Maria Powell
Writing
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A group of Greek soldiers are assigned to run the Cinematographic Unit of the army in the midst of political unrest.
Loafing and Camouflage

Contemporary Athens: A gang of teenage thieves and romantic anarchists test the limits of their youthful rebellion and play out their own tragic spring awakening against the backdrop of a dying city.
Spring Awakening

Two men, different characters, share the most fascinating woman in the world, while the smells and tastes work as the best aphrodisiac in their parallel relationships. A love triangle, with little doses of the art of the cousine.
Dangerous Cooking

Margarita works as a flight assistant. Her life is divided between travels and the care of her sick father. When he dies, she decides to make a fresh start to her life. She begins a trip to Northern Greece seeking...
Blood Ties

Minority-group Greeks from an outer suburb of Athens struggle with their life on society's fringe and exploitation of one another.
From the Edge of the City

Spying a lissome young woman standing topless on a nearby balcony, Giorgos (Andreas Barcoulis) climbs up onto a nearby rooftop to get a better look. At a critical moment in his climb, his family and friends call out to him and he falls, suffering a terrible blow to the head. Ineed, at the hospital, the family is told that he is brain dead, and that if they like, his heart can be given to someone else as a transplant. Giorgos' grieving wife (Betty Livanou) agrees to this arrangement. The film now follows the recipient of the dead man's heart (Giorgos Constas), as he wanders all over Greece, driven by his newly lusty heart into the arms of many beautiful women. Eventually he is led to the one woman his new heart truly loved, Giorgios' wife.
Love Me Not?

Three friends from 60s Paris attempt a road trip to modern-day Greece, looping in and out of fantasy and questioning absolutely everything. A situation comedy and a coming-of-age fairy tale or, according to the director himself, "a film that can be heard". Starring Nikos Kouris, Doukissa Nomikou, Dimitris Katalifos and Pavlos Haikalis. Lifetime Achievement Award to Nikos Panagiotopoulos
The Limousine

With the youthful remembrance of the mysterious beauty he used to secretly admire from afar still etched in his mind, a young man will unexpectedly spot a dead ringer of her and attempt to appease his long-suppressed feelings.
The Night with Silena

Middle August in Athens. Three families, living in a three storey building, leave for their summer vacations. Everyone is wishing for a miracle to happen this summer. In the meantime, a drifter breaks into their apartments and rummages their personal belongings, thus unfolding hidden secrets.