexandra Churchward

Commuter with suitcase

Kosta Theodore

Theatre Producer

Nick Mylonas

Opera Singer

Lotte Betts Dean