Desert Rose by Evangeline Victoria & Kris Vasslaos

DESERT ROSE A cinematic violin experience Performed by Evangeline Victoria Directed by Kris Vassalos Desert Rose Manifesto by Kris Vassalos We are all longing for a greater love. Something that is unbound and ethereal, yet still feels like home. Along our journey, we come to understand different meanings of what that love can look like, how it may feel. At its core, every form of love should lift us beyond ourselves, allowing us to see this life for what it truly is: a place that teaches us how to love and reveals who we are fundamentally. Bound by fate, we inevitably must explore what love means through the eyes of the self. Self-acceptance demands courage. It also asks for a rebirth. We must let something die before we can cultivate something new in our lives. When the dark waters engulf you, don’t resist; only from that depth can we see the glimmer at the surface. Love is a journey. When we lean into its curiosity, it liberates. Peaceful, and endlessly flowing. An Excerpt from The Orphic Hymns: Hera, (my love) Life does not exist without you. You are in everything, even in the air we revere. You are queen, you are mistress. O blessed goddess, may you come with kindness upon your joyous face. Credits: Violinist | Evangeline Victoria Director | Kris Vassalos Produced by | Evangeline Victoria & Kris Vassalos DOP, Colour, Soundscape Mix | Kris Vassalos MUA & Hair Athens | Ashleigh Evans MUA & Hair Santorini | Julia Afanasenka 1st AD & PA | Alex Papadopoulos Assistant Editors | Sunny Fong & Kimon Kaketsis Aerial Cinematographer | Panos Barbopoulos Jewellery Designer | Konstantina Spanou Production Design | Georgios Aslanidis Location Manager | Mark Da Costa Music: Violin | Evangeline Victoria Producer | Luke Batterbury Bouzouki | Pantelis Krestas Original Artist | Sting Original Songwriters | Sting, Cheb Rabah Original Producers | Sting, Kipper Gratitude • Ευγνωμοσύνη: Boat Operator | Giorgios Sigalas Flowers Athens | Marios Vallianos Flowers Santorini | Calyx Hotel | MOD Santorini Prop Rentals | The Loom Location Manager Μπάγκειον | Nik Andreou Horse Riding Akrotiri Thank you for witnessing this story. May it remind you that love - for self, others, and the unknown - is an endless unfolding. 🌹✨