Discoveries from Greece World Cinema

1943. Sergeant Tim Barker is parachuted into the occupied mountains of Greece. Injured he' s searching for his link in the resistance when he's rescued by a family.

Mr. Lazaridis is a garbage collector in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. Steward believes that, he is very attached to his work and to his comrades. In the following during their work day, we can discover the behind the scenes of a little known trade and especially better understand the everyday lives of these men in green.

Michel Demopoulos directed only one film in his life: a documentary about the shooting of Theo Angelopoulos’ O Thiasos / The Travelling Players (1975).

Are you afraid of a fairy tale? A year after their mother's death, Anna takes her brother, Michalis, and they go for a weekend to the old house they used to go to with her, before she died, to calm down from the tension of her life. However, the shadows of the past and the fears have been waiting for them for a long time and something dark seems to lurk at their every step. The once calm, warm shelter now seems like a dark place. Haunted. Anna and Michalis feel alone. More alone than ever. Anna is called to put an end to her fear and move forward. Not to tremble.

Manolis is Captain in a ship which has just started a cruise to Santorini.

The life of a boy in his adolescence takes a turn when his relationship with his mother and father is exposed

Thodoris is a lonely 25-year-old who spends his days working out. When he signs up to a new gym, he meets Vicky, a sexy 30 year old trainer. He tries to claim her attention as he struggles with his shame, image and repressed libido.

A motley crew is having a dress rehearsal for the big premiere, which will take place the next day. But nothing goes as it should and as the actors would have expected. The tensions that arise are great, their friendships are completely destroyed, resulting in a "save it" the next day at the premiere...

Four young scientists have a strange “hobby”: they play pranks on psychics, mediums etc., in order to expose them. One of the scientists joins the group of a pseudo-therapist so as to reveal he is a fraud. But things will not go as planned...

Two 19th-century medical students exhume a corpse to conduct groundbreaking experiments that could change the future of medicine. As they delve deeper into their dark endeavor, they clash ideologically over whether rights can be trampled upon in the name of progress.

A flyer boy offers to help a female co-worker. When inside an apartment complex, he reluctantly does the same for a middle-aged woman. Soon, he'll have to fight for much more than a day's labor.

Eleatis has the plot of a detective story within which the subject of love is developed as expressed in the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Hanna Bluemart, a 24 year old scholar, arrives in Athens for the purpose of "finding" her father.

Tryfon Psachidis, convinced that he is a great detective, undertakes to catch Lakis Fatouros red-handed with his girlfriend Lola. A crazy chase full of adventure and comical situations ensues, which ends in disaster when he finally discovers that Lola is a racehorse...

Sotiris Moustakas is Thiseas Doxapatris, a detective with a twin brother.

The letters of an immigrant from Gytheio who went to America at the turn of the 20th century.

Jesse and Malcolm find themselves after a long time due to the death of their father. They decide to spend time together trying to recreate the last remaining family bond. Things are going smoothly until a secret shakes everything up.

The story of a successful Greek immigrant, the restaurant owner Giorgos Kozompolis, who emigrated in the mid 1960’s from the poor village of Sotirianika, in Mani to the developed city of Heidelberg in the Federal Republic of Germany.

In the Dome of World Archives, the memory of the gifted people has replaced the memory of the computers. Two young citizens, Nichmon and Lara, oppressed by a rigid bureaucracy, meet by chance and their lives connect forever.

An Inspirational film about the power of family and music, told through the lives if Greece's most famous musical clan, from the island of Crete. The film captures the Xylouris family at crossroads: fifty - year old Giorgis performs non-stop to satisfy his passionate fans, while his Australian wife and manager Shelagh, struggles to keep the family together. Their three children find new freedom abroad, but struggle to uphold the music of their homeland, while finding their own voice. 'A Family Affair' reveals how this age-old and little known musical tradition is passed on from father to son to grandchildren. it brings to light the redemptive but also obstructive power of a strong family, while bringing us closer to the intimate process of the creation of music.

