Kallia
Under the hot Greek sun, animators at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy tourist season. Kalia is the group leader. Paper decorations, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia's struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on.
Argyris is an elderly man in the first stage of dementia. When his symptoms worsen, he decides with his daughter, Sophie, to enter a nursing home. The last days of his freedom, Argyris wanders around the city, meeting old friends while having a secret plan. He wants to get a revolver.
An Athenian security guard seeks to escape the crushing routine of her night shift. Playing table football or listening to love advice on the radio just doesn't cut it, so she introduces a more intimate relationship into her life. Intensely visual work, full of surreal shots of empty meeting rooms, shabby elevators and peeking security cameras.
Ntina
Panayiota es una mujer de treinta y siete años que vive una vida modesta junto a su marido, su hija rebelde y su hijo. Sacrificada y servil, vive atrapada en un ambiente doméstico que no le permite tener independencia alguna o poder disfrutar de su tiempo libre. Un día acepta un trabajo como limpiadora en una centro comercial, algo que cambia por completo su vida. Aunque al principio apenas habla con otros empleados, pronto se convierte en una empleada ejemplar, logra su propia independencia económica y expande su vida social más allá de su apartamento. Incluso su familia ve esta nueva situación desde el respeto. Sin embargo, las cosas pronto comienzan a cambiar cuando una serie de acontecimientos en el trabajo ponen en riesgo su nueva circunstancia vital.
Anna
Young love blossoms amongst a group of Athenian teenagers during a boisterous summertime idyll, in the raw, romantic and anarchic feature debut from Greek New Wave director Sofia Exarchou. One of the most eagerly awaited films to come out of Greece in recent years, Sofia Exarchou's feature debut is a coming-of-age story that presents a summertime idyll from the perspective of Athenian youths. It allows us to see the fragility they try to conceal, and at the same time shows them to be unwaveringly resilient despite the socio-economic troubles that affect their destinies.
