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- DirectorAngelos FrantzisStarsKaryofyllia KarabetiKatia GoulioniPigmalion DadakaridisThe story of songwriter Eftyhia Papagiannopoulou (1893-1972), who escaped the burning of Smyrna and journeyed to Athens, Greece, where she became a major figure in Greek popular music and the beloved lyricist of the country.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsAndreas KonstantinouAndré HennickeMelia KreilingThe execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters and Communists by the German occupiers on May 1st, 1944 in Kaisariani, as reprisal for the Greek Resistance ambush against Nazis.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsThemis BazakaDimitris KatalifosMaria MartikaA young couple fight for their love and freedom.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsDamian LewisVictoria HaralabidouAndréa FerréolSet in 1922, is the story of a mail order bride, one of 700, aboard the SS KING ALEXANDER, who falls in love with an American photographer. She is bound for her new husband, in New York; he is on his way home to a failed marriage.
- DirectorTassos BoulmetisStarsGeorges CorrafaceIeroklis MichaelidisRenia LouizidouA Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.
- DirectorSotiris TsafouliasStarsAntonis AntoniouVladimiros KyriakidisPigmalion DadakaridisFour men in a small traditional coffee shop talk about women.
- DirectorSotiris TsafouliasStarsPigmalion DadakaridisDimitris KatalifosManos VakousisA professor of criminology tries to solve five completely unrelated murders whose only link is quotes from Pythagoras.
- DirectorPavlos TasiosStarsAntonis KafetzopoulosOlia LazaridouKostas BallasUnable to determine the marker of Down syndrome, a once-blissful couple has to take the future of their newborn boy in their hands. In the next dark days, the father will reach out to his connections; but, is it ever right to end a life?
- DirectorPavlos TasiosStarsGiorgos KimoulisKostas ArzoglouFanis HinasStruggling to make ends meet, a talented actor is bent on ending his loveless and miserable life; however, he plays it safe when attempting suicide, since he knows that his best friend will always be there for him. Will he ever find peace?
- DirectorPavlos TasiosStarsAntonis AntoniouAntonis KafetzopoulosKaterina GogouThe real story of Nikos Koemtzis, who one night knifed a company of men in a tavern, just because they wanted to dance on the song he had "ordered" from the musicians.
- DirectorPavlos TasiosStarsMimis HrysomallisKaterina GogouLida ProtopsaltiMimis, owner of a coffee shop in Chalkidiki has to come to Athens and work as a waiter. Life in Athens isn't easy for Mimis.
- DirectorPanos H. KoutrasStarsKostas NikouliNikos GeliaGiannis StankoglouStrangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away.
- DirectorNicos PerakisStarsNikos KalogeropoulosGiorgos KimoulisTakis SpyridakisThe "adventures" of some friends during their military service.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsJenny KareziGiorgos FoundasDimitris PapamichaelThe inextricably intertwined stories of five women who work as prostitutes just before the ban on brothels in Troumba.
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsJenny KareziAlekos AlexandrakisDionysis PapagiannopoulosA young engineer works in a firm that is managed by a beautiful but rather "stiff" civil engineer woman. When they come face to face, there are sparks flying everywhere...
- DirectorDinos DimopoulosStarsJenny KareziAlekos AlexandrakisDionysis PapagiannopoulosA young bride-to-be flies off to Venice only to become another man's wife. But, as the newlyweds return home, her family's unmanageable eccentricity will prepare the ground for a ceaseless battle of wills. Who can tame this crazy family?
- DirectorDimitris NikolaidisStarsMary AroniLabros KonstadarasGiannis VogiatzisAnna thinks up a clever plan to bring her husband Manos on track. Having discovered that he is cheating on her, she decides to pay him back in the same coin.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsNikos KourkoulosMary HronopoulouGiannis VoglisIn Greece, in the early part of the 20th century, two brothers from a wealthy landowning family have opposite views on how the poor workers who work on their land should be treated.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsVasilis LogothetidisIlia LivykouMimis FotopoulosPivoting around a shiny counterfeit gold sovereign freshly milled from the clandestine workshop of an otherwise honest goldsmith, four brief vignettes of human imperfection; seduction; fate; desire, and devotion inextricably interweave.
- DirectorGiorgos TzavellasStarsMaro KodouGiorgos KonstadinouDespo DiamantidouAn unmarried couple in the strict Greek society of the 60s.
