Leonidas Kakouris
Nacimiento : 1968-11-09, Germany
Spyros Baltatzis
Members of the Baltatzis family recount the 1922 burning of Smyrna, Greece, including the assault on vibrant Greek and Armenian communities.
(archive footage)
In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.
Narrator
The journey of black raisin, the “black gold of Greece” as it is widely known, from the past to the future. Following the preparation of an art exhibition themed around raisins, the documentary introduces the importance of this product for the local community of Aigio and for the whole country alike, its history, and the people who live and work with it.
Vasilis Tsitsanis
A biographical film about the life of the greatest songwriter in Greece , Eftyhia Papagianopoulou (1893-1972)
Ilias Manakas
Operator
Greece nowadays. Seven different stories about seven persons who have already reached their limits and finally fall apart. Despite their seemingly obvious connection they are simultaneously connected through a common desperate action: the last phone call to the psychological support center called "life line". It's their last hope. As no one can really help them, even then, they all remain another part of the contemporary Greek tragedy. Written by Horme Pictures
Leonidas
1970, Andros Greek Island. Evdokia, has just married and dream to start his new life, next to her husband and child in its belly. Leonidas sailor, shortly after their marriage, leaving for travel. The promises and dreams, they begin to be removed, as time passes. Evdokia age 68. Forty years after her marriage, gives appointment with the past, through letters and photos. The conflict with her youth, will find peace, the promise of everlasting love.
Spyros
The arrival of children, as seen through the stories of four different couples, just when a pregnancy comes along and conflicts with their lives. A marital crisis becomes a family tragedy; a mad man's gun forces a young couple to reconsider a premature pregnancy; a long struggle of in-vitro fertilizations brings together and forces apart two sterile women who have shared the same man; and a young Iraqi immigrant, all alone in her apartment, is forced to give birth to her child with the help of her Greek stalker and next door neighbor. The stories unfold within a day and collide in a violent and fatal incident.
Pavlos
Two women in neighboring apartments live very different and at the same time very similar lives. The young student Klairi and the middle-aged Danai, seek in each other's company a means to escape their anxieties. At first they're just using each other but eventually they are challenged through a dark and dramatic climax to really open up and come truly close.