Discoveries from Greece World Cinema

Anna decides with her lover Vasilis to devise a plan to kill her husband, Levidis. Their accomplice is the notary Karantinos. However, their adopted daughter discovers what they are planning to do...

In order to shoot his first film, Alex decides to follow his agent's advice. Carrying his ambitious script, Alex arrives in Athens planning to meet an eccentric producer, but a couple of gangsters confuses him with "the man" they have been waiting from Berlin.

Panos Pampanos has a double life. For Thalia, the daughter of his best friend and his protege, is a moral man of strict principles. But, he is nothing but a party animal hiding behind behind the mask of a nephew he has invented himself. Misunderstandings succeed one another...

The daughter of a miser grocer react to their father's effort to marry with the man he approves. When her uncle from America and her older sister arrive, the situation radically changes, because the new arrivals happen to be open-minded and view things in a different light.

A newlywed man who has just completed his national service, Alekos Stathakis, is trying to get over his class' misery, but doesn't have the necessary "equipment". He conceives an ambitious plan and submits it to a great concrete factory. He seems to believe that success is just around the corner and shares his illusion with his wife and his father. When his plan is rejected by the company, he keeps it to himself, making things even worse. He keeps leaving home to seemingly go to work and wanders to no purpose in Athens. He watches the world around him without really seeing anything, until a fatal accident ends his tragedy

The relationship between a doctor and his wife gets broken after he came home late last night. Meanwhile, he has to pretend to be a dressmaker because of a misunderstanding between him and the furious fiancé of an old girlfriend he met.

A love story with unpredictable twists and turns between perception and reality, love and its complications and the faults of human nature, Apo Erota (Lovestruck) is a romantic tale with a twist.

The first human clone (Mike) was robbed during a cigarette stop in NY. In order to escape from mafia he travels to Karditsa to change place with his clone (Grigoris)

An actress, Ririka, charms a maharaja who is visiting Greece. She will use her charm to secure the maharaja's help for all her relatives, associates, and friends, who urgently need a boost to their careers.

A gently ironic portrait of a midlife crisis. Pavlos takes over the job of building manager just as a sewage pipe bursts. Will Pavlos succeed in fixing the broken sewage pipe before he can fix his own wrecked life? Director Hoursoglou succeeds in creating a faithful, entertaining, and even touching portrait of "ordinary" interpersonal relations.

The consistency of a family with 13 children tested when a childless couple asks Americans to adopt the 14th located in his mother's belly.

Lambros has a bizarre office that does crazy jobs, because he is not a fan of the "Fake pie to eat" theory, but he also puts his hand on every time he wants to reach a happy ending in a neighborhood. But he believes that marriage is a bad thing, until the day when the female Satan, using tricks similar to his own, appears in front of him.

In this Greek romantic comedy, Athens bus lines manager Voulis (Giorgos Ninios) has given up trying to salvage his marriage. Instead, he devotes time and energy to feeling-up cute commuters, eventually developing a fascination with one passenger in particular.

A wealthy family is on a cruise. A rich young man falls in love with the family's maid and mistakes her for the businessman's daughter. A singer falls in love with the real daughter, and when he arrives with the rich young man at the businessman's house to ask for the rich daughter's hand in marriage, a misunderstanding arises with funny twists and turns.

A prisoner of war who escaped from Albania claims to be a major in the Greek army named Alexandros Vergis, causing great confusion within the army, since Vergis had escaped a year ago and now works for Greek counterintelligence. The shock for Vergis' wife and the niece of the head of counterintelligence, General Gerakaris, is immense. The two men look like two peas in a pod, and the grueling interrogations that follow aim to unravel the mystery and expose the traitor.

By closing his pharmacy, Panagiotis Panagiotidis falls on a provocative stranger, Lulu, who leads him to a beach for swimming and then drives him home. There, he learns that he is called Jordan Steka, that Lulu is his wife and that he suffers from a personality split. He asks for police assistance, but the policeman is convinced that he is crazy and he asks for a psychiatrist to prove him suffering from a personality split.

Two brothers return to their childhood island, long-buried secrets force them to confront a dark past that binds them together.

A lawyer, who represents the German government against the Greek reparation claims for Nazi crimes in World War II, travels to Greece and meets one of the remaining survivors of the Kalavryta massacre that took place in 1943.