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsNikos StavridisMimis FotopoulosMaro KodouWhen it comes to his wife, Orestis is suspicious of everything, be it a moustachioed chauffeur or a lost pair of bumblebee-yellow gloves. But, are his fears justified or is this case of the lost fashion accessories a big misunderstanding?
- DirectorAlekos AlexandrakisStarsAlekos AlexandrakisManos KatrakisAliki GeorgouliThe stories of poor people living in a neighborhood in Athens and their difficulties.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMelina MercouriGiorgos FoundasAlekos AlexandrakisProud, independent Stella, an unconventional Rebetico singer who cherishes her freedom, finds herself in an intense whirlwind romance. Everything points to a tragic ending, and in the aftermath of passion, there can be no winners.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsDinos IliopoulosMargarita PapageorgiouGiannis ArgyrisA peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsAntigoni AmanitouZaharias RohasNikos KapiosThe consequences of the Destruction of Smyrna and the Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey, as seen through the eyes of three characters who were dragged to the arid plains of Anatolia only to succumb to hunger, thirst, and the winner's knife.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsElli FotiouGiorgos TzortzisDimos StareniosDriven by a vain desire to make a name for himself and rise above the cruel limitations of his social class, instead, an idealist civil engineer finds himself on the verge of utter defeat. But, what would happen if he believed in himself?
- DirectorKostas ManoussakisStarsElli FotiouAnestis VlahosSpyros FokasA disturbing family drama about the pathogeny of Greek countryside.
- DirectorGeorge SiougasStarsOmiros PoulakisPrometheus AleiferIoanna TsirigouliAdonis returns to Athens to introduce his bride-to-be to his mother Rina and brother Lefteris, a schizophrenic. But Adonis's visit unravels family dynamics and deep-running problems that haunt all of them.
- DirectorNikos KoutelidakisStarsGiannis BezosGiannis StankoglouAntinoos AlbanisAt the time of the Greek junta, in an isolated army camp, a lieutenant forces a soldier to teach him the tango in order to ask the wife of his Colonel to dance with him.
- DirectorVasilis DourosStarsAlekos AlexandrakisVicky VoliotiVladimiros GolosinskiA young boy living in a small greek island possesses great talent in playing violin, but suffers from a disease that causes blindness.
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsNikos KourisAthina MaximouZoe NalbantiOn the brink of the new millennium, a young aspiring singer leaves Athens for the seedy nightclubs of the rough Greek province, bent on getting her big break amid milky-white cigarette smokes, decayed divas--and ultimately--broken hopes.
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsOlga KarlatosGeorge DialegmenosDimitris PoulikakosA father moves with his three sons and their beautiful, hard working servant in a big, old house in the countryside, where a weird drowsiness seems to occupy the four men. Will it be possible for one of them to break free?
- DirectorTasos BoulmetisTassos BoulmetisStarsAlexis AgrafiadisAlexandros AmerikanosPepi AmerikanouA.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beats SLAVIA of Prague and wins the European Cup.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsManos KatrakisMary HronopoulouDionysis PapagiannopoulosAn old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren't the way he had hoped for.
- DirectorTheodoros AngelopoulosStarsEva KotamanidouVangelis KazanAliki GeorgouliGreece, 1939-1952: Fascist, Nazi, and Communist conflict, as seen through the eyes of a family of travelling provincial players.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsThanasis VengosGiorgos ArmenisDimitris KatalifosThree men head towards a turning point in their lives.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsVangelis MourikisGiorgos SymeonidisVictoria HaralabidouNear the end of the Greek Civil War two brothers find themselves in opposite sides.
- DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsThanasis VengosEfi RoditiAntonis PapadopoulosDuring the dark years of the German Occupation in Greece, the mysterious disappearance of a cherished tomcat throws a destitute factory worker straight into the bowels of Kommandantur, to taste firsthand the oppressor's lavish hospitality.
- DirectorPanos GlykofrydisStarsThanasis VengosAnna FonsouAlekos TzanetakosReturning after a three-year captivity in war-torn Vietnam, a genial chemist finds his wife to marry his boss, who has grown rich thanks to his invention.
- DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsThanasis VengosEfi RoditiAntonis PapadopoulosStill owing his truck to his voracious employer, and with his sister still dangerously unmarried, a poor lorry driver meets an equally wronged young woman and realises that not all wars can be won. Can his trusted gun right the wrongs?
- DirectorDinos KatsouridisStarsThanasis VengosVasia TrifylliTitos VandisA civil servant who wants promotion is forced to return to school to get his diploma.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStathis PapadopoulosTheodora TzimouGiannis StankoglouInspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers hostage and demands a ransom of half and million euro, and safe passage to his homeland of Albania. Surrounded by police, the bus trundles towards the Albanian border and the tension mounts until the final harrowing conclusion.
- DirectorGiannis DiamantopoulosStarsRania OikonomidouGiorgos NanourisMaria EglezakiAthens by the 50's. A widowed mother is trying to raise her 3 children. Among them, there's only one son which she prefers the most. early in his childhood he appears to be "special". He opposed to his family, to the social standards and he made friendships with people of the same sex. His passion for dance led him to Paris where his homosexual relations bloomed. Athens by the 80's. He returned back. His artistic failure and his bad relationship with his mother led him into prostitution, working in transsexual cabarets, prison and changing sex, while his mother was unable to follow his changes and his life style
- DirectorGiorgos KatakouzinosStarsMichalis ManiatisDionysis XanthosKaterina HelmyA handsome young Athenian attempts to escape his abusive alcoholic father and the grinding poverty of his daily life by falling in love with a macho sailor who promises him a better life.
- DirectorCostas FerrisStarsSotiria LeonardouNikos KalogeropoulosMichalis ManiatisThe story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
- DirectorAndreas ThomopoulosStarsPavlos SidiropoulosVera KrouskaEleni ManiatiPavlos a young man full of dreams is questioning the Status quo and decides to quit medical school and become a street musician. He meets Apostoli Flou and the wandering begins.
- DirectorAntonis KokkinosStarsKostas KazanasDimosthenis PapadopoulosYorgos PirpassopoulosIn late-1960s Athens, a student forms a strong friendship with a group of young dreamers, against the backdrop of a new reality. The vision to change the world holds them together; but, after a tragic event, will things be the same again?
- DirectorNikos TzimasStarsAlekos AlexandrakisAngelos AntonopoulosKostas KazakosThe story of Nikos Belogiannis, member of the Greek Communist Party and officer of ELAS.
- DirectorAlexis DamianosStarsMaria VassiliouGiorgos KoutouzisKoula AgagiotouAthens, 1971. In the tumultuous years of the Greek military junta, an unconventional couple is torn between the complexities of love, life, and the suffocating pressure of fragile societal relations. Will they survive one another?
- DirectorThanasis PapathanasiouMichalis ReppasStarsAnna PanagiotopoulouMirka PapakonstantinouTasos HalkiasIt is a parody, which mimics with a sweet and nostalgic mood the whole spectrum of the old Greek cinema of the 60's.
- DirectorThodoros MaragosStarsVasilis DiamantopoulosAnna MatzouraniNikos KalogeropoulosIn a small Greek village, short time after the collapse of the Junta regime, a memorial of those who died in the German occupation of Greece brings in the surface the political differences of a conservative teacher and his two sons.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStathis PapadopoulosCostas KotsianidisPanagiotis ChartomatsidisA group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city's repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.
- DirectorStavros TsiolisStarsGiannis ZouganelisArgyris BakirtzisSakis BoulasTwo men travel to Thassos, where their families are on vacation. On the way, however, various unexpected and comic events happen to them.
- DirectorStavros TsiolisHristos VakalopoulosStarsArgyris BakirtzisDimitris VlahosDora MasklavanouA village in Arcadia invites a "famous" icon painter and his assistant to restore the worn-out murals in a historic church. One is an amateur astronomer, and the other is involved in various scams.
- DirectorStavros TsiolisStarsKonstantinos TzoumasErrikos LitsisEleni OuzounidouTwo men undertake to keep watch outside an Athenian house to which a room is being illegally added. While waiting, different people pass in front of them, each with his own story.
- DirectorPanos H. KoutrasStarsMina OrfanouYannis KokiasmenosMinos TheoharisYorgos is released from prison after 14 years of incarceration for a murder he committed. He meets Strella, a young transsexual sex worker. They spend the night together and soon they fall in love. But the past is catching up with Yorgos.
