Jury. Produced by Maria Drandaki (Homemade Films), with Titus Kreyenberg (unafilm), Ellen Havenith (PRPL), Olle Wirenhed (Kakadua Films), Anthony Muir (Film I Väst), Meinolf Zurhorst (ZDF/ARTE) and Yaba Holst (Svensk Filminstitutet) co-producing, the Greek-German-Dutch-Swedish co-production started shooting in September 2017. The production was supported by Eurimages, Creative Europe - Media, the Greek Film Centre, the Film und Medienstiftung NRW, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive and the Swedish Film Institute. Filming took place in Missolonghi, the Aetolia-Acarnania region, Arta and Athens. Extensive shootings took place at the Missolonghi lake and the deltas of the rivers Achelous and Arachthos. The scenes of the industrial production of the eel were shot at the Geitonas eel hatchery in Arta. Petrus Sjövik was the film's director of photography and Jorien Sont the film's production designer. Costumes were designed by Marli Aliferi. Hair, make-up and make-up VFX were designed by Linda Boije af Gennäs and Evi Zafiropoulou. The film's original music was composed by three varied musicians: Swedish classical composer Jean-Paul Wall, the Greek alternative minimal techno band drog_A_tek, and pop songwriter Phoebus. Jean-Paul Wall's themes were recorded by the Göteborg String Orchestra, conducted by Joachim Gustafsson. It was edited by Andreas Wodraschke. Release The first international teasers of the film appeared in Variety in October 2018 and the first international trailer at The Hollywood Reporter in January 2019. The film premiered at the Panorama section of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. Its official premiere took place at the Zoo Palast, and was presented by Michael Stultz. New Europe Film Sales announced its theatrical release in a series of territories (including Germany, Greece, Poland, Korea, and Sweden), and the film continued its festival outings with participations at the 2019 BiFan - Bucheon Fantastic International Film Festival (Asian premiere), the Beaune International Thriller Festival, the International Istanbul Film Festival, the Transylvania International Film Festival, among others. Reception After its premiere in Berlinale, the Guardian's film critic Peter Bradshaw gave the film a 3/5 star review, calling it "A Lynchian psychodrama in the sun" and "a disquieting spectacle of strangeness". The Hollywood Reporter and Screen International praised the film for its direction, imagery and the committed performances of Angeliki Papoulia and Youla Boudali, while criticising elements of the script's narrative construction and pace. Guy Lodge in Variety wrote that "“A Blast director Syllas Tzoumerkas returns with an agitated, atmospheric and sometimes confounding exercise