Discoveries from Greece World Cinema

A young woman revisits an underground party in Athens in hopes of reconnecting with her elusive ex. What she finds out there, however, is a fever dream of her erasure.

Between America and Thessaloniki, the life of sculptor Anna Christoforidou unfolds. The film observes her visiting the school where she once studied, engaging with young artists, and creating her final work in hand-formed clay. She plays the piano and dances, revealing a life in which art permeates everyday existence.

My childhood home was built in 1852. Just before it's renovation, I had the chance to visit it again and scanned every room, every corner, every crack, through photogrammetry. The point clouds captured, reconstruct it's digital twin in 3d space, a navigatable virtual copy. In "Mnemonic nebulae", clouds of points organize a "digital nebula", where gravity pulls particles into densities that compose fleeting images of the interior of the house, through which the eye travels from room to room. Perhaps, this will be a way in the future to recall and hold our memories of the past.

If you were born there, who would you be? Daniel speaks about his Maasai culture, beliefs, marriage, circumcision and unity. Learn the value of equality through a young Maasai who does not see colour or religion but unity and oneness.

A short horror film.

Greek movie.

Michalis has a plan and awaits. His father leaves. Now he is alone with a knife, his mother, his sister and his brother.

A video diary to beloved friends during the quarantine. A little reminder thatwe are united in any case.

The film follows artistic director Adam Szymczyk and his curatorial team over two years as they prepare documenta 14. A look behind the scenes of the institutional art world and a consideration of the role of contemporary art in a shifting global landscape.

A director is looking for a distributor to show his film.

Metaxourgio* is a famous and historical neighborhood of Athens, Greece. The film captures a stroll through today's Metaxourgio neighbourhood and focuses on its "refinement" of recent years. Michalis Afolayan, actor, street musician, juggler and son of Nigerian immigrants, plays the role of guide.

An artistic audiovisual project emanating from the economic and social confusion that first emerged in recent years between Germany and Greece and now is spreading throughout Europe and the rest of the world. The two countries are presented here as examples, representative of the differences and conflicts that are exacerbated by a crisis.

"One monotonous day is followed by another monotonous, unchanging day". Unfiltered information is written inside us and shouts "I am heard" in the deafening silence of the unconscious. Life on shutdown. Sometimes all you need is to close your eyes and stop yelling. You will see another dimension. It won't be a dream, it will be your reality. And it can change your life. The film was made in the context of the 5th Panorama Film School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the theme DEACTIVATION.

A couple has been together for many years. Technology screens have entered their lives for good and now there is no communication between them. Is this routine of everyday life the condemnation of their love or not? Something has to be done to bring them together again, to turn off the things that keep them apart. Once the screens are off, simple things like a hug and a book will bring them back together. The film was made in the context of the 5th Panorama Film School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the theme DEACTIVATION.

There was light and it was brutal. The shadows could not heal. The Boy had fallen into sleep. The Girl was recalling and the sand was everywhere.

It’s raining. You are trapped in a hair salon. Are you going to cut your hair or not?

In the spring of 2004, Maria, a Greek Cypriot, and Zehra, a Turkish Cypriot, cross to opposite sides of the green line dividing Cyprus since the war of 1974 to visit the family homes they had not seen for thirty years. Thus begins the personal journey of these women as the film follows them through their pasts, haunted by war and pain, to their present search for reconciliation and common ground.

The neighbors of an apartment building describe their own versions of what happened the night before in the next apartment. The couple of this apartment confirms, or not these descriptions. The reality, after all, is a matter of perspective.

Dimitris is the only child of a wealthy family. His only companion is his pet guinea pig. When Dimitris' parents decide on a harsh future for him, Dimitris "cripples" the purest side of himself in order to survive.

The movie is about the father of the director, Spyros, his life and experiences. He is the protagonist and narrator. “Just Like Water” speaks about time and the circle of life. What is time and how do we perceive it? Do we really live the moments in our daily lives and do we give them their due value?

Nefeli meets Panos two years after their breakup, during lockdown in Athens. Nefeli has moved on with her life but realizes that old feelings start to stir within her.

Α documentary about the Mobile Mental Health Units in the Cyclades islands. The meetings of the therapists with their patients and their efforts – with the help of the community – for their cure. The film listens to the “closed” societies that create the appropriate conditions so that people with mental illnesses can live in them.

The forest of Agia Paraskevi in Vovousa, a mountainous village in Western Greece, is one of the last remaining sacred forests. Untouched by the passage of time, it’s being preserved by the myths that comprise the village’s oral tradition, which in turn passes on from generation to generation and building up the forest’s legend. People say that if the forest is “disturbed” in any way, the consequences will be devastating. As a result, the forest survives without any human intervention – something rare in our modern times.

