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Six chapters describe the lives and perils of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community which was almost entirely exterminated by the Nazis in 1943. Past and present become an echo chamber in which the viewer experiences, aghast, the madness of humanity.
Lena Konstantinidi, a wealthy young woman who is paralyzed, falls in love with a poor student, Alexis, who sells newspapers to earn money for his studies. The evil stepmother Elsa, who envies her husband's daughter, is opposed to this marriage and does everything she can to thwart it, even going so far as to accuse Alexis of stealing a valuable statuette. However, her plans are completely ruined, thanks to Alex's kindness and the help of a young street vendor whom Alex had taken into his home after the death of his mother.
Seven months after the declaration of the Greco-Italian War, a volunteer nurse and a small group of confidants who take part in the Resistance, face incarceration and horrible tortures, as they refuse to betray their country.
And after much deliberation, the gay Cowboy presented the setting and configuration for the different stages on the process of painting, bleaching, swallowing, riding & haliding whilst chewing a delicious spanakopita. Who is the Gay Cowboy? when did the Gay Cowboy appear? how did the Gay Cowboy deliberate in such elegant and pugnant matter? this film has none of the answers for the questions presented
A young man who dresses up as a soldier so that female tourists can take photos of him at the Acropolis tries to get lucky and marry the girl he loves.
A chain of bizarrely perfect and utterly extraordinary coincidences will convince a superstitious civil engineer that his impoverished long-lost friend is indeed a bearer of good fortune; however, is he truly an invaluable mascot?
Based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol, this blackly comic fairytale is about a lonely social outcast who, in an effort to raise his status at work, spends all his money on a new overcoat, which seemingly gives him the approval he craves. But when it's stolen from him, he cannot return to his previous life of anonymity, leading to a downward spiral from which there is no return.
A method actor commits a heist that goes wrong. He befriends the critically injured victim and tries to reconcile his guilt before his one shot audition in New York.
For many years, Nadja has worked as a housekeeper for an upper class Greek couple and their daughter. She’s allowed to feel like part of the family. When she’s diagnosed with a serious illness, and the man of the house runs into financial difficulties due to the economic crisis, Nadja loses her job. Yet she shows no external sign of how these two traumatic events have affected her.
At first there was the theatrical adaptation, by Manolis Skouloudis, of the legendary Dreyfus Affair (an adaptation based on the novel by Emile Zola). It was then transferred to the cinema. The subject: the early 20th century and the military establishment, with the help of a money-loving and womanizing junior officer (Alekos Alexandrakis), accuses Captain Alfred Dreyfus (Dimitris Myrat) of treason, because he allegedly handed over secrets to the Germans. After a mock trial, where expediency prevailed, Dreyfus was convicted and imprisoned. However, Emile Zola firmly believes in his innocence and, through the press, fights a brave and effective battle, which will lead to the uncovering of the conspiracy and the restoration of the honor of the unjustly slandered captain.
A grieving lover embarks on a dark journey through memory, a lonely cleaner develops an unhealthy fixation on her boss, and a young couple find themselves caught between a dangerous demonic entity and a fanatically religious mother. See your fears and desires reflected in this female-focused collection of strange and twisted tales.
A woman who lives happily with her husband and child discovers that she is suffering from cancer and tries to ensure their happiness after her death, without learning anything about the truth…
"The watcher is in contol. Play or pay the price." I was really lucky to work with all these talanted people, I had such an amazing time making it and I hope you have an amazing time watching it as well! In a world where lockdowns are just a routine due to radiation in the air, a group of teenagers get on a zoom call to have fun while they're at home. But having fun can quickly turn dar when an unknown user named "The watcher" joins. A deadly game of Truth or Dare starts and everything goes downhill when everybody's secrets are revealed. Who will survive, who will die and will go missing is the right question...and who the hell is "The watcher" who hunts them and becomes their worst nightmare...
Set in the period between the two world wars in a seaside village in the bay of Amvrakikos. Two children, Petros (8 years old) and Anthoula (7 years old) spend their summer holidays. During a walk they discover in an isolated shack a boy who lives with his mother. He is rejected by the community because of tuberculosis. Petros and Anthoula become friends with the boy. They encounter the cruelty of the adults and they decide to resist.
Alexander, a tribal warlord and former political prisoner, kidnaps British tourists, holding them for ransom until Britain and the Greek puppet government in Athens meet his demand for amnesty for his band of freedom fighters.
A deliberate injustice forces an orphaned music student to leave home, only to land a job as a pianist for an affluent woman's canaries. Now, it's time to turn the page. Can she find a bright future amid two hundred and one songbirds?
Maria falls in love with George who is a student of her strict father, Andreas Economou. Dolly, a classmate of Maria spends a night with George and the next morning tells Maria about it. ..
Returning to Athens after the end of the World War II, Captain Nikolas finds out what happened to his family from a neighbor.
