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- 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.
- DirectorYorgos AvgeropoulosStarsYorgos AvgeropoulosAlmost a year after the global pandemic hit Greece, iMEdD and SmallPlanet, present Yorgos Avgeropoulos' new documentary entitled "Parontes" (Present). The film, unfolds against the backdrop of the public healthcare system and follows the prominent figures at the forefront of the COVID-19 response, as well as the unsung heroes of the pandemic. Political decisions and backroom maneuvers come under the microscope and are juxtaposed with the struggles of those who bear the brunt of the new crisis on a daily basis. Through the Greek experience, Avgeropoulos manages to capture a universal reality and poses critical questions about the post-Covid era the world is entering.
- DirectorHristos KarakepelisStarsSpyros MagaliosHoussein OsmanoglouPlubi PlubThe state and business corruption in Greece that enriches by the metal recycling at the expense of a social margin which, while implementing the recycling, lives in extreme deprivation.
- DirectorMarina DaneziKonstantinos HatzinikolaouKostas MandylasStarsArife GoksuEdanur GoksuMithatcan GoksuOnassis Stegi's well-traveled production Clean City has prompted a hybrid film, honoring the women who clean the cities of the world. Four different directors follow the work as it tours four cities: Skopje, Sarajevo, Montpellier, and Istanbul.
- DirectorManolis Dimellas
- DirectorDimitris AthyridisStarsTerry PapadinasA complex portrait of Terry Papadinas, a charismatic yet almost totally forgotten Greek-American rock musician.
- DirectorStavros PsyllakisStarsApostolis AsimakisA documentary focusing on two groups of mental patients. The first is located in the Mental Hospital of Chania and the daily life of patients is presented, their relationships, and their contact with reality. The second group, former patients, travels to Denmark in a rehabilitation journey.
- DirectorLefteris FylaktosStarsKonstantinos PittasFrom 1984 to 1989, Costantinos Pittas took a solo journey across Europe and he shot 30,000 black-and-white photographs with a Minox 35mm compact camera. His aim was to capture the human core of the people living on both sides of Europe's Iron Curtain. His last picture was taken in Berlin, a day after the Wall came down. As he was motivated by the dream for a united Europe, he thought that his project made no sense after the end of the Cold War. He stashed the negatives away in a box and forgot about them for a good 25 years.
- DirectorStavros KaplanidisStarsStelios AnastasiadisMarios KaramanisIsmini KariotakiThe film traces Tornes' imagery, infiltrates the memories of his closest friends and presents the portrait of a filmmaker who made something out of nothing and stayed true to himself and his vision until the end.
- DirectorFilippos KoutsaftisStarsFilippos KoutsaftisA wandering in the past and present of Arcadia, a place full of myths and historical references.
- DirectorNikos GrammatikosStarsManolis DiamantidisMaria-Xenia AngeliGiorgos DimitriadisA documentary on the life of a blind boy, Manolis Diamantidis, who was abandoned by his parents. The documentary shows how blind children perceive the world they have never seen, and how they manage to survive.
- DirectorKostis ZoisStarsKostas KastanasA documentary, divided into "chapters", about the life of the inmates of the asylum on Leros. From the point of view that the mentally ill are victims of social oppression, the film turns a harsh light on the psychiatric system and offers pointed criticism of the policies that produce such inhuman conditions.