Movies

QUIDNUNC

A mentally ill Melanie is determined to end her life whilst staying in a desolate hotel. A woman’s cry for help from the room next door prompts Melanie to pause her suicide plan and investigate the disturbance. During her psychotic journey, Melanie will come face to face with her biggest foe for one last showdown.
Shot in one take, the voyeuristic narrative will oscillate from Melanie’s room to the room next door slowly prying loose the secrets of each occupant.

THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS

A Greek former diving champion and an eccentric German backpacker take an adventurous road-trip of rediscovery from Bari to Bavaria. THE MAN WITH THE ANSWERS is a picture-postcard travelogue about the familial ties that bind, the boys that catch our eye, and the twists and turns that lead us home.

Off Guard

BELLE ETOILE

An elderly schizophrenic who has spent most of her life in a mental institution, sensing that the end of her life is nearing, devises an escape plan in order to return to her past. Her destination is the house she grew up in, in order to find her disabled sister, whom she holds responsible for her unhappiness. She wants to demand an apology from her and admit that the fatal car accident that left her disabled and took the lives of their parents happened because she was driving that fateful night, not her as everyone believes. She manages to escape and after an adventurous journey in a fantasy world unknown to her, after meeting very different people, some of whom will try to harm her and others to help her, she arrives where she wants. But her sister is in a coma. She then enlists her magical “arsenal” to bring her back. These are the sweets of a bonbonniere, which she believes contain supernatural powers.

THE FIRST CYPRIOT ASTRONAUT

In the run-up to a referendum that could unite his long-divided nation, or tear it apart for-ever, a physics professor with early-onset Alzheimer’s discovers an unused Soviet Space Capsule, and a second chance at fulfilling a crazy childhood dream.

AFRICA STAR

The film tells the story of three generations of women from the 1940s until early 2020s.

30

Cyprus, 1974. Maria is trying to find a trace of her son who is in the frontline of the Turkish invasion.

IRIS

Iris (13) lives in a developing neighborhood of the seaside town of Limassol, Cyprus. Abandoned by her father and neglected by her mother, she finds refuge at Salome’s (78). When mobsters decide to put pressure on Salome to leave her house for the development of a new casino, Iris is determined to defend her. In this asymmetrical struggle, Iris will find the support of her estranged father.

DRAGON RECIPES

A young apprentice witch dreams of becoming the most wicked witch around – and of course, a wicked witch needs an evil, fire-breathing dragon. Using an old recipe and magic spells, our inexperienced protagonist will eventually conjure a special dragon; just not the one she had in mind!