The words of the women who experienced the Asia Minor Disaster are brought to life in an animated female refugee experience.
A young man has to tell his girlfriend that he has been accepted on a one-way mission to Mars.
Theoharis, an elderly and lonely man, takes refuge every evening in the hospital to spend the night on the benches and chairs of the outpatients’ wing. Every morning he returns to his house, where his only companion is his cat and his memories. One night he is discovered by a young nurse, Evgenia, who tries to learn more about him. Theoharis is initially sceptical and refuses to give her any information. Gradually, however, a relationship of trust between the two begins to build. A film that deals with loneliness, old age and the marginalization of elderly people.
In a consumerist society where everything, including man’s best friend, is treated as disposable, everyday people aiding stray dogs remind us what being human(e) is all about. Through their struggles, successes and dilemmas, the documentary exposes the problem and its solutions, while tackling the human condition in the contemporary western world.
Isolated in his apartment, the lonely forty-year old Giorgos meticulously devises an intricate plan to take his life after his beloved mother chokes to death on a pistachio. As the day progresses, Giorgos allows excuses, obstacles and people to hinder his final deadly leap from the balcony, completely oblivious to the true reason behind all his stalling.
Abdallah, an Arab Muslim civil engineer married to Irene, a Greek Cypriot woman, is blamed for the collapse of a building in an Arab refugee settlement which causes the death of 7 people. Having been radicalized, Iman and Leila, two young Europeans of Arab origin, are sent to Cyprus, where they organize a terrorist attack at a Forum of European leaders. Michelle, a lonely 17-year old girl, child of a broken family, falls for Angelos, a handsome, domineering young man with racist ideals. Their relationship is strained when Michelle becomes pregnant. Ultimately, the three stories will overlap in an unexpected way.
Travelling theatre troupes with their pagan roots and Christian Orthodox tradition are two seemingly opposite worlds, both mysterious and both enchanting to the author. Using abstract forms, inspiration from printmaking and folk art the film expresses the emotional and visual impact of a beautiful but disappearing world.
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!
Two men guard a mysterious building. Things get out of hand when one of them decides to open the door and find out what hides behind it.
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