Film Catalogue

Maria and Nikos, a married couple coping with alienation, are spending the weekend at a hotel nestled in nature, by the river Acheron. During their stay, they will try to strike a new balance in their relationship.

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.

An isolated mountain location in Kosovo offers the ideal conditions for a bastion of matriarchy to be established. Four women have been living in this “refuge” for some time: Emira, firmly oriented towards the pleasures of life, her best friend Lumja, the 70-year-old Gjyla, a widow forced to abandon her family home after her son was killed in the war, and the nurturing Kumrija, mother to the only male of the house – the nine-year-old Aga. The latter is forced to comprehend what adulthood truly is (perhaps bridging the past with the future) through unexpected ways, when a middle-aged Croatian woman arrives at the refuge, sowing the seed of doubt within the heart of this unconventional family. A holistic, edgy, uncompromising drama that gives voice to the members of society who have never experienced what “representation” means (either on- or off-screen), as they struggle to find their place in a precarious peace, cast in the shadow of collective trauma. The underlying tension in a film where a gurgle of laughter is heard, simmers brilliantly.

Angie and Pat are a well-off lesbian couple in their mid-60s. They have lived together for 30 years in the flat Pat owns in Hong Kong. Their relationship is accepted by their friends and families and they are valued and loved by those around them. After Pat unexpectedly dies one night, Angie is not only emotionally supported by her circle of friends, but also – at least at first - by Pat’s family. However, little by little, arguments about the burial and inheritance lead to an estrangement. Angie has no legal right to remain in the flat she shared with Pat and is at the mercy of the dwindling goodwill of her dead partner’s family. Even though the couple shared the financial burden equally between them, Pat was the one who took care of everything in their relationship. Supported by her chosen family, Angie embarks on a later-life emancipation journey. As in his film Suk Suk, Ray Yeung once again takes a precise look at the often precarious everyday life of the older queer community. In the character of Angie, he creates a quiet and yet impressively resilient lesbian heroine.

Α study on how cinema can transform even the most mundane into the exceptional meticulously capturing the everyday situations of urgent emotional need. After the death of the family dog, a woman on the threshold of middle age is confronted with the pull of the void: The once familiar warm nest has been left bereft, its temperature changed, the satellites of her life have altered course, and she is forced to take a closer look at the relationships that have been left on ice. Her estranged ex-husband returns to the USA when his career in Singapore collapses, moving in with his sister; their young daughter falls in love and decides to follow her beloved to Australia, without waiting for her mother’s approval; her best friend copes with his own grief through a lifestyle makeover, even if it doesn't align with any sense of moderation; as for one of her colleagues who fosters animals, she offers her another four-legged friend to soothe her woes. A heartfelt yet poignant portrayal of the melancholy that accompanies every new beginning, introducing us to a wonderful bunch of characters and dissecting universal themes with insightful humor: aging, friendship, parenthood, mortality, past loves, second chances and the profound connection to the non-human. A film that teaches us precisely how to love "all that we love."

The light and subtleties of the everyday life of Mumbai’s working class are thoroughly examined and commended with warmth, zest, and compassion through the lens of a young Indian filmmaker, a Grand Prix award winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for her captivating fiction debut. Honing in on two roommates, both working at a hospital in town (one as a novice nurse, the other as her supervisor), as well as on a recently retired colleague of theirs, this incredibly nuanced film revolves around the mundane moments of connection and distress, hope and disillusionment. The first is married – through matchmaking – to a man living in faraway Germany, while being closely pursued by a doctor in her immediate surroundings. The second keeps dating a Muslim man, but tries her hardest to conceal her relationship from her Hindu family. As for the third, she is abruptly confronted with the threat of eviction from her apartment. As the camera shifts from the ruckus of the metropolis to the tranquility of a seaside resort, every frame evokes an expressive, yet absurd lyrical naturalism, converting the act of daydreaming into a tool of resistance and transformation.

Pavlos travels to his village to visit his grandmother. There, he starts filming her as she prepares his favorite meals. In the process, they will share untold stories and make confessions. In his grandmother’s arms, Pavlos will seek a feeling of acceptance.

August 1992. 14 year-old Anthony and his cousin kill boredom by the lake. They live in a rusty valley in Eastern France that they share with the extinguished furnaces and factory ruins of the once-industrious small town their parents knew. A chance meeting with an older girl, Steph this stifling afternoon will unlock a summer of first love that will come to define everything, a bittersweet moment in Anthony’s life marking the end of childhood and a coming of age. Rebellious and frustrated, young Hacine turns both their lives entirely upside down. Over the course of four crucial summers, the destinies of Anthony, Steph, and Hacine intersect, collide, and intertwine. In this whirlwind of adolescent turmoil, love tries to forge a path.

Issa is a young Senegalese undocumented immigrant trying to survive as best he can in Turin, Italy. When he’s fired by his previous employer for fear of being fined by the police, Issa}s friend helps him get started working as a food-delivery rider for the company “Anywhere Anytime.” This new gig gives him a sense of security and freedom, riding his bike around the city, and controlling his destiny. But his newly gained sense of stability quickly collapses when, during a drop-off, the bicycle he’s just spent all of his money on is stolen. Issa then embarks on a desperate odyssey through the streets of the city to find his bike. An hommage to Bicycle Thieves for the 21st century.

Radiant neurologist Katerina has to confront her worst suspicions as she accompanies Yannis, a former well-respected doctor, to identify the victim of a tragic car accident at an off-season seaside resort. Together, but also on her own nightly excursions to a mysterious rustic beach bar, they unravel a haunting tale of love, loss, acceptance and letting go.

Born on the 1st of January 1900 in a poor family in rural Sicily, Modesta pursues happiness since her childhood without falling victim to the constraints of society. After a tragic event that takes her away from her family, Modesta is welcomed into a monastery, where she becomes the Mother Superior’s protégé thanks to her intelligence and stubbornness. Later, she arrives at the villa belonging to the Princess of Brandiforti, where she makes herself indispensable. This relentless process of emancipation goes along with a journey of personal growth and sexual awakening, which leads her to discover and claim the right to pleasure and happiness.

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.