Yiannis Karabatsos
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1863. In a vast and desolate coast, Grand Tour voyagers are seeking Arcadia and the ancient ruins, symbols of an emerging Greek and European identity. More than one century later, the body of an unidentified man lies on the same coast…
Mare Nostrum

In a world where people stopped mating and the human race is under extinction, a lonely man Varsanouphios and a girl Ploumi find love through an arranged marriage.
The Beast Asleep

A sudden visit from the past comes to disrupt the world of a couple. For a moment, they find themselves trapped in a triangle, where they must cooperate, choose, and be chosen.
Πλευρά

A small group of World War I soldiers getting out of the dreary trenches. Their constant fear of the bombs steps aside for a brief moment of time, while brotherhood along with violence, steps in.
Anapafsis

In a distant future world, where water and air are contaminated, and it is prohibited to touch one another, a girl and a boy decide to go to a beach. Yorgos Zois creates an erotic sci fi through these dystopian times.
Touch Me

A railway crossing in the middle of nowhere. Two guards: solitary Yiannis who