Discoveries from Greece World Cinema

Vaia returned to Greece after completing her doctorate in America and they decide to go on vacation with her longtime partner Giorgos, just like before. But things have changed.

Michalis was about to enjoy his coffee when he said the most wrong word to the most inappropriate person. In order to free himself from the insecurities created by hearing this word, he decides to make important decisions for his life.

A fast (& short) tour in Rethymno, a city of Crete, Greece.

A sentimental odyssey about the illusions and prejudices of a European man who goes to live in Zanzibar, told through his letters to his beloved woman, at a time when globalization and mass tourism are shaking up and transforming the tropical island, its people and culture.

Butch, dyke, with tattoos and a skinny green mohawk, inseparable from her wheelchair, she would roam around Camden with her lesbian posse. Diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis) since her late teens, she lived her life in a way many able-bodied people would covet. So, what was it that allowed her to have this quality of life despite her disability?

After a rough day, Nikki rings the doorbell of an old friend and must confront her past to protect her daughter.

A short documentary film on the attempts of a young Greek filmmaker to connect with his distant Lebanese half by discovering his mother's secret stories of the war.

200 years after the Revolution of 1821, descendants of freedom fighters from Spetses meet with historians and recount the events, as they have survived in oral tradition and archives.

Teenager 89 years old! Hagiographer George Karpontinis didn’t hesitate to abandon everything and follow the difficult path of art. In return he was given peace,optimism and fullness. Endless creativity became a shield against adversity. And he goes on...

A feature-length documentary about the rise of punk ideology and music as a socio-political phenomenon. Members of bands that wrote their own history in the Greek punk scene such as Deus Ex Machina, Adiexodo, Nausea, Ex Humans, Antidrasi, Panx Romana, Stress, and Negative Attitude appear in the film, talking about the Greek version of the unconventional musical movement.

In the Autumn of 2003, a team of Greek mountaineers is climbing, in Tibet, to the top of Cho Oyu of altitude 8201m. This mountain, situated in the area of Everest, is where the expedition prepares for the ascent, planned for the upcoming year, to the highest summit of the world. The efforts of the team attribute, however on the last day the unexpected occurs. During the descent the leader of the team, Christos Barouchas, leaves his last breath in the hands of the team's filmmaker Pavlos Tsiantos. With their return to Greece, the mountaineers are ready to quit the project, but as soon as they discover an old letter written by Christos they acquire a new motivation. The team reunites and finds the necessary strength to continue. In the Spring of 2004, the ascent to Everest begins, enhanced by the well known Greek-American mountaineer Pete Athans.

The story concerns Menelaus, who, fifteen years after the brutal murder of his parents, decides to take revenge, breaking into the abuser's house and violating his sanctuary.

A shelter is threatened by shutdown and demolition. 60 women of different ages, nationalities and social backgrounds gather in order to defend it, attempting to redefine their place in today's world.

Nikos Pilavios, who is about to forget his real name himself, lands in cinemas to introduce everyone to his beloved Paramytha, his friends, his magic pencil, the witch Kloklo, and his stories, to share his secrets with young and old who dare to dream like children, and to bring all the heroes his imagination creates to the big screen.

Sergei Paradjanov, the great Soviet filmmaker of Armenian origin who was born and grew up in Tbilisi, Georgia, studied film in Moscow and worked for many years in Ukraine, talks on camera to Fotos Lamprinos about his life, his films, and events in the USSR under Gorbachev’s Perestroika, a few short months before he died and while the state of his health was already deteriorating. The film includes rare footage of the massacre of Georgian civilians by the Soviet Army in April 1989 and unpublished material from the Ukrainian prison in which Paradjanov served his sentence.

Two young men are alone at a self-service laundry. They are sitting next to each other, waiting in silence. An old framed embroidery of a young deer is hanging against the wall across them.

Prometheus Bound (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης, romanized: Promētheús Desmṓtēs) is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus and thought to have been composed sometime between 479 BC and the terminus ante quem of 424 BC. The tragedy is based on the myth of Prometheus, a Titan who defies Zeus, and protects and gives fire to mankind, for which he is subjected to the wrath of Zeus and punished.

