In a dystopian world, dominated by the Regime, a ruthless Interrogator is ordered by the Special Service to follow a perfect Plan and prove a Suspect is guilty, only to realize that there’s a flaw in the Plan but also in the Regime itself.
Based on the novel THE FLAW by Antonis Samarakis.
To keep his home out of a loan shark’s clutches, a businessman sets a seemingly flawless plan in motion… and a sequence of events that will ultimately lead to an unthinkable family tragedy.
Set in the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings, humans have evolved beyond their natural state and into a stage of metamorphosis, with the ability to alter their biological makeup. While some embrace the limitless potential of transhumanism, others attempt to police it. In this perfectly crafted Cronenberg world, “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome”, is spreading fast.
Petros, a blue-eyed boy, hides behind a mask in a remote mountain village ruled by superstition, living with his strict grandmother, the Mayor, and his overprotective mother. His bond with his friend Aemon brings him closer to his truth. When his eyes are revealed and the village believes he is cursed, fear turns into violence, and Petros is forced to choose between submission and sacrifice.
Stergios, is middle-aged fisherman and farmer living with his wife, Maria, and their daughter, Anastasia, in a lakeside Greek village on the border with North Macedonia. Stergios is afraid of going to jail for a fraud he had committed many years ago., He starts to traffic migrants across the border lake in order to repay the money he took. But soon Stergios finds himself trapped in a deadly game between the local mafia and his conscience, while his family starts falling apart.
While enjoying a day at Athens’ queer beach, 30-something Demosthenes offers to help his bestie and aspiring filmmaker Nikitas in drafting an idea for his feature debut, inspired by the events surrounding a certain dog named Carmen. Two summers ago, Demosthenes was stuck in Athens dealing with health issues of his father. This serves as an excuse to reach out to his ex, Panos. Meanwhile, Panos got the overly cute Carmen, something he soon regretted. Likewise, Demosthenes seems to have regretted breaking up with Panos. Or did he not? Struggling to transform real events into a hero’s journey, the two friends question the no.1 rule of script writing theory – the hero that changes – while turning a page in their long-lasting friendship.
Α coming-of-old-age story of an eccentric Tailor who doesn’t quite fit into the world and has isolated himself into the attic of the family’s tailoring shop. On the verge of losing everything, he finally gets triggered: with a wondrously strange tailor shop on wheel she reinvents his life and his craft. He changes the brides of Athens and falls in love for the first time in his 50s.
A petty thief enters a house unaware that it belongs to a retired police officer. He soon finds himself trapped in a twisted game of power, infidelity and sexual perversion. This soon becomes a public spectacle. Driven by power and ambition, truth and deception fiercely collide. Which will prevail? Is escape a possibility?
In a small town in Greece, amorous passion meets the greed for money, dead bodies are starting to pile up and “Sleeping Beauty” Olga will never know the horrors she has been spared of…
Yiannis is a young man who is doing his military service at a camp on the Greek Turkish border along the Evros river. He is an unsophisticated youngster possessing all the carelessness of youth and facing life with absolute lightness. Before he joined the Army he flung himself into pursuing short-term pleasures with legendary irresponsibility without ever considering the consequences of his actions. Having found the required balance to diligently fritter away his military service time, a “consequence” comes knocking on his camp door. An unaccompanied, six-month infant, the existence of whom is unknown to him, arrives at the camp with a note that determines Yiannis as the natural father.
The unexpected event disrupts the routine of this borderland Unit, with all the soldiers trying to keep the arrival and stay of the infant secret from the higher ranking officers, while, at the same time, caring for the infant’s needs and taking… babysitting shifts.
Unforeseen complications lead to the brink of a hot episode as the baby crosses the border by mistake and ends up in a… turkish hammam bath! Yiannis is forced to enter Turkey to bring his baby back…
At age 19, Stratos committed a crime of passion. He spent half his life in prison, where an underground boss, Leonidas took him under his wing. During a rival gang attack, Leonidas saved his life which Stratos never forgot. As a free man, Stratos works the night shift at a bakery workshop, a far cry from the killing contracts he executes by day. He gives away all his money to fund an escape plan to get Leonidas out of prison. Leonidas debt to Stratos consumes his life, as he becomes further detached from life and consumed by ghosts and fallacies. The day of the escape, the most important day of his life, is near…
Austerity took everything but the roof over their heads, and today it will come for that too. But today, they will finally fight back, like a family with nothing left to lose…
Izmir 1922: Young Roza, the child of a wealthy family, is preparing to get married. Athens 1987: Roza lives with her granddaughter Mariana. She carries a well-kept secret that she does not want to share with anyone. But the passion of a collector, Dimitris, leads him to the coast of Asia and more specifically to the footsteps of enigmatic Roza. An old photo and a wedding dress is enough to reject an old love story for a new one to be born. The smell of the antique shops, the charm of the trips, the challenge of the mystery, the power of love in past and present, create the atmosphere and the journey of the heroes in Athens. Izmir and Istanbul to discover that people’s short stories are the ones that create great History.
What is the true story of Adam and Eve? What was the role of Toula in the creation of the world? Is it true that God created us in “pairs”? How far will we go until we find our other half? Faidon and Vicky never wondered about all that. Successful couples’ therapists, husband and wife, they preached the affirmative belief that our ideal pair is made, not found. That is until they met a couple different than the rest. A couple that doesn’t fit in the categories “healthy” or “problematic”. A couple like a fist… For the first time, Vicky and Faidon see how far their “successful” marriage is from a truly compatible one. How late is it to turn their lives around? An old carbine, a twisted religion class, a cynical fish, many post-its and a capuchin’s costume, will represent their views. However, one thing is for sure: a relationship needs work if it is to be saved.
