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Stathis Xetrypis, a naive policeman patrolling in an area frequented by prostitutes. As not yet enough, the commander, to confer the protection of Elsa, a secret policeman, trying to find a gang of drug dealers.
Odysseus, a typical bourgeois, married and father of two, is working in the accounting department of a large company when he is suddenly fired, leaving him stranded. Now unemployed, with severance pay in his pocket, he wanders aimlessly around summer Athens. In his wanderings he meets a girl who represents for him the lost youth. He follows her everywhere, but every now and then he loses sight of her and worries. It's a wander from Athens to Hydra, and yet it's full of surprises, funny moments, but also suspense.
a film by Polixeni Thanou
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.
The observational documentary The funeral, follows the funeral of Mikis Theodorakis in Crete. While dozes of reporters compete for the best shot, a biker, a conductor and a city, pay their respect to the great musician. An observational film, on the experience of Greek junta, the anti dictatorship struggle and the regime change in the 70's. A humorous take on modern Greece, surveilance and the rituals of grief in Crete.
Stavros Yakoumidis is a painter who has carved his own path in the field of visual arts. Within a period of a few months, with filming in Crete and Athens, we had some discussions with him about Art and Life.
In a few days Minas is going to participate in a TV show called "Talent of the year". A TV crew follows him in his everyday life interviewing him and his closest people, until the big day of the show. Minas must win to fulfill his dream. What is his talent? He is a cowboy. In Athens.
A summer night in 1944 in Kokkinia, Kosmas, a black marketeer, is out with his friends before he is arrested by the German patrol. The Germans push him to turn in people from the Resistance, or they will execute him.
Peter is an eight year old boy who lives in a cheap hotel room. When his mother oddly disappears, a transsexual woman comes to take care of him, against her own will. Sooner or later Peter will find out that this is the woman with the 'plumed snake', the woman that will pull him to outside world, where anything is likely to occur.
The discovery of an abandoned infant disrupts the lives of residents in a poor neighborhood of Athens.
An adaptation of Alexandros Papadiamantis's short story. Passion for a woman and some desperate thoughts push a young man to secretly take a stranger's boat and set sail. The wind carries him away and he is shipwrecked. He comes to in a cave, near the deserted shores, among three eccentric people who, each for their own reasons, live on the margins of society. He listens to them recount their personal stories with humour and self-deprecation. But behind their seemingly ill-fated romances, he discerns true love.
An industrialist has decided to marry his daughter with his partner and, for that reason, will try to help him in whatever way he can.
The documentary "Pserimos" is a participatory observational documentary of the daily life and habits of the islanders of the unspoiled island of Pserimos. Everyday life in its normality but also unexpected events demonstrate the difficulties and benefits of living on the remote island.
A super market owner opposes the affair of his daughter with a new employee at his business.
Welcome to the murky world of digital ad fraud, organized crime’s biggest source of income after drug trafficking. A former industry executive pulls the curtain to expose how it’s done, who the victims are, and what role Google and Facebook play in the game.
Cupid is invincible, the ancients said, and Andreas is deeply in love. He does not consider children, nor social status in order to remain faithful to the woman of his life. But his children, who are without a mother, pressure him to get a mother but he doesn't want to. Why;
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.
A landowner from Thessaly marries a young girl by force. For this act, he will lose his life.
Stefanos, Giorgos, and Nondas are three young men who ended up in juvenile detention for stealing a bag containing three million euros. After a few years, they are released, full of the experiences they had during all those years locked up in prison. Their goal is to start a new life, avoiding all the mistakes and temptations of the past. Unfortunately for them, however...
Two jobbers meet an actor, when the sneak in a theater. The actor is homeless and they invite him to stay with them He will know and love their neighbor, who is studying classical dance.
Spring 1999. While rehearsing for a school production, Christina falls in love with Michalis. Michalis does not seem to care. Christina makes a vow: if they don't kiss by next Sunday, she will sleep with someone else for the first time...