Eccentric cousins Arisitidis and Rodolfos open a detective agency and a client asks them to find chickens with pink feathers. They do and find out why the client was interested.

Thanasis decides to sell the house he lives in to get rid of his loneliness. But when he "opens his door to the world" his plans will change.

Tamtakos after a long time of period returns back to his tent bringing a woman with him, he has just stole her from her marriage.

A provincial arrives in Athens, where he is approached by two mini-patrons in order to eat his money.

Even though today he remains a great stranger, Jani Christou (1926-1970) stands among the greatest figures of the 20th century music avant-garde. His work is characterized by a rare uniformity and consistency, regarding not only the pioneering means which he introduced in the world of sounds and the innovatory music systems, but also his own philosophical universe which runs through and inspires his compositions: the myth, the transcendent, the mysticism, the primordial, the ritual, the unapproachable, the panic, the hysteria... With Christou's early death in a tragic accident, on his birthday, in January 8th 1970, the world of contemporary music lost one of the most thrilling and provocative talents. The documentary attempts to illustrate the personality and the spirit of this great thinker of art and follow the path of his short life, which has always been interwoven with art and his meaning of offering to humanity and civilization.

In a surreal, parallel universe, Thessaloniki has its very own superhero: Super Demetrios. Posing as Dimitris Christoforidis, journalist for the Golden Jerusalem magazine, he fights for truth, justice and the Greco-Christian ideal. In the dark of the night, the city's worst nightmare returns. Captain F.ROM is back, determined to meet his long-awaited goal: claiming his true name. A name he's entitled to. A name that becomes him. The two protagonists are drawn into a conflict that toys with the viewer's patience until the very climax of the film, in an archetypal battle between good and evil.

The portrait of a specific and historical Eleusina, which is also the portrait of a symbolic and visionary Eleusina.

A paraplegic woman with Broca's aphasia continues to be sexually active in her own way. A problem that arises forces her to involve her family in her inner world.

Inspired by Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders and the work of Jonas Mekas, a fragmented video diary unfolds through raw, intimate footage of women in their daily lives—at work, at home, in moments of solitude and connection. Scenes shift between the mundane and the profound, forming a nonlinear tapestry of female experience—desire, limitation, resilience. A voice, both singular and collective, narrates in diary-like reflections, speaking of love, shame, pleasure, and the unspoken rules that shape their bodies and choices. Shot in a cinéma vérité style, the film’s grainy, handheld aesthetic mirrors the imperfection and authenticity of memory, blurring the line between personal and universal. Fleeting moments flicker and dissolve, immersing the viewer in a rhythmic flow of images and emotions. As time loops and fragments, The Land of Wanting More becomes both an intimate confession and a quiet rebellion—an ode to the complexities of womanhood, caught between wanting, waiting, and becoming.

Two music enthusiasts reunite after years to record an improvised album in a remote Greek mountain house. As they delve into their music and conversations, they confront themselves, creativity, and a dark mystery lurking in the forest. The Anything is a hybrid film that balances between fiction and documentary, starring musicians from the Athens music scene. Shot without funding and with minimal means, The Anything is a film about creativity, life, death, friendship, and lightness, in which the director and the actors/musicians worked primarily through improvisation.

Mitch, a 13-year-old tomboy, is confronted with a local custom when she gets her first period. “So you’ll have the strength to bear pain now that you’re a woman,” her grandmother says. Mitch might have taken it the wrong way.

Helena Paparizou & Onirama Live Summer Tour 2010

Marina Satti has managed to not only create a completely unique musical genre, but is in a category of her own in the contemporary music scene of Greece. With her gaze fixed on a horizon that transcends geographical and aesthetic borders, just before representing her country at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, she goes on stage at Technopolis City of Athens.

In the heart of the busy National Zoo , on an ordinary quiet day, visitors wander captivated by exotic creatures in their enclosures , unaware that somewhere in the labyrinthine garden, an empty cage is about to change their lives forever .

