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Afternoon Stars
Panos H. Koutras
One afternoon. One shot. Two stars. Three reels of film. An hommage to Andy Warhol, Angela Brouskou, and Vangelis Papadakis. The film was shot in an afternoon during the summer of 1989, on Patision Street, downtown Athens. In a single take. With no synchronised sound, no script, no music copyrights.
Greece
Greek, English, French
32 min
The Attack of the Giant Moussaka
Panos H. Koutras
In the year 2000, a terrible incident shocks the city of Athens: a huge piece of moussaka appears on the city streets, spreading panic and death. Everyone keeps wondering: why, where, how, for what reason? Everyone, except for Tara and a diverse group of people, who strongly believe they have to make contact with it.
Greece
Greek, English
1 h 37 min
Dodo
Panos H. Koutras
A dodo, a bird extinct for the last 300 years, shows up at the villa of a formerly wealthy family in Athens. The owners are counting down the critical two days to their daughter’s wedding, which will bring their financial salvation. In dodo’s presence, the already thin line between sanity and madness collapses as the situation spins out of control.
Greece, France, Belgium
Greek, French, Russian, Albanian, Georgian
2 h 15 min
The Fall and Rise of Lydia Von Bürer
Panos H. Koutras
She had a lot of talent, but unfortunately no voice.
France, United Kingdom
French
10 min
Misty Days of Spring
Panos H. Koutras
It's Spring but it's still foggy in London. Both of them live like the punk days never ended. He wants to leave, she is afraid of losing him. Their last act will be some solution.
United Kingdom
English
11 min
Real Life
Panos H. Koutras
Aris Kalligas, a 27-year-old man, returns to his family home in Athens, which is as famous for the breathtaking view of the Acropolis it offers, as it is for the swimming pool, the deepest one in Europe. He is determined to solve the mystery surrounding his family. One evening, following a car crash, he will encounter Alexandra and they will fall head over heels in love. However, his mother, the irresistible Mrs Kalligas, will try to come between them at every turn. In a city straddling the lines of fantasy and reality, Aris must discover the hidden whereabouts of
Real Life
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Greece
Greek, French
1 h 52 min
Strange Relationship
Panos H. Koutras, Marianna Ghyzi Papageorgiou
An unofficial video clip of Prince’s titular song, conceived and performed by Panos H. Koutras (boy) and Marianna Ghyzi Papageorgiou (girl). Filmed on super 8 in the summer of 1987 in Paris.
France
English, French
3 min
Strella
Panos H. Koutras
Forty-eight-year-old Yorgos is released from prison, after a 15-year sentence for a murder he committed in his native village. He spends his first night of freedom at a cheap hotel in the center of Athens, where he meets a trans prostitute named Strella. They sleep together and soon they fall in love. But Yorgos’s past catches up with him, and he ends up in a different “prison.” Along with Strella, he will have to find a way out.
Greece
Greek
1 h 51 min
Xenia
Panos H. Koutras
Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and his 18-year-old brother Odysseus travel from one end of the country to the other in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away. Determined to force him to acknowledge paternity, little do they know that the road to the much-coveted Greek citizenship is paved with ghosts from the past, adult savagery and a dream that needs to come true, no matter what. Reaching the end of this journey of initiation, they eventually come of age, even if Greece refuses to follow them.
Greece, France, Belgium
Greek, Albanian
2 h 8 min
The Βelch of Lydia Von Bürer
Panos H. Koutras
Lydia is singing alone in her apartment, when suddenly, at the climax of the aria, she is betrayed by herself.
United Kingdom
No Dialogue
1 min