The Waiter
Directed by Steve Krikris
Fiction, 94 ΄, 2018
Renos a professional waiter, ambiguous, loner, yet a meticulous observant of people, unwillingly gets entangled to the mysterious disappearance of his neighbour Milan. “The Blond” and Tzina, two people that had relations with Milan, will lead Renos to an extreme ride that would alter his well kept routine and test his ability and willingness to change his life over matters of love and death.
In This Land Nobody Knew How To Cry
Directed by Giorgos Panousopoulos
Fiction, 90 ΄, 2018
Something magical is happening in a small unchartered island, somewhere in the Aegean Sea. Two unsuspected foreigners, a French member of the European Parliament and a young Greek economist, arrive in idyllic Armenaki with a fishing boat and become acquainted with the bizarre life style and subversive moral values of its people.
The Mountain Tears
Directed by Stelios Charalambopoulos
Fiction, 111 ΄, 2018
A company of stonemasons wanders the Greek mountains during the early stages of the tumultuous 20th century. War, social conflict, the tidal wave of modern capitalism and the hesitant dawn of the socialist ideal are the volatile backdrop of the eventful journey they have to face in order to return to hearth and home. The desperate struggle to find a way back will eventually become their own personal odyssey.
Still River
Directed by Angelos Frantzis
Fiction, 128 ΄, 2018
Anna and Petros, a Greek couple who recently moved to an industrial Siberian town on account of Petros’ work, are shocked to discover Anna is pregnant with no prior intercourse. Did she cheat? Are they victims of a conspiracy? Or blessed with a miracle? Looking for a logical explanation to their situation, Petros starts distrusting Anna, who chooses to embrace the pregnancy and turn to religion.
Pause
Directed by Tonia Mishiali
Fiction, 96 ΄, 2018
In a desperate attempt to escape from the misery of an oppressive and loveless marriage, Elpida finds refuge in a fantasy world of vindictive violence. Soon, fantasy and reality start to blur.
Clementine
Directed by Longinos Panagi
Fiction, 85΄, 2019
In an unspecified Mediterranean island a boy comes across two peculiar men in striped costumes. Soon, the boy realizes that life also has two faces. It can be both an ugly war and a beautiful girl called Clementine.
Nia on vacation
Directed by Cat Papadimitriou
Fiction, 88΄, 2019
Nia is a native New Yorker weeks shy of her college graduation when she receives news of her estranged father’s passing. Her brother Peter is a native Greek she hardly remembers. The plane ticket he gifts to her will be a much needed escape from her reality – and a window into his.
Epiphany
Directed by Koula Sossiadis Kazista, Katina Sossiadis
Fiction, 85΄, 2018
Left as a baby by her father, Luka was raised by her aunt Maria and Uncle Peter in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Following the death of her aunt, Peter is left reeling from grief and resentment and Luka searches to connect with the father she hardly knows while he is navigating a new relationship with a woman who may have the will and heart to save them all. Just when they start to try to find their way back to each other, a bitter figure from their past threatens to take it all away, again.
Exarcheia, the chanting of the birds
Directed by Nadine Gomez
Documentary, 73΄, 2019
A dreamy nocturnal stroll through one of Greece’s most politically active neighbourhoods, situated in the heart of Athens, just below the Acropolis. In this lively and mythical space, you meet a coterie of characters whose ideals and aspirations are in constant flux. Set against the backdrop of the economic crisis, this is a poetical and polyphonic essay that dives into a place where living together is first and foremost a matter of shared speech and hopes held in suspense.
We are not together
Directed by Alexander Nezam
Documentary, 68΄, 2019
A multi-form documentary that takes the refugee and immigration narrative out of the hands of large media companies and allows us to hear directly from those most affected. Shot in part by its subjects, the film offers a hard gaze into the myriad diverse experiences of tens of thousands of people trapped in Greece after the closing of the European borders. Greeks, international volunteers, and refugees alike now struggle to find meaning and community in a country with a continued history of political turmoil.
The new Greek Americans
Directed by Anna Giannotis
Documentary, 69΄, 2019
Produced by the Greek Heritage Society of Southern California and narrated by Olympia Dukakis, an enlightening documentary that examines the Greek community life from the changing times of the 60s till today, exploring the influence of each decade’s political events on these communities and unfolding heartfelt and humorous stories about growing up Greek in the USA.
The Campfire Project
Directed by Claudia Giannetto
Documentary, 58΄, 2018
A film documenting the four-week journey of 15 international theatre artists, a psychiatrist, a NYC schoolteacher, a translator and a documentary crew, as they aspire to create an Arabic language version of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ at the Ritsona Refugee Camp, north of Athens, while giving basic educational assistance, ran wellness classes and provide translation for the multitude of displaced residents suffering from trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
Promakhos
Directed by Coerte & John Voorhees
Fiction, 91΄, 2014
Two Athenian attorneys pursue litigation against the British Museum for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. Andreas returns from New York to his homeland of Greece by invitation of the Director of the Acropolis Museum, he partners with his childhood friend and love interest Eleni and takes the case to London. Their efforts are fraught with difficulties, including the social destabilization of the economic crisis that plagues Athens.
Akra
Directed by Dimitra Babadima
Documentary, 52 ΄, 2019
In October 2018, an ultra swimmer falls into the sea to swim 140 kilometers, a distance that seems impossible to the common mind. His dream is to put Kastellorizo, the easternmost island of Europe, back on the Greek map. This journey will teach us how to succeed until we fail and how to start fighting once we fail and until we succeed again.
Crete arising
Directed by Constantine Papanicolaou
Documentary, 58 ΄, 2019
Every year, Crete ranks as one of the top summer vacation spots in the world. Few people realize, however, that it is full of mountains and receives abundant snowfall in winter. Concerned that the mega-industry of summer tourism has begun to alter the fabric of Crete, a group of mountaineers set about to organize the first ever winter ski mountaineering race on the island.
A tree remembers
Directed by Kostas Follas
Documentary, 88 ΄, 2018
This is the story of Lidice, leveled and literally eradicated by the Nazis in retaliation for the murder of Reinhard Heydrich. However, despite the heavy death toll it paid, the Czech village –twinned with Distomo– not only was not erased from the map, but constitutes a symbol in the fight against Fascism.
Romaniotes, The Greek Jews of Ioannina
Directed by Agnes Sklavou, Stelios Tatakis
Documentary, 67 ΄, 2019
Romaniotes, the Greek Jewish community, is an integral part of the cultural mosaic of the city of Ioannina since the Byzantine era and faced the danger of extinction in the harsh period of WW II. This is its history through time, along with the course of the city and of Greece
Filothei the Athenian – The revolution of a woman
Directed by Maria Hatzimichali-Papaliou
Documentary, 58 ΄, 2019
A dramatized historical documentary on the life and revolutionary activity of Philothei, a woman who dared to defy the authority of Suleiman the Magnificent. She freed men and women from the slave markets and provided refuge for women abused and pregnant. She created the first school for women in Europe and founded a hospital. Her revolutionary activity riled the conqueror and the establishment: she was tortured and killed in 1589.
Marble Homeland
Directed by Menios Carayannis
Documentary, 57 ΄, 2018
A film about the power of art, freedom, and the way we exist and go about living. A story about the island of Naxos, marble and the thread that connects us to Cycladic art. German sculptor Ingbert Brunk talks about the light, the pain and the love entailed in creation. He explores the concept of the outlander, the migrant, and the relation between loss and existence.