Louisa no longer believes in herself. They convinced her that she can not accomplish many things, because of her visual impairment. A small incident in a bus station, related to her vision, will make her make a difficult decision. Will she manage to believe in herself?

Mrs. Anthoula, an elderly lady with hearing problems, is in danger of being evicted out of her flat. Mrs. Dafni, a social-worker, will try to help her.

Quarantine. Dionysis, Giorgos, Stathis and Orestis have set up a guard at the house of their fellow student Anestis and are watching their friend Tony, who lives across the street. Dionysis planned this operation and is the only one who initially believes that Tony is planning to commit suicide. The other three, after sharing a story in which Tony seems not to be doing so well, are convinced. Suddenly, smoke comes out of Tony's apartment and they run across the street. Tony has simply burned his food. Relieved, the children stay there and Tony suggests that they call Anestis too.

Rambo, on orders from Stathis the Short, a wealthy but illegal guy, undertakes to blow up a tourist hotel. He immediately begins training with the help of Sakis Tsanas or Tapa...

Although a gas station employee, a young man has a great idea about himself and chases brides with a great dowry, ignoring his neighbor who loves him.

Isolated in their labyrinthine apartment, a beautiful restless woman and a sick bed-ridden man (played by Blaine L. Reininger) share their common but in no way idyllic life. They are “The Beauty and the Beast”, but with the absence of Love.

A pasta-factory owner, Aristotelis Kolokythas, after two unsuccessful marriages in the past, is now crazy about a folk singer, Mirella. For her sake, he lavishly squanders his pasta profits, despite the earnest efforts of his partner Orestis, to rein in his spending and put some sense into him. When the business finally goes bankrupt, the hero considers leaving for the Congo to work with his twin brother, Vangelis. Suddenly, however, everything changes, as Vangelis arrives in Athens.

A collection of both old and recent memories about a place I love, merged together into a 7-minute short film, the first one of the series.

18-year-old Ellie is preparing for a big step in her life, to leave her parents' house to study, but fear holds her back and drowns her. The step for Ellie is taken by her childhood imaginary friend, a fish, reminding her of the reason she must move forward. Ellie hesitates but the next step, the realization of the truth and the acceptance of her adult self, is a one-way street.

A vast photographic archive –like a long journey through the 20th century– featuring documents from the life of Giorgos Seferis, period materials from around the world, and records from the places the poet traveled.

Danos, a struggling young man in Greece, faces a dilemma when his father is threatened with eviction. With no way to help, his friend Kostis offers a morally questionable opportunity Danos has long resisted.

Theo (Théo Deliyannis) made three consecutive trips to the island of Syros in Greece, where part of his family had lived. He knew the island well, but everything was changing there, and so he decided to record, in the form of fragments, the small impressions of his daily life, of what he did, saw, smelt and touched there. From the weather to the cats waiting outside his door, from the crumbling rock to the food that goes down the drain, everything is carefully transcribed. Little by little, Théo sinks into the island...

What happens when someone dies is that we, the living, contain their memory ‘within us. [...] They will live on in us, and we will celebrate them. And dance like ‘there is no tomorrow". Diane Torr . This is a dance dedicated to drag king and ‘gender activist Diane Torr who passed away on the 31st of May 2017. A single ‘shot, a single dance, a fusion of male and female energy, an ode to life and death.

A young couple, a boy and a girl, meet on the edge of a cliff for their last date. They spend the whole night together, drinking, smoking and talking about their lives and their future; until the dawn comes.

The history of the ancient neighborhood of Colonus in Athens, by a novelist and script writer who lives in modern-day Kolonos.

Rena Verygou is a woman who gambles constantly at the casino. However, her husband, Dimitris, has a problem with this and does not like Rena being at the casino. He vows that she will never touch a deck of cards again. When her husband Dimitris goes on a business trip to Frankfurt, Rena and her friend Despoina find the opportunity to go to the casino in Rhodes, but they get caught up in comical situations.

