Discoveries from Greece World Cinema

Life in a shelter for abused women is a daily challenge of adjustment and rediscovery of identity. In this documentary, I focus on the life of a woman who found herself in such a situation, trying to break free from the cycle of violence and regain her hope and self-esteem. The film highlights her unique journey, capturing the strength of mutual support and solidarity that she experiences within the shelter, as well as the difficulties she faces in her effort to adapt to her new reality.

How does the future of Athens appear through the eyes of those who inhabit its architecture? The film follows four young women who live together with their pets in a penthouse on Acharnon Street, focusing on a participatory documentation “from within,” where academics, residents, buildings, and other creatures share the same narrative space.

a handmade color animation

In this episode of the documentary series *Paraskinio*, we watch a tribute to actor Nikos Kourkoulos. The episode includes an extensive excerpt from the rehearsals of the play *Invitation to the Castle* by Jean Anouilh, which was staged during the 1978–1979 season at the Kappa Theatre, starring Nikos Kourkoulos and Katia Dandoulaki. The camera follows Katia Dandoulaki and Nikos Kourkoulos on stage, as he performs two roles — twin brothers — in a characteristic scene from the play where one character seamlessly follows the other.

Thanos Tokakis begins a stand up comedy tour in the providence in order to prove everyone the great actor he is. On his journey he is confronts the audience which is not able to let go his TV performance, but mostly himself who pushes him to the limits to reach success. Through the end.

Lambros Fisfis' second solo show concludes its online run with livestream on demand screenings. Filmed at the historic Vempo Theater in front of an audience of 700, Lambros Fisfis spends 55 minutes commenting on all the little details of everyday life that unite us and satirizing those that conspire against our happiness. What are the rules of the Greek taverna? Why is the afternoon nap a religion? How do you properly enter the sea in the summer? What does a thirty-year-old do in a club? What is Greek about a Ryanair flight? How do you survive in rooms to let? What is the protocol for traveling by ferry boat? Why is tequila a decision and not a drink? What is the difference between Russian and Cypriot? The answers to these and many more questions in the comedy special.

A big shot in the Athenian nightlife scene and his well-hidden secret become the target of a woman who tries to uncover it in an unorthodox way.

In a mountainous Greek village, two brothers passionately fall in love with the same woman. Their great love for them makes them unrelenting rivals, with the consequent tragic conflict between them and their extinction.

A young man has to tell his girlfriend that he has been accepted on a one-way mission to Mars.

The adventures of Chris and his uncle continue... with a lot of karate.

A Greek documentary by Takis Kanellopoulos about wedding traditions in western Greece and Macedonia. It was filmed in the village of Velvendo.

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.

When a call girl falls in love.

French scuba instructor Mike befriends a special and unique-looking fish called Maurice in the paradise of Crete's Kalypso Bay. After bonding over 3 summer seasons, Mike now worries for the safety of his fish friend and diving buddy as fishermen appear near Maurice's home waters.

"There are holy things that are not communicated all at once: Eleusis always keeps something back to show those who come again." - Seneca, 4 B.C. - 65 A.D. This year, the city of Elefsina reveals itself again as European Capital of Culture."

A woman is hired as a debt collection agent in a call center. Under pressure from her team leader, she tries to adapt to her working conditions. After hearing a tragic story, she becomes interested in the lives of people she has been speaking to on the phone.

Last Song to Xenitia is a story familiar to millions of immigrants. Folk-poet, Vasiliki Scotes left Greece in 1931 during the Great Depression seeking to fulfill her dreams in America! The Greeks call this "xenitia," which means: living as a stranger on foreign shores. Part of an ancient oral musical tradition, Vasiliki recites 350 ancient songs from memory in the last years of her life. These songs are published in a book and at the age of 103 she journeys to Greece for the last time with her book of songs and a message of courage for the youth... who face xenitia once again.

A systemic journalist, who has selected to serve political agendas and not the public interest, as the journalistic ethics dictate, is kidnapped by a group of activists and transferred by force to a remote location, where it becomes apparent that his life is in danger.