A rich woman falls in love with her maid.
Babis, who is crazy about rock music, gives a performance with his band "Jelings Band" to his fellow villagers. However, they don't like disco and beat him up. Disappointed, he heads to Athens to become a star. He meets Eva, the daughter of a big hotel owner. Eva starts to like him, unlike her friends who make fun of him. Bambis, penniless and level-headed, approaches the hotel manager and is hired as a chambermaid under the name Agrampeli. However, the ingenious detective Tsakmakis realizes what is going on...
Anna is been abondoned by her lover and she's forced to give her newborn child for adoption.
Two people, alone in a desolate city. Costas and Anna in Athens. Costas is an engine driver. The trains he drives travel from one end of the city to the other, following the traces of the ancient rivers that were paved over and made into roads. Anna sells ferry boat tickets at Piraeus, the city’s main harbour, the place where the rivers once flowed into the sea. Costas knows Anna. He sees her every morning, waiting on the platform for his train to take her from Thiseion to Piraeus; and he sees her every afternoon, when his train takes her from Piraeus back to Thiseion. Anna doesn’t know Costas. From the window of the train car she looks out at the same desolate city every day, without knowing who’s driving the train. When something happens to turn Costas’s life upside down, he decides to reach out from inside his solitude and talk to Anna.
Gerasimos is a typical example of a family man, living under the oppressive care of his wife, who literally does not let him do anything. But one day another woman enters his life, but unfortunately for him they have a car accident. In order not to be exposed, Gerasimos pretends to have amnesia and thus finds an opportunity to change his life. He throws it out, takes initiative and generally does pretty much the opposite of what he did before. However, this arouses the suspicions of his wife. She, smarter, cuts him off and squeezes him into the housework, which he supposedly did before, making his life unlivable...
A bachelor by conviction not watch the girl who works at the shop cashier is in love with him, despite all the efforts of the landlady.
Peter has lost all his property without getting frustrated now. Along with Takis installed in a large hotel of Rhodes and represents the great entrepreneur, hoping to meet with some rich. In the same hotel and Sofia Katrani, looking to find her daughter Vera, a wealthy groom. From the recommendations of the receptionist, Panagiotis has already identified Peter ...
A precious golden cross and a regretful incident lead to a bitter conflict between a wealthy chief-shepherd and an impoverished young herder, who is about to lose his one true love forever. Will this mark the end of an ardent romance?
Athens in August becomes the place where a group of young people live, fall in love and have fun - guided by, and communicating through, the Internet.
The son of a shipping magnate finds himself increasingly drawn to a lively circus clown, unaware of her profession. This doesn't sit well with his companion, and a war in the name of love begins. Is he capable of loving the funny girl?
Merowe Dam in North Sudan. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to erect a mysterious construction made of mud. Despite a disturbing wound in his lower back that seems to be eating away at his skin, he continues his labor day after day. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his mud creation starts slowly to take a life of its own.
The director dramatizes events that took place after the death of an uncle he only met through his personal belongings. Filmed at his actual apartment in Athens.
Against the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity strikes. Can love redeem the sad girl in black?
In the 1970s, a small Greek island emerges as a symbol of hope, freedom, and self-expression. Mykonos was "paradise on earth," and for some, it still is.
A wealthy man is responsible for his friend’s daughter, who has come to Athens to study. The girl messes up his life and soon falls in love with him. Although he behaves like a father to her, he is tempted and jealous and flirts with her in front of a charming classmate of her, who is also interested in the girl.
Two friends, a military and a journalist, after the collapse of the Albanian front, go to Macedonia to organize resistance against the Bulgarians.
A ruthlessly ambitious heir and his family's black sheep accepts the dangerous proposition of a criminal to set themselves up for life, risking not only his precious freedom but also his life. Is there a way out for the sinful youth?