Takis, a former nightclub owner, shares his inspiring journey of giving up everything to rescue stray dogs in Crete. Beginning with a few abandoned dogs, his sanctuary now cares for over 400. Despite challenges, Takis has transformed local attitudes and inspired global support in tackling Greece's stray dog crisis.

Manos, a young and successful advertising man, loves women, but they love him too. His friend, Andreas, comes from the village to find him for work and he offers him full hospitality. Life is a gift for Andreas until the moment their fiancées arrive and the rescue is made...

The film deals with the flexibility of the sentences as well as the flimsy arguments that are heard from time to time by the defense lines of the lawyers through the lens of a black comedy.

music videos for Varas Harmana(Thitis) by Fokion Bogris

In a powerful exploration of her Greek Canadian heritage, Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos embarks on an introspective journey through the depths of her heart, akin to traversing a black hole, in search of the gifts hidden within her wounds. Guided by the presence of the plantain, a resilient plant often referred to as "white man's footprints" due to its association with European settlers, she unravels the fragmented threads of an ancient myth and pre-Hellenic ceremony. Through this profound exploration, she seeks to rediscover the art of navigating the loss of identity and the cyclical nature of life's transitions.

An angry teen goes on a summer vacation with her absentee father. In the peaceful Greek countryside, she explores her desire for male attention with two older boys, ignoring her need of a father figure.

Four ninja kids give the bad guys a lesson they will never forget.

Two friends, Konstantinos and Nikos, explore an abandoned hotel called Aura with the local legend that has been built over the years. In 1994, a satanic sect of evil people brutally murdered a young lady at the hotel location. Since then, according to testimonies, her soul wanders there. Other people who have wandered there have disappeared. With the camera in hand, the two friends will try to prove the truth.

A man accidentally sneezed on another.

A young plumber gets lost in his work. Many others have perished like this.

A dystopian workplace at the Perama shipyard. A ban on physical contact has turned human interaction into otherworldly simulations. The suppression of touch has alienated the workers communication transforming the boatyard into a charged landscape of alienation and repressed sensuality beyond stereotypical heteronormative desires. According to local legend, the Persian King Xerxes watched the overwhelming defeat of his fleet from his throne on the rocky peaks of Mount Egaleo, in today’s Perama.

A music producer who tries to promote Paulina‘s songs.

A solitary dinner for two in a dehumanized society that has a craving for itself.

Lakis works at the funeral home "O Psychovgaltis" and manages to make a living through various schemes, even selling flowers from cemeteries at nightclubs...

The deposed Mayor of Zacharo (Sugartown) is running for office again. He has one week to deploy the techniques that have kept him in power for the past 12 years. His goal is to defeat his opponents once and for all and make them "disappear from the region."

Fanis is a young and wealthy gay man. While watching a porn movie at a cinema, he meets another man and they go to the toilet to have sex. The other man beats Fanis and takes all his money. Fanis wants to take revenge so he offers a huge amount to anyone who will find him! In the meanwhile, he meets Vagelis, a young boy who has run away from home and they have sex.

The film was shot by the DSE (Democratic Army of Greece) in 1948. The filming took place in Grammos and Vitsi, an area that the DSE had under its control during most of the Civil War (the so-called "Free Greece") and in the adjacent communist countries, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. It was first shown in Hungary and then in the other member countries of the "communist Paradise". The original film, which was considered lost for many years, was located in Hungary a few years ago. The subject of the film is "Child-Rescue" (or "Child-Rescue" as the KKE calls it).

Athens, 1960s. Pavlos, a heartthrob womanizer, suddenly finds himself entangled with four women who are vying for his attention. Rene, a light-hearted, charming coquette; Carmen, a jealous, domineering young woman; Annouska, a strict, passionate woman; and Dora, his girlfriend for the month. Pavlos, who has no idea how this mess came about, tries to extricate himself without any of them finding out about each other. His allies are his loyal gay servant, Julius, and his shy cousin, Vangelis, who comes from the village to Athens to find a good girl to marry. The confusion begins, and while Pavlos, who is terrified of the idea of marriage, tries to get rid of them, they resist and seem determined to claim him, come what may. But nothing is as it seems.