In "Spaces #1", 8 beloved Greek directors shot, after commissioning by the Festival, a short film at home, making their own timely comment on the new reality that we live in. The project is inspired by the book "Species of Spaces" by the French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist, Georges Perec and the days of quarantine. The idea is to create a film at home, using the environment, the people or the animals in that space. The only outdoor areas that may be used are outdoor living spaces, such as the terrace, the garden, the balcony and the stairwell. "My photograph" is Stavros Psyllakis's submission.

A man lives isolated on an island. His only companion is a young woman with whom he has made an unnatural agreement: She pretends to be his deceased wife. What happens when the pledge is broken?

A documentary film focusing on Leonidas Lambrou, a businessman born and raised in the city of Nafplio,an 86 years old ordinary man with an extraordinary life.

The story is a contemporary version of the ancient Greek myth of Electra. Electra is a young girl foreigner in her own land, as well as in other lands. The only place she could seek her identity is her own private world that she tries to create. From Africa to Europe, the film is a puzzle composed by pieces of her broken identity. Electra's very journey is finally her own land.

A little boy, through a girl's mouth, tries to remember some of his childhood memories. Sooner or later, he realizes the past's impact on his present life. Tenderness.

Determined to become heroes, three nine-year-olds defy their parents’ warnings and decide to help the village outcast, whom they find unconscious in the forest.

The story follows Kurdish forces' 18-month fight against ISIS from 2016-2017, highlighting women's role, international volunteers, key battles like Manbij and Raqqa, and civilian life under Kurdish self-rule.

Ali, a Kurdish refugee, travels to Athens in search of his missing brother. He discovers that his brother paid to be smuggled into Italy but then disappeared, so Ali tries to find his brother and get his way into Italy.

An island at night becomes the scene where different characters meet. A militant young girl is rescued unintentionally by a drunken man, somewhere between fantasy and reality.

Three men renegotiate such concepts as desertion, humanism, and freedom.

Epirus, province of Pogoni, on the borderline with Albania. Emigration and a sense of death scattered in the air, in the light. Few are left. Human figures that look as if they were part of the landscape. In a place surrounded by mountains: polyphonic songs. The silences, the pauses between the voices and the music that stream out of the soil. Through the cross of personal voices, that of parti, giristi, klosti and isocrati, a collective harmony emerges. The film strives to grasp the rhythm of the soul of Epirus.

Two friends, Pavlakis and Markos are permanently unemployed and foolish trying to be full of food and love. Pavlakis represents the subconscious and tries to engage in the rich Toto. But when his scam is revealed he will put it on his feet.

Athens & Barcelona, two cities, two love stories, two languages, two realities, two couples that will never meet, two years anniversary... or is it all one?

A group of third year high school students on Halloween night. A cowboy, a zombie, a mobster, a ninja and a vampire will be in Turtle, their hangout that has a carnival party. The night will find the cowboy and the ninja to fight, while at the same time the zombie and the mobster win the party dance competition.

A Greek-American expatriate with six months to live embezzles millions from his New York City company and flees to his hometown of Mytilene. But law and fate never forget, and a chance encounter with love complicates matters.

An electronic music creator composes using 80s analog synthesizers. Athens Computer Underground creates tracks that balance between raw acid, urban poetry, and melancholic soundtracks.

A girl, caught in the emptiness of the city, desperately runs towards a football match, but her friend, waiting in a car, aims to make her realize the futility of the chase and the solace that can only be found in their companionship.

Comedy Special

Two students, strangers to each other, go shopping at the neighborhood supermarket during quarantine. They meet each other and their acquaintance begins. Everything seems to be going well until they realize they are running out of time and they don't have much time until curfew. What will they have time to say?

"The quarantine of 2020 was a big surprise for everyone. Milena, a film student is locked in her parents' house. She is not allowed to travel, so she is forced to spend the quarantine and the Easter holidays alone. The situation with the corona virus makes her feel alone and imprisoned, while her dreams, goals and life are postponed along with the end of the lock down, so she chooses to spend her time, continuing her life inside a video game, while time around her he passes, without her. It is a documentary-self-portrait that has characteristics of a quarantine diary. In the film we see Milena learning to cook, continuing her distance learning and the resurrection from her balcony. The two realities: that of the game and the quarantine get confused and one seems more real than the other. "

Full of desire, I accumulate sexual encounters with men. But between my desires and the reality of these nights, there is a gap. Thus, I write and film.