A wary businessman from Thessaloniki, an unhappy married couple, a couple in love with many differences, a Bosnian young actress, an uprooted old woman from Palestine, a musician with existential quests and the famous Greek writer Petros Markaris, are the protagonists of this kaleidoscopic portrait of Istanbul.
Living in rural Greece, Nikos is an average guy without any ambitions, until his father’s sudden death reunites him with his uncle, who invites him to live and work at his house in the outskirts of Athens. Not having much to lose, Nikos accepts his uncle’s offer. He takes on the job of protecting his uncle’s purebred dogs from the hostile neighbors. Driven by envy, lust and anger, Nikos enters into a vicious circle of perpetual antagonism, the struggle for power over others
Two boys, one girl. Maybe alive, maybe dead. All alone. All around them, enormous tree trunks, crystal clear rivers, a remote beach, mountains, and a strange red house nestled deep in the heart of the woods. An initiation trip to the other side. To the roots of desire and the nature of sexual identity. A journey into the unknown, in a wild, existential fairytale.
Vera is a pretty former flight attendant.: carefree, seemingly enjoying a happy marriage with a wealthy husband and children. Following her husband’s sudden death, during one of his adulterous affairs, she finds herself in more trouble than she could ever imagine. Vera discovers that in order for her to keep the inheritance and to support her family, she needs to maintain her late husband’s football club, the “Black Panthers”, in the A’ League of the Greek Championship. Her wit, her unconventional family and the handsome leader of the team, will help Vera in overcoming the obstacles posed not only by her ignorance on football issues, but mostly by her opponents within the team.
An illegal couple, Fanis and Gina, get enticed by Miltiadis, Gina’s official fiancée, into going through with a strange kidnapping. The plan is to kidnap the corrupt, hot shot lawyer, Giotis Mathiopoulos, a plan that will be turned up-side down when instead of him, the amateur bandit group, kidnap with his aunt Elenitsa; unaware that Mathiopoulos wanted to get rid of her at any cost! The consequences will bring them both many fights and funny incidents, as they slowly realize their “victim” is not so ordinary. Aunt Elenitsa’ s special talents will get them in big troubles, but also give their lives a surprising spin!
July. Ilias and Marina arrive in Crete to join their lives in the holy bonds of matrimony, an event that friends and relatives have been anxiously awaiting! The wedding takes place as usual and everyone gets ready for the party afterwards, but fate has surprises in store for them… A small error in the invitation will send them all… to different directions and will make the route to the wedding party, a crazy journey into the unknown… In other words: Everything you wouldn’t want to happen at your wedding!
“Fugitive Pieces,” based on the critically acclaimed and international best-seller by Anne Michaels, is about Jakob, a Jewish-Polish boy who witnesses the massacre of his family in the Second World War.
Takis is trapped. Takis tries to escape. Takis wants money. He’s got a family, a baby, a home… He is being cheated. He loves and suffers… Takis can’t take it at work. He’s besieged by savages. But, his boss tops them all… Takis has one friend and relative. Takis runs out of time. Yet, in his mind, a heavy black cloud has settled, turning everything dark… Takis is silent. He lies down under and fills with anger. He fills with anger and sinks in…
Tassos loves Aliki… to death. One last jealous scene finds Tassos lying flat on the street, under his motorcycle. However, his ghost has other plans. He comes back on earth, materialised yet invisible, the reason, as he soon discovers, to prevent his sweetheart from… replacing him!
A bee in August will be the reason for Haris’ worst nightmare! His Other Half! An idyllic, secluded beach which cannot be reached except by boat, Haris and his wife Vassoula, his half-sister Hildegard, and his mistress Maria. Everything is going just fine on this beautiful August morning until Haris, who is allergic to bee stings, gets stung! He immediately swells up and looks like a completely different person. His allergic swollen alter ego will claim a place for himself between him, his wife and his girlfriend, mixing emotions, revealing secrets and causing panic!
Yannis and Sophia have the misfortune… to fall in love! Their parents suffer multiple strokes, their neighbors change sidewalk when meeting them, older people demand the closure of bars they visit and all society, without exception, wants to get rid of them and their peers. Why is this nascent relationship treated as a crime? What is its ‘defect’…? They are straight! Yannis and Sophia had the bad luck… to be born in a world different from ours, where normal is falling in love, marrying and having families with people of the same sex. Families consist only of moms or dads and anyone who dares to argue that there are cases where opposites attract, goes into a ‘black’ list! You haven’t yet made sense of relationships as they are? Wait till you see them…in reverse!
Aris returns to Athens after a long stretch in detox, to the sumptuous, decadent, superficial world he had left behind. Tormented by a possessive, neurotic mother, former friends and lovers and the dark secret of his father’s death, Aris struggles to resist slipping back into his previous, self-destructive lifestyle. But for all of them, the past is inescapable.
Fotini and Manolis encounter problems in their relationship. Fotini confides in her best friend Eleni her thoughts and feelings for Manolis, while at the same time Stamatis, a taxi driver and amateur photographer, discreetly tries to approach Fotini after having accidentally photographed her during his night shift. However a sudden event forces them to face their fears and changes their lives forever.