In 1943, a commando team wants to try to destroy the largest airport of the Germans in Crete. The leader of the commando, Nikitas is Cretan, but Lefteris, who is the leader of the resistance group, refuses to help him. Eventually the mission succeeds, but Nikitas is captured. Then the resistance fighters attack in prison and release the prisoners who were to be executed.

Penniless and without a future, an English teacher agrees to tutor a pampered woman, only to become enmeshed in a strange reality and a downward spiral of desire and illusion, guilt and self-contempt. Will the ugly truth set him free?

A young chemical engineer finds a new job in a multinational corporation. As he climbs the career ladder, he loses his humanity.

Babis and Dinos have a driving school in partnership with several customers. And while fetching Dinos manages to combine a joy of life with his conquests, the Wretch Babis, left the thicker, the poor and elderly clients faculty ..

Antonis is a wealthy peasant who finds out that his son spends money and time partying instead of studying. He decides to visit him and restore him to track but instead of achieving his purpose, he falls into the trap of sweet life too.

Athens 1967. The political assassinations and the background between the government and foreign powers, on the occasion of the "Polk Case", where an innocent leftist was convicted for the murder of an American journalist in Greece.

A countryman arrives in Athens to make it big and becomes a millionaire overnight. However, a duo of swindlers has set their sights on getting their hands on his fortune. Will he discover the hard way that more money means more problems?

Summer 2018. As the tension between Greece and Turkey escalates, a big earthquake brings a small island to the surface of the Aegean sea. Both Greeks and Turks rush in to conquer the island, but since none of the countries wish to disrupt the summer, both sides are left alone on the island.

Pelops (Nikos Tsouka), after the appearance of the deceased brother and he has discovered a method of preparing gasoline, desperately trying to find the missing ingredient to complete the formulation. His friends (Stathis Psaltis and Antonis Papadopoulos) attempt to chase away ghosts that haunt him, which is no more than two people (Mari Karavia and Markos Lezes) who want to drive Pelops to explore the house, inside in which is hidden a treasure.

The story of a talented yet self-destructive soccer player in Greece. Based on the novel of the same name by Menis Koumandareas, the film narrates the life and works of Vassilis Seretis, a young, unknown, poor, but talented and ambitious football player, who dreams of conquering the pitches. The hero is willing to give everything and suffer whatever it takes in order to conquer the football world. With his talent as his only weapon, he tries to define his destiny, on a route from Thessaloniki, to Volos and from there to Athens. With him, we taste the mud of the fields, the loneliness of the countryside, the "sold out" matches, but also the ephemeral glow of success. Pantelis Voulgaris signs a film that left an era, as, in addition to its original directorial perspective, it outlines the phenomenon of Greek football in a poetic and at the same time realistic way.

Something changes in the relationship of Achilleas and Anna when she starts to dream vividly and insists on relating her dreams to her husband. He is a barrister in the middle of an important murder trial and his temper becomes frayed with Anna's seeming indifference and involvement and preoccupation with her dream world.

“Xa mou” means “to do whatever I feel like” in the Cretan idiom. Johnny, the film’s main character, is a French man who lives in Crete. He unexpectedly loses his job, but he is reborn when he discovers the small pleasures in everyday life.

In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates finds himself in the centre of a murder investigation that exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.

Alekos (Dinos Iliopoulos) is in love with Voula (Maria Voulgari) whose brother threatens to kill him if he doesn't marry her soon. Alekos' father (Pantelis Zervos) on the other hand insists that Alekos' sister (Zoe Laskari) has to get married before him. His sister Annoula (Zoe Laskari) is in love with Antonis (Stephanos Stratigos) and pressures him to ask for her hand in marriage from her family. Antonis meets Alekos by accident at a cafe in Panorama - they don't know each other - and advises him to use the infalible method of "escaping through an engagement" to calm down Voula's brother. This is after all what he intends to do himself... And God help them...

