A short film series premiered at the official site of American Novelist Alysia Helming, titled “Footsteps in Athens” staring Alysia with Greek singer Kostas Martakis. At the same time the new Jewellery collection “Protogenesis Jewelry Line” by ANATOL, inspired by the best-seller, was also presented.
The newly premiered films, inspired by Protogenesis, allow viewers to explore must-see locations in modern-day Athens visited by the book’s protagonists, also bringing a few scenes from the book to life onscreen!
These places include the Monastiraki, Plaka, Lycabettus Hill, the Athens Riviera and more. This is the first time since the ‘60s that the Greek Ministry of Culture has issued a permit for an exclusive filming inside the Temple of Poseidon and Ancient Agora!
The gorgeously crafted short-film series with sweeping scenery of Greece is hosted by Greek music star Kostas Martakis and will be submitted to the world’s largest film festivals!
This is not the first time that American Novelist Alysia Helming collaborates with Kostas Martakis as they have recently joined forces for the making of the books’ soundtrack Forever and Tonight while he has also been an inspiration of one the books’ characters.
The Novel
In Protogenesis, fiction and ancient mythology converge in modern-day Greece. The novel follows Helene, an American teenage girl whose entire life is thrown into disarray when her mother suddenly disappears. She moves to Greece to live with a relative and must navigate how to fit into her new life and transform into the powerful woman she really is. While investigating her mother’s disappearance, Helene discovers a portal to the world of planet Gaea, where Greek mythology comes to life…
Author Alysia Helming’s debut novel, Protogenesis, is the absorbing first installment in the self-titled seven-part YA series. The book, which spent three consecutive weeks as a best-selling novel on Amazon, is available in e-book as well as collector’s edition hard-cover and paperback.
The Protogenesis Jewelry Line
Η νέα σειρά κοσμημάτων ANATOL, the Protogenesis collection!
ANATOL Greek fine jewelry designer, Evan became so enchanted with the Protogenesis story and the unique way that the mythical elements tie in with modern, real life that he designed an exclusive Protogenesis Jewelry Line available now here!
Helming’s exciting real-life story has led to the creation of a reality-based docu-drama TV series titled Meet Me in Greece, inspired by the making of the Protogenesis novel series. More updates coming soon on Meet Me in Greece.
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