The Silence of the Dying Fish
Directed by Vasilis Kekatos
Fiction, 19΄, 2018
Makis is a fish farm worker. On his way to work one morning, he is informed that he has… died the day before. After failed attempts to prove that he is alive, he accepts his fate with indifference and he spends his last day trying to secure shelter and caretakers for his beloved canaries, up until the time of his funeral.
The canaries
Directed by Yorgos Kivernitis
Documentary, 17΄, 2019
Petrina and Stathis fell in love when they were little kids. However, they went separate ways and each one followed their own path. They had children, grandchildren, they raised their families. Several years later, when they were left alone, they got together again, got married to grow old together. Today, at 85 years old, they live together in Syros island with their canaries.
Grief (A place none of us know until we reach it)
Directed by Alexandra Matheou
Fiction, 8΄, 2018
A mother and a daughter are on a day’s journey in Sicily, looking for a spot to scatter their beloved husband/father’s ashes. As the day progresses, the mother’s solid plan of what to do with the ashes becomes a critical and compelling turning point in the relationship between these two women, as they each try to process their loss.
Portraits
Directed by Christos Pitharas
Documentary, 23΄, 2019
Nineteen women of different age and race take their place in front of the camera, as they answer personal questions expressing thoughts and emotions without the use of words. Women as partners, friends, lovers, daughters and mothers. The film uses as starting point the shooting of George Zervos’ music video for the song “My life in her hands” and breaks down the process of its sentimental outcome.
Goldfish (Hrisopsaro)
Directed by Yorgos Angelopoulos
Fiction, 8΄, 2019
Synopsis: 7year-old Stratis is excited to get a new pet fish for his birthday. His father, a rough conservative guy, takes him to the pet store but ends up disappointed when Stratis chooses a chubby flamboyant goldfish instead of the more “boyish” option of a gladiator fish. During their return home, the boy declares that his new goldfish is gay. His father can not tolerate any of this no more.
Avanos
Directed by Panagiotis Charamis
Fiction, 20΄, 2018
Tasos, an ex-convict, is feeling responsible for his friend’s accident at their workplace, the local slaughterhouse. Kiki, a waitress at the local tavern, falls once again victim to sexual harassment. When they both find themselves under extreme pressure, the eruption is unavoidable and the consequences are imminent.
Crossing (Diavasi)
Directed by Nikos Mathios
Fiction, 5΄, 2018
A young woman is having a pleasant walk in the forest. Or is she?
Pharmakos
Directed by Laura Vandewynckel
Fiction, 14΄, 2017
A silent couple disembarks on a Greek island where they reenact the ancient Pharmakos ritual, in which ill-fated people were sacrificed in hope of purifying the community.
Ave Eva
Directed by Oliwia Twardowska
Fiction, 13΄, 2018
What happens in the mind of seven years old Eva who accidentally sees her parents in the act of love? This spectacle, unbearably mysterious and violent, causes fear and curiosity at the same time.
Patision Avenue (Leoforos Patision)
Directed by Thanasis Neofotistos
Fiction, 13΄, 2018
Yanni’s mom is on her way to audition for a role as Shakespeare’s Viola, when she discovers that her young son has been left home alone. Through a series of phone calls, she fights to balance the most important roles of her life, whilst walking in the most controversial area of central Athens, Patision Avenue.
Springtime rest
Directed by Yannis Zafiris
Fiction, 15΄, 2018
A young man goes on a journey. His purpose is to meet his grandmother. Yet, when he arrives at her house, she is absent.
Roots (Rizes)
Directed by Eliza Soroga, Aegli Drakou
Documentary, 27΄, 2019
Α documentary about the daily life of elderly women who live alone in remote villages of Epirus. A timeless cinematic approach built around the metaphysics of female existence, as it emerges out of the wilderness. Women, through their particular relationship with time, narrate inner dialogues and stories from the past, along with beloved song lyrics. They are the last living guardians of memory of those particular places.
Plain truth (Mavri alithia)
Directed by George Bisdikis
Documentary, 9΄, 2019
A shepherd finds himself in between his everyday duties and his passion for singing. He will finally find the strength to admit the truth. The plain truth.
Third kind
Directed by Yorgos Zois
Fiction, 32΄, 2018
Earth has been abandoned long time now and the human race has found refuge in outer space. Three archeologists return to Earth to investigate where a mysterious five tone signal is coming from…
Incidentally (Parempiptontos)
Directed by Konstantinos Economou
Fiction, 15΄, 2018
During the preparation of a festive dinner, Elpida will answer in a survey. Distracted from the conversation, it will lead her to the revelation of a well-hidden secret.
To the moon and back (Pera apo t’ asteria)
Directed by Stelana Kliris
Fiction, 11΄, 2018
After a romantic evening of star-gazing, Alex and Stella return to their apartment for a quiet night in. While Stella is in the bathroom, Alex receives an e-mail informing him that he has been shortlisted for a one-way mission to Mars through the “Mars X Program”, a space mission that is selecting civilians to colonise Mars. Alex has to break the news to Stella and decide whether he will go to space and follow his dreams or stay on Earth for love.
Cloud
Directed by Michael Demetrius
Fiction, 20΄, 2019
Paul is a veteran rock musician. His daughter, Anna, is secretly a phone-sex worker. Drugs, alcohol, sex, ephemeral relationships, meaningless lives, rock n’ roll: an allegorical reflection of Athens today, and a raw depiction of a family drama between father and daughter. Two hopeless people, two common lives, countless clouds.
Fourth wall (Tetartos toihos)
Directed by Dimitris Gotsis
Documentary, 10΄, 2018
Based on the notes of a ten-month trek, this documentary enters the side of the society that remains invisible but similar throughout the globe. The only significant difference is people’s characteristics. A world that is reproducing itself in order to produce, surviving rather instinctively.
Spring
Directed by Nikos Ziogas
Documentary, 10΄, 2019
The film follows two young lesbians from Syria who, after leaving behind their homes and families behind amidst the ongoing conflict, arrive in Greece, where they start a new life of freedom, in harmony with both the external world and their inner self and nature: a new spring.
Rita
Directed by George Danopoulos
Documentary, 22΄, 2018
Rita, an old-school prostitute, talks about facts and aspects of her life and character. With her soft adorable voice she escorts an acute variety of images while wandering inside the whorehouse showing us the abrasive and strident world of the brothels in Athens.