Fani, who grew up facing many difficulties on an island in the Ionian Sea, undertakes a dangerous mission: to deliver a package containing highly confidential documents to the home of lawyer Pagoulatos. However, the mission has been compromised, and Fanis is forced to hide the documents because his life is in danger. Shortly afterwards, a girl named Anthi arrives on the island, who is somehow involved in the story of the secret documents. When she meets Fanis, she feels an irresistible attraction to him. They both discover that they are in love. Fanis, at Anthi's urging, comes to Athens... His relationship with Anthi goes through many ups and downs... At some point, he realizes that his life is in danger with every step he takes. The reason is the documents he continues to keep hidden... His love for Anthi slowly turns into a nightmare.

Returning to Cyprus, businessman Alkis Galanis meets Martha, wife of Major Gordon, on the boat. In Nicosia, the situation is tense as resistance against the British continues with constant bomb attacks, but for "high society" life goes on...

‘A man. A woman. In a car. Fastened. Immobile. Blood. Silence.’ A suitably skewed short, from the team that brought us Dogtooth and Attenberg.

In the face of an irreversible disaster, Costas Vrettakos chronicles the fears, the responsibility, and the hopes of both the scientific team and the technicians during the restoration of Acropolis, from 1973 to 1986.

A Greek journalist travels to Venezuela trying to understand why the politicians in his crisis-plagued country debate whether there is enough toilet paper in Caracas. Through several trips, which bring him from the shanty towns to the borders of Colombia and back to Europe, he discovers a reality that differs from the mainstream media narrative.

A group of children living on the streets of Athens. Among them is Sayid, a twelve-year-old boy, who works all day selling sunflower seeds in the city’s parks and squares. His existence borders on absolute poverty, as he goes looking for food at soup kitchens. His daily routine in the chaotic capital of Greece is a continuous struggle for survival. At the same time, however, he manages to find and enjoy the freedom the city streets can offer. Sayid, along with his friends who are all immigrants from Afghanistan, escape their desperation by clinging onto their hopes. With them, he plays innocent childhood games and dreams of a better future: He wants to leave for Northern Europe, to go to school, and to get a decent job when he grows up. Sayid is trapped in Greece, a country plagued by a financial crisis, increasing unemployment, rampant xenophobia, and racist violence. Sayid doesn’t mince his words: “I’ve been here for about two years, and it feels like twenty.”

After their violent breakup, the ghost of her ex follows her. He is everywhere, wherever she looks, so Alex seeks refuge. She soon discovers that all her familiar places and faces are a threat. Her instincts lead her to an underground walkway. There, she connects with a homeless man who lives there. In his gaze, she recognizes a shared trauma. She feels like he is the only person, in the only place where they can coexist. Their silent companionship brings her one step closer to facing her trauma head-on for the first time.

Vassos and Aleka are a newlywed couple. When Aleka's parents come to their house, they decide to spend the night in a hotel to enjoy their love. However, the hotel they choose belongs to "Sfachtis," a pimp who is impressed by Aleka's presence and wants her for himself. Thus begins a series of unbelievable situations.

What does Adonis Georgiadis have to do with Elvis Presley and Napoleon, why does the Police only train dogs and where have the organs of order gone? Why is Loulou blonde while her father is a gypsy and how will the mother's pension be enough to feed her seven unemployed children? You will find the answers to these and other questions at the Peroke Theater and in the new review prepared by the incomparable Markos Seferlis.

In 1960, 600,000 Greeks immigrated to Germany to live as workers - the so-called Gastarbeiters. Descendants of this migration stream, Teo, Aglaia, and Vasso, allow us a glimpse of their daily lives and reveal the effects of that migration on their present and future: The film captures the encounter of two cultures and their interaction in contemporary socio-political developments.