A Greek short film about autism. Living with Vangelis is not easy. His family tries not to disrupt his daily routine so that he can stick to his schedule and not change his routine. On the other hand, the intense pace of Yannis' life leaves him no room for understanding and empathy. A sudden event will be the connecting link that will unite our two heroes in a short film, reminding us that when acceptance prevails, life can become even better.

During WWI, two men vie for the attention of the same woman.

The familiar theme of the husband, wife, and lover, who is Pontian and, in fact, from Kalamata. The husband's obsession is video, and his love for the star of "Dynasty," Jane...

​In Leros island the psychiatric ward and the refugee camp share the same yard. I biked through that yard.

Short Greek movie.

In a modern transitional age, an invisible itinerant musician lends us his gaze. Clinging to classical values and symbols of art that carry the glamor of a past, he wishes through Mozart's last scores to reconstruct and interpret a "requiem" for the end of an era. The film was made in the context of the 5th Panorama Film School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the theme DEACTIVATION.

While Greece is under German occupation, a group of soldiers starts from Cairo and arrives in Athens to organize the blasting of the bridge at Gorgopotamos.

A cinematic exploration of the many roles society assigns to women, told through iconic scenes from classic films with female protagonists. Stripped of dialogue and reimagined through dance and movement, these moments reveal the unspoken emotions and inner worlds behind each role.

A fantastic adventure with thrilling action. Fifty fantastic characters in fifty amazing locations. Who’s chasing whom? Where is Happiness? Where is Aglaia? Why do we live? Why do we love?

Harris Mavros, 16 years old, is addicted to social media and digital media of communication. His mother is very worried and asks his teacher to help him. However, the young person has taken a non-return road with uncontrollable consequences for everyone.

Images of labor and unemployment in present-day Greece. Athens, Perama, Thessaloniki, Skouries… "Block after block, the liquidation of the world goes on" (René Char). Instances of rupture with what used to define the world of work until now, as well as the momentum created by those who fight.

An angel comes to earth and tells a boy about his past, present and future life, in this nostalgic collage of life snapshots, testimonies and people, set in the Greek island of Kefalonia

A contemporary tale about the ghost of a modern city.

Skopelitis is a very special boat. It has a face and a soul; a very lively personality. As we travel on its deck, we enter the marine life of the Small Cyclades, we figure out how do sailors live on board, and discover the life of the inhabitants of this barren islands. The sea gives space to the land, and the dance of the waves leads to festive ecstasy, wherein a love song leads to the sea storm. Music is a composition of recorded sounds from the boat and the nature of this unique island complex.

Sotiris works as a night watchman in a mall.

Some vampire clans chase other vampire clans and in between they have erotic fights, jealousy and intrigue.

Five short stories made by five directors on the theme of memory, all shot on film.

The second directorial attempt by the "Greek Charlie Chaplin," Kimon Spathopoulos, in a burlesque comedy modeled on the films of Charlie Chaplin.

Forough Farrokhzad, rebel, misfit and feminist icon, fights to tell her story in a world not yet ready for the uncomfortable truths of female desire.

short film by Iokasti Mantzog

Nina knows why her grandfather hates her – obviously because she’s a lesbian. Time to come clean. In the weirdest car ride of their lives, Nina and Stathis will have to finally talk to each other whether they like it or not.

During a break in the course of a regular day, a middle-aged man is on the phone with his mother. A stranger appears and breaks in the horrible news that will change both him and his perception of reality in a tragicomic way.

Five girls and the man who transported them in his boat are trapped on a haunted island.

In the solitude of the big city, Magda meets the enigmatic and homeless Theodora. Walking together into the night, they reach the edge of town. As dawn approaches, something shifts between the two strangers.

An island in the libyan Sea. Land’s end; a place of exile; a refuge. For some, it is Homer’s legendary Ogygia, where Odysseus spent seven years. There, at Europe’s southern-most point, people from different countries and different backgrounds coexist. Locals, who have spent their “hidden” life there, away from the outside world and are now trying to juggle the benefits of progress and their old morals. And “self-exiled” romantics, who have found their Ithaca, a lost paradise. Two worlds that coexist, despite their differences, sharing the same concerns for the future of the island, facing the same problems of everyday life and setting the example of living together in solidarity over economic competition.