George Chatzigeorgoulas, sentenced to ten months in prison, the jailer tells of how he was in close. Reading Farsala a book about Casanova decided to come to Athens to live the high life. On the train he met the fiancée namesake cousin, Julia. But the cousin, is not intended to restore the fiancée and the similarity of the name of the cousin would put him in a lot of trouble ..
Mr. Andreadis tries to marry his pregnant daughter and resorts to an employee Dimitris, who falls into a heap scams
When an open-hearted folk man, a butcher of the profession, buys an apartment to stay with his family in a block of flats in a lush neighborhood, the tenants are colluding in order to get him away. The only defenders are the concierge and a general who will think of a clever way to correct the situation.
Two James Bond fans, Kosmas and Damianos Bouralas, own a wine bar and hold a 5% stake in an industry. Mikes Pararas, who owns 47.5% of the same industry, is a wealthy man who, together with his partner Telis Hatzineftis, exploits and mistreats the employees and steals from the company. The arrival of the owner of the other 47.5%, Rita Pavlidi, will help the two friends take control of the business, after Chrysopodaros' misdeeds are revealed.
As the lights flicker on a warm August night, amidst vacant Athens' stillness, a modern bohemian flirts with a woman he just met at a phone booth, while strolling around the city's quiet night streets.
Renowned German organist Anna discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal, shaking the foundation of their life together. Can she come to terms with this new reality about her husband?
The whole male population of Katochori is in love with the niece of former president Katsikaris. The village is the American archaeologist John Bull and the president did not miss an opportunity, as a man unexpectedly appeared, willing to dig the fields ...
A crime that took place somewhere in the Greek province is covered by the media. Everyone is looking for answers, but the small village community knows that the victim was a father-master who had an affair with his daughter.
An active building contractor hires a failed private detective, Pantelis. His mission is to sabotage her competitor, Bastounas, who is planning to build a hotel complex. When Bastounas forgets the suitcase with the money for the purchase of the land on which the hotel will be built, Pantelis will do everything he can to delay his secretary, who is responsible for delivering the money to him.
An avid fan of football and fan of Panathinaikos falls for the daughter a fan of Olympiakos. The effort to reconcile with the father of the girl, and perennial football rival, will be full of misunderstandings and humorous.
Spiridon Peresiadis (1864 - 1918) was one of the best writers of the dramatic idylls and mountain adventure genre that flourished into the late nineteenth century in Greece. In 1894, Peresiadis wrote Golfo, a story of love, jealousy and betrayal. In a village near Mount Helmos where the waters of the River Styx of Mavroneri flow, the young Golfo and Tassos swear eternal love to one another. True to her word, Golfo rejects a nobleman who wishes to marry her, but Tassos breaks his oath and agrees to wed a rich young woman instead. When he changes his mind, it is too late and the forces of destiny continue to their inevitable conclusion
A doctor from Paris travels to North Africa to investigate the murder of a friend and find a lost boy.
A conceited businessman, who thinks that he has struck oil, starts a petroleum company and catches the attention of money-grubbing swindlers. Can his secretary help him see that this reckless enterprise is nothing but an elaborate hoax?
Lampros, a successful journalist and his wife, Christina, who also writes in a magazine, have been constantly confused. In each of these battles, nostalgia refers to Stephanos, a youth of love. One night Lambros meets Stephanos, who after many years does not respond to his old image. But he avoids telling his wife, not to be disappointed. She thinks she is beating her, hiding her where she was all night and starting the divorce process. When I add to all this and the flirting of a young lawyer, Christina's mother will take over the problem ...
BREARTH is an exploration of the interplay between body, breath, and clay, situated within an enclosed, limited space. It was created as part of my dance research "Energy and Matter" in which I looked into dance as a transformation of energy and as a process of exchange of qualities between human and other material bodies. I perceive it as an investigation into life, viewed through the lens of breath and matter.Through movement and vocal improvisation, themes such as the confrontation with mortality, the experience of time, as well as the redefinition of our relationship with ourselves emerged during this exploration.
Hope lives with her husband on the mountain, and all summer makes charcoal in a kiln in the heart of the forest. When it reaches the village the recently released from prison Marco, under the pretext of the foot treatment, hanging out every day, and promises to take her back home, Kavala, which has much nostalgia.
The true story of a young couple (Babis and Eleni) fighting for love and freedom. An odyssey in and out of prisons during the dark period between the Greek civil war until the end of dictatorship in 1974.
A kind-hearted man from the Greek province falls deeply in love with the beautiful daughter of his self-made entrepreneur boss. However, complications arise when another suitor enters the equation. Who will prevail in this romantic test?
A kind-hearted man from the Greek province falls deeply in love with the beautiful daughter of his self-made entrepreneur boss. However, complications arise when another suitor enters the equation. Who will prevail in this romantic test?
Two friends, a military and a journalist, after the collapse of the Albanian front, go to Macedonia to organize resistance against the Bulgarians.
Tore Andersson is a depressed 43 year old sport journalist living in Stockholm. His girlfriend has left him so he decides to take a vacation in Cyprus.