Dimitris, a poor painter who feels deeply disappointed in his life, leaves his wife and begins to wander aimlessly. The woman who raised him after the death of his parents, Mrs. Marigo, must now undergo a difficult operation and Dimitris is forced to submit to the whims of the rich Rita, in order to help his sick nanny. Another failed painter, Alexis, who lives as a gigolo, is also Rita's lover, but Dimitris is unaware of this. Will the silent anti-jealousy end in a stabbing? (greek-movies.com)
An incorruptible examiner finds the real culprit of a brutal homicide and tries to release his wrongfully accused ex-lover. Now, he is closer to the solution; but, it takes courage to face the facts. Is he prepared to confront the truth?
A 35-year-old reservist is called up for retraining in new weapons. He has been engaged for nine years to a Cretan girl, whose brother threatens to kill him if he does not set a wedding date immediately. So he sees his conscription as a saving grace, but he is assigned to a paratrooper commando unit and endures hell during training. At the camp, he hangs out with three other guys his age who are turning the universe upside down. However, the difficult life at the camp eventually convinces him to get married and become a good family man.
The 50-year Cypriot tragedy through the memories of an old man, a former gun dealer at death's door. A nightmare, through his operation, unmasks the reality of his own life and reveals his guilt feeling about his country.
This film is about an upside down world, where being homosexual is considered "normal" and heterosexual is considered "not normal".
Seventeen monologues about a gym that doesn't exist, about a film that was never shot, about the actors of the film, about the words that made them true characters.
Documentary on death with participation of philosophers, scientists and artists. Guest star, alexis karpouzos.
A vibrant cafe owner struggles to attract the girl of his dreams. Who knows, with a bit of luck and sharp wits, life can sometimes be a bed of roses.
A story that takes place in an empty Athens in August, during a 12-hour period, from 6 p.m to 6 a.m. Three friends, Phevos, Andreas and Savvas, stay up all night walking around the streets of Exarchia, for what is their last night before they leave Athens for good and move to Berlin, just like they had agreed one year ago. During the evening, however, hidden aspects of their personalities are gradually revealed and they will face the most violent manifestation of power which will change their plans forever.
A young man, a womanizer and gambler, undertakes the murder of a woman in order to pay his debts. She lives in the castle of Monemvasia and when they get to know each other, their life will change because they fall in love.
Ali, an Afghan Muslim, lives in Athens Greece. He is trying to get access to the western dream, surrounded by memories of his homeland, his trip to Europe and his nightmares. A real odyssey and a true story about Ali, his trip to Iran, Turkey, and eventually Greece, where he faces racism and intolerance.
A wealthy young man with a bright future, Andreas, finishes the Polytechnic at a time when the lovely Stella, the girl she is in love with, starts her studies at the University. He wants to get married, but his father has other plans in mind: to send him for postgraduate studies in Paris. Stella does not want to stand in the way of Andrea's career and future, and she sacrifices her own happiness to become that great architect. She suffers from their separation, but her pain softens her job: a psychologist, specialized in the treatment of delayed children, will dedicate her soul and body to her work. A few years later, thanks to Lina, who is surprised to learn that he is the daughter of Andreas, he will rejoin him and finally find happiness.
A young woman loses her mother and decides to take over the family business, coming into conflict with her stepfather. She marries her lover, but a fight between them leads her to run away. Their separation is temporary.
As a mountainous village in Greece sinks under the lake, the memories of its inhabitants emerge from the water.
Helena (Xenia Kalogeropoulou) returns to Greece after studying in Paris and on the ship home she meets Dinos (Dinos Iliopoulos). An attraction develops between them and after a while Dinos asks for her hand in marriage. Helena though cannot accept his proposal because she is pregnant.
A 64-year-old mother is asked to decide whether to donate the organs of her 27-year-old brain-dead son to the man who caused his death in their car accident.
The actor Tasos Korozis lives in the provincial city of Agrinio. After the economic crisis, the few opportunities to work as an actor are no longer enough to make a living. So he works as a town crier, announcing events and folk festivals through loudspeakers mounted on his retro car.