A documentary that is a deep exploration of gender identity within the context of Greek society, providing a multi-layered narrative that reflects the experiences of individuals navigating the complexities of gender in a culture where these topics are still emerging. Over four years, the filmmakers captured intimate stories of people confronting their gender identities, revealing how personal, societal, and familial expectations shape their journeys. The documentary aims to challenge the traditional norms of gender and to give voice to those whose experiences are often marginalized. It marks a significant step in Greece’s cinematic exploration of LGBTQ+ themes and is a pivotal contribution to the global conversation on gender identity.

Poet Lord Byron decides to fight with the Greek revolutionaries in Missolonghi against the Turks but instead the glorious battle wrestles with fever and his own demons.

Much to his surprise and not a moment too soon, the young long-term unemployed, Achilleas Taleporos, realises that his striking resemblance to his twin sister and traffic officer, Varvara, will finally land him a steady job, provided that he went the extra mile to succeed. Suddenly, his sister's uniform, a pair of black almond-toe pumps, a flaxen wig and a little bit of make-up will open the doors to the Police Academy, where "Varvara", amidst an all-female class, gets a rigorous training. But, now that the new recruit in disguise is finally accepted, what are the chances of finding true love in the most unusual of places?

The brief but intense encounter of a Greek police officer and a Syrian refugee changes the way the two see this world.

A party of couples from Athens is planning to attend the performance of Medea in Ancient Epidaurus. They set off in their cars bright and early in the morning, combining their theater outing with a side trip to Nauplion. They stop at a railroad junction for the train to pass. There Mado recognizes the fleeting figure of the man standing at the window of the train and she faints.

The everyday lives of some international football players before and after a big game.

Explorations of the effect nature can have on humans, as explored via a navy officer lost at sea, and a child in a field.

At a small village, somewhere in Greece, a 10-year old boy gets raped by a powerful man. The boy's mother (who suffers from cancer) tries to prove who is the guilty one. In the meanwhile, the movie goes on showing how teenagers become male prostitutes. It depicts Athens in a very decadent way. A reporter starts working on an article about this case and gets beaten by a bunch of gay bikers! Teenage boys get laid with wealthy middle-aged men who pay well for these 'services'. One of these boys strangles his wealthy client and he is immediately arrested.

Under the guise of a false identity, a cardiothoracic surgeon finds happiness again in the shape of a lively amusement park employee; however, all secrets, eventually, come out. Is this the end of their brief but passionate relationship?

With his pockets crammed with cash, a countryman in Athens becomes the target of a plotting compatriot and a beautiful singer who want to rinse him for every penny. But, he's already in love with the girl next door. Can he win this bet?

Tilemachos has been for many years now engaged to Fofo, who is pressuring him to get married. But he first wants to marry off his sister, who has passed “the usual” age for marriage. Tilemachos is desperate, and he decides to find a husband for his sister by advertising in the newspapers.

A typical experimental film, in which a variety of audiovisual techniques are used to create the sense of polymorphic eroticism as developed by European and Mediterranean cinematography of the 20th century. Combining the methods of “animation” and “live action”, this intricate work embodies the idea of an “ars combinatoria”. The structure is loose, with neither a central axis nor a point where everything converges, contributing greatly to the open-ended character of the film, where rhythm is the key element.

Dimitris Lembessis gets out of prison, pays his friend Stratos a visit and kills him. With Ilias he organizes a big jewel heist. During the operation they discover that someone has ratted on them. In their attempt to escape, a police officer is killed and Ilias is mortally wounded...

When he loses his son from overdose, in his school, the outraged father will look for the villains responsible for the loss of his child. At the same time, a journalist covers the narrative report on drugs in schools. With her help, the father will discover the gang leader with whom traded smuggled drinks for himself.

Stamatis cannot get over his breakup with Katerina. He stays locked inside, until one night Katerina visits him with one purpose only: to get him out of the house.

Anna has lost her memory but she hasn’t forgotten how to cook. One night she shows up in a working-class neighborhood. There she meets Roula and gets a job as a cook and a place to stay at his shabby seaside tavern. In the kitchen, amidst the scents of spices and old forgotten recipes, Anna struggles to rebuild her past. Her simple but delicious food awakens memories for the regulars who in turn help her to reconnect with herself. The story takes an unexpected turn when Roula suddenly stumbles upon the Green Sea and discovers Anna’s true identity.

Reluctantly, an otherwise honest paterfamilias accepts his shady friend's proposition to start a career in crime. Now, his daughter is in love with the son of a wealthy target. Will the kind robber renounce his former self for her sake?

DIRECTOR'S NOTE: I want to do a cinematic experiment. I invite the audience of Thessaloniki, the city that discovered me cinematically in 1997, to come see my new film without knowing anything other than the title and the fact that it is a romantic, Gouldian comedy. The "CLASSICAL MASTERPIECE" then, somewhere in mid-May, at the legendary Cine APOLLON. I will be there with great emotion and curiosity.

A young Greek man goes to Paris seeking help from a solitary and almost misanthropic distant relative who works as a furrier. With him, he takes nothing from his homeland but a photograph of a woman that he finds on the pavement. A misunderstanding regarding the photograph sets off a series of dramatic misunderstandings which trap him in a vicious circle of lies and fantasies.

Spying a lissome young woman standing topless on a nearby balcony, Giorgos (Andreas Barcoulis) climbs up onto a nearby rooftop to get a better look. At a critical moment in his climb, his family and friends call out to him and he falls, suffering a terrible blow to the head. Ineed, at the hospital, the family is told that he is brain dead, and that if they like, his heart can be given to someone else as a transplant. Giorgos' grieving wife (Betty Livanou) agrees to this arrangement. The film now follows the recipient of the dead man's heart (Giorgos Constas), as he wanders all over Greece, driven by his newly lusty heart into the arms of many beautiful women. Eventually he is led to the one woman his new heart truly loved, Giorgios' wife.

A tavern in Piraeus, Kyr Giorgis Adhesive (Dionysis Papagiannopoulos) has sent his son John in Europe, where he turns educated. He marries a woman of high society, the Riris Kalantzi, elected MP. It is absorbed rapidly from the social environment of the mother-in which is told that his father is owner. Kyr Giorgis should eventually appear in the salons. Man folk as they have to go through special training to suit the new environment. Very quickly, however, the student becomes a teacher of high society and gives lessons of honesty and fairness in the pretentious and sometimes scammers bourgeois, whose grandparents were sailing folk jobber.

In a beautiful mountain village, a peculiar confectioner, Mr. Panagiotis is forced due to circumstances to hide little Fani from everyone in his house. Quickly, his two grandchildren and a friend of theirs discover the hidden Fani and thus the gang of five is formed. The four children and Mr. Panagiotis live a wonderful adventure between reality and fairy tale. But first they have to fool everyone, the daughter of Mr. Panagiotis, the village doctor and all the residents of the small society. Their obstacles are endless and after going through a thousand and two twists and trials, they will be revealed and they will have to face the consequences of their actions. Will everyone live happily ever after?

A widow wants to remarry, but as often as he tries to flirt with younger women he faces the rivalry of his own son.

Fragogiannou, an elderly woman born and raised in a male-dominated society, believes that the birth of a girl brings misery to both the child and its family. Starting with her own newborn granddaughter, she commits crimes against young girls.

The Alceste (Betty Livanos) is a fifty-year woman with two daughters, who still retains the youthful glow of years. The decision to follow her lover to England resulted completely disrupt relations with Mika (Christiana Matzouranis), her great daughter. When Alcestis decides to settle in Greece, wants to make a new beginning with her daughters. But Mika confronts her icily, and never accepted behavior of her mother. A legacy in Galaxidi addressed Alcestis and her daughters, imposing the coexistence of the family. Only that Mika has decided to send a representative to husband, Marino (Haris Romas), a winemaker ... Behind the aggressive attitude of Marino for the charming mother of hiding a strange eroticism to unforeseen development, which causes many comical situations ...

The soul of a young woman experiences the five stages of grief, before moving on to the afterlife.

One night in the 1920s, a poor young man sneaks into the house of the girl he loves, hoping to be near her. After a brief chase up the stairs, she leaves, but shortly afterwards she throws down a gauntlet from above. He leaves with hope, not understanding what it really means.

Following a person stuck in their routine, the film explores in a nonlinear narrative of the psychological phenomenon of jamais vu. in psychology, jamais vu, a french loanword meaning “never seen”, is the phenomenon of experiencing a situation that one recognizes in some fashion, but that nonetheless seems novel and unfamiliar.