The plain of Thessaly, 1910. The tenant farmers suffer untold hardships, both from the Arvanites invaders who ravage and seize their possessions and from the chief landlord of the area Stratos Karatzas, who claims the lion’s share of their harvest. The dynamic daughter of one of the tenant farmers, Maya, who is about to get married to a young farmer, Lefteris, leads their struggle for better conditions and confronts Karatzas – as well as his niece Vgenio, who also wants Lefteris. The latter plots and succeeds to separate them. Lefteris leaves for the army and Karatzas persuades Maya to marry him. Lefteris is captured during an ambush set by the Turks, but in the end he is set free and returns to Maya’s arms forever.
Greek Sarakatsani community members, a former group of nomadic animal breeders, share personal experiences and discuss the concept of identity in today's world. A tribute to collective memory through an experiential journey that sets out from the past, progresses into the present, and contemplates the future.
A failed poet discovers that his mother has marketed him as a local "Pythia," bringing in customers at night to listen to his recitation. At first he gets angry, but then he decides to take control of the business, leading the whole thing to a total disaster.
Tassos is a kiosk owner who is in love with Foula. He has a constant fear of vehicles speeding past his kiosk. His friend Vangelis wants to help him overcome his fear. A series of strange events, misunderstandings, and unrequited love will lead to the marriage of Tasos and Foula.
A 50 year old journalist, son of a civil war hero, who died fighting for the right forces is shattered, when he recognizes him in a documentary, fighting for the communists. He starts searching for the truth, despite his family's objections, who fear that they will lose privileges if the status of the dead changes after the search.
Cosmas (Kostas Hadjichristos) learns that his mother needs to be immediately subjected to surgery. He asks the help of a relative (Nikos Fermas) to cover the expenses. He finds it difficult to overcome them, as he tries to raise money to marry his eminent heart (Martha Vourtsi). His relative agrees to pay, but asks Kosma to marry the Spanish singer (Martha Karayiannis) of the cabaret she runs, so that she can stay legally in Greece. Marriage becomes a secular event and is publicized, creating in Kosmas many problems and misunderstandings with his fiancé. Ultimately, a series of happy times will cancel the fake marriage, mother's surgery, and leave Kosmas the money to marry and start married life with greater financial comfort.
During World War II in Greece, under the submission of Germans, one Christian, Giorgos, falls in love with a Jewish, Estrea, something completely forbidden. Can they and their families overcome all the obstacles, along with racial discriminations and hardship? The story mainly takes place in an ouzeria, in which Tsitsanis works, one of the greatest Greek composer, librettist and singer in the 20th century.
Panagiotis and Giannis are two good friends but also rivals in love. The first is a merchant and the second a violinist; one is tall and slim and the other short and fat; one is bossy, the other one mild. Both make an inimitable comic couple, wandering in the Peloponnese, looking for a date tree that will prove the innocence or guilt of the wife of one of them and possibly lover of the other. They are guided by an old picture depicting Panagiotis' wife, Maria, in the arms of Giannis, under a date tree. However, the area of their search, there are no date trees.
Elena, a Romanian single mother in Athens, dreams of a better future and a sense of belonging she has long been denied. When she is unjustly fired, her fragile world collapses, and her long-suppressed activist spirit awakens. Determined to seek justice, she turns to Yota, a charismatic lawyer, and discovers a bond that rekindles her desire to live, to open her heart, and to raise her head with dignity. As Elena confronts systemic injustice and fights to reclaim her voice, she will have to courageously decide what matters most: her family, her ideals, or the chance to love again.
Antonis is the nephew of the good-hearted grocer Harilaos Toukouras. He is slothful and lazy but he is the only heir to his uncle, who considers marriage as the only solution to his nephew’s problems. That’s why he is looking for a bride for him by checking the newspaper ads. Due to a printing error, an ad for the sale of a sewing machine appears in the personal ads column, bringing uncle and nephew to the house of a serious and honest estate agent who has two single sisters.
Lefteris makes a safe life in Mr Ganttemis' company. He has begun to get tired of his relationship with Rena and thinks of his death, leaving money for security. One day he goes fishing, directing his drowning. She will change life and meet Christina. Discovering the asphalt's body, she takes Rena's security money and gathers them with Sotiris, the proffer of Lefteris.
When the twenty eight -year-old Kostas who has recently become a security guard in a public hospital, is forced to take over the guardianship of his little niece, he gets involved in a medical scam to make ends meet.
The occupation of students just before the Panhellenic effervescence inducing s`ena public high school in Piraeus. On the first day of the Panhellenic found dead in the toilets George, with a syringe stuck in the arm. All his friends swear that their informal leader never took drugs. The investigations are difficult and the youth does not show any willingness to cooperate.
When one fine morning a peaceful neighborhoods disrupted by the unexpected disappearance of a Latvian manicurist, Iocasti Papadamou joins forces with ingenious, albeit completely naive, neighbor in order to shed light on the bizarre case.