- DirectorYannis SakaridisStarsGiannis StankoglouMakis PapadimitriouVassilis KoukalaniA bitter Greek nationalist in Athens is horrified when his apartment building and local park become resting stops for refugees.
- DirectorArgyris PapadimitropoulosStarsMakis PapadimitriouElli TringouHara KotsaliOn a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard partying friends.
- DirectorGeorgis GrigorakisStarsVangelis MourikisArgyris PandazarasSofia KokkaliA father and a son long lost. Love and hate. Digging deep into mud to find their roots. Revenge and Redemption. A Western, revisited.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsDespina TomazaniDora MasklavanouTakis MoshosA band of handsome Athenian pariahs waiting for a miracle have a fateful encounter with the ever-present state instead. And as the law's suffocating stranglehold tightens around them, the shotguns have the final say.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsAlkis PanagiotidisKonstantinos TzoumasRita BensousanFive friends (representatives of the Fifties generation) now in their forties, get together after many years of silence.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsGiannis AngelakasJenny KitseliIfigeneia AsteriadiA cynical man, along with a 19 year old musician, a former lover, an alcoholic client of a bar and a black strip club dancer are involved with anarchist mood in a dangerous game with drugs godfathers of the night, cops and media.
- DirectorNikos NikolaidisStarsMichele ValleyTakis SpyridakisPanos ThanassoulisGoing alone into an abandoned, living city, a woman tries to cross a forbidden zone swarming with the Morning Patrol and traps. Meeting one of the last city guards, they attempt recall the past and penetrate the zone together.
- DirectorNikos GrammatikosStarsVangelis MourikisMarilita LambropoulouMinas HatzisavvasA former drug addict gets a new lease of life in his grandfather's dilapidated rural house, only to face the unwritten laws of the close-knit community. Now, all that's needed is a catalyst. Who can stop the advent of hell on New Paradise?
- DirectorGiannis DalianidisStarsGiorgos KonstadinouElena NathanailAlekos AlexandrakisA very kind man looses his mind after his brother in law wins the lottery ticket he rejected,after many years of buying these.
- DirectorVasilis GeorgiadisStarsXenia KalogeropoulouGiorgos KonstadinouDespo DiamantidouAt a whimsical masquerade, an art student meets the man of her dreams; however, after an enchanting night, they will find out that the road to a successful married life is not always easy. Can they manage to make it work?
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsVasilis LogothetidisNitsa TsaganeaIlia LivykouA quiet and modest man, disappointed and embittered by the civil war that plagues Greece after WWII, faces Hitler and his Nazis who strike back to retake Greece.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsGiorgos FoundasMargarita PapageorgiouStefanos StratigosKosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.
- DirectorRoviros ManthoulisStarsThanasis VengosVasilis DiamantopoulosSpyros KalogirouAfter many years, two good friends meet by chance during an excursion. Their joy is great as they both thought the other was dead. They start to reminisce about their common struggle for survival during the German occupation of Athens
- DirectorAlekos SakellariosStarsDimitris PapamichaelAntigoni ValakouThanasis VengosTwo ambitious junior employees from different social backgrounds, an aspiring author and the elegant daughter of a failed industrialist, see their youthful optimism turn into utter defeat. But what is the cost of a lost dream?
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiDimitris HornEleni ZafeiriouAgainst the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity strikes. Can love redeem the sad girl in black?
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiAthena MichaelidouEleni ZafeiriouA daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
- DirectorDimos AvdeliodisStarsYannis AvdeliodisNikos MioterisMarina DelivoriaThe friendship between two young boys during the summertime in 60's Chios island.
- DirectorDimos AvdeliodisStarsAngeliki MalantiAngelos PantelarasTakis AgorisIn early-1960s Chios, the sudden death of a forest ranger forces the local agronomist to appoint his successor. But, none of the available field guards accepts the position due to the bad reputation of the village.
- DirectorPantelis VoulgarisStarsAnna VagenaSmaro VeakiKostas RigopoulosAnna is a servant of an old lady for ten years. The old lady chooses a man for Anna.
- DirectorFilippos KoutsaftisStarsPanagiotis FarmakisThe past and the present coexist in a place spoiled by modern industry but which long ago hosted the Eleusinian Mysteries, the secret ceremonies that initiated the ancient Greeks into the miracles of life, death and the afterlife.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsStathis GiallelisFrank WolffElena KaramA young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
- DirectorAris ChatzistefanouKaterina KitidiStarsDean BakerAlex CallinicosCostas DouzinasThe creators of Debtocracy, analyze the shifting of state assets to private hands. They travel round the world gathering data on privatization and search for clues on the day after Greece's massive privatization program.
- DirectorAris ChatzistefanouKaterina KitidiStarsSamir AminHugo AriasAlain BadiouDebtocracy seeks the causes of the Greek debt crisis and proposes solutions sidelined by the government and the dominant media. It follows countries like Ecuador that created debt Audit Commissions and tracks this process in Greece.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsMichael CacoyannisRauf DenktasGlafkos KleridesAn indictment of the protagonists in the Cypriot civil war.
- DirectorPanos GlykofrydisStarsGiorgos FoundasAnestis VlahosGiannis FertisDuring the German occupation in Greece, the Germans are about to execute 30 men in retaliation for the death of a German soldier. The villagers out of pity, request from them to pardon at least one of the 3 sons of a villager, who have all been selected to die. The officer's condition is that the father selects the one to live. The tragic dilemma is unbearable to the father ...
- DirectorAlinda DimitriouWomen arrested and tortured during the military dictatorship 1967-1974 confess their true stories.
- DirectorZoe MavroudiZoe MavroudiStarsMariniki AlevizopoulouChrysa BotsiKostas FarmakidisA documentary about a shocking case of HIV criminalization in Greece.
- DirectorVassilis LoulesStarsRosina Asser-PardoShelly Kunio-CohenEftyhia Nahman-NahmiaFive elderly Greek-Jewish people tell on camera the story of their childhood hardships during the German Occupation in Greece.
- DirectorStefan HauptStarsArgyris SfountourisChryssoula Tzatha SfountouriAstero Liaskou SfountouriIn 1944, four-year-old Argyris Sfountouris survived a Nazi massacre of over 200 people, including his parents, in the small Greek farming village of Distomo. As a war orphan, he was sent to the Pestalozzi Children's Village in Switzerland. He later obtained a Ph.D. in mathematics and physics at the ETH Zurich, and made a new life for himself in exile.
- DirectorNikos ZervosStarsKonstantinos TzoumasTzimis PanousisVangelis KotronisA mad scientist creates the band Music Brigades from body parts of dead musicians.
- DirectorGiorgos KorrasChristos VoupourasStarsAkis SakellariouMuzafer ZiflaArmando DautiThis Greek-Bulgarian-Cypriot co-production depicts the plight of Albanian illegals in Athens and its Piraeus port. Greek intellectual Christos (Akis Sakellariou) unintentionally falls in with a streetwise group of manipulative Albanian scam artists, including Victor (Armando Dauti) Omer (Laert Vasili) and Fuad (Muzafer Et' Hem Zifla). Minus papers, they are nevertheless successfully able to get by in Greece. Eventually, Christos takes a trip to the Albanian village where the duo grew up amid murderous blood feuds. Shown at the 1997 Thessaloniki Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- DirectorGiorgos PanousopoulosStarsStavros XenidisAleka PaiziBetty LivanouA retired couple spends its vacation at a spa town. Their also retired friends see life with a different eye. Some believe that the future does not reserve anything important for them and others seek love and try to live every moment.
- DirectorAngélique KourounisStarsAlexia EastwoodAngélique KourounisA journalist and filmmaker is delving for years into a local group of the Greek neo-Nazi party "Golden Dawn".
- DirectorAris ChatzistefanouStarsAris ChatzistefanouGiorgos TsialosFascism Inc. presents unknown short stories of the past, the present and the future of fascism and its relation to the economic interests of each era. We will travel from Mussolini's Italy to Greece under the Nazi occupation, the civil war and the dictatorship; and from Hitler's Germany to the modern European and Greek fascism.
- DirectorAngeliki AntoniouStarsAngeliki PapouliaGiannis TsortekisTasos PalatzidisA woman who has lost her memory struggles to reconstruct her past while cooking simple yet delicious food for workers at a working-class seaside tavern.
- DirectorThanasis PapathanasiouMichalis ReppasStarsNena MentiMaria KavoyianniAkilas KarazisisIn the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure.