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The Shore Screens at the Toronto Film Festival

From left to right: Director Dionysius Zervos, Actress Izabella Miko and the two together at the Toronto Film Festival

"Zervos uses this simple yet devastating narrative as the foundation for his fully realized, beautifully imagined debut. The Shore is a breathtaking example of how less is more: scene after scene underscore how the visual is often far more effective than the verbal. The breezy young mother of the film, Kaliope Harris (Izabelle Miko), leaves her adorable daughter Anna (Erika Shasho) with her parents for a weekend at the shore. Kaliope has decided that she has better things to do, like spending time with Ray (Costas Mandylor), her new boyfriend. The doting Mrs. Harris (Lesley Ann Warren) takes her grandchild to the beach, and on this sunny, innocuous day, she turns her eyes away from Anna for no more than a moment - and the child is gone."

What People Are Saying About the Shore

"Zervos's compositional precision and sound design already suggest a man completely in charge of his medium. The really great news is that this is the first part of a projected trilogy. I'll be lucky to see a better film in the whole festival."

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"one of the best directed films of the year"

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"...is a stunningly effective demonstration of how minimalist direction in concert with truly dramatic storytelling are the primary elements of quality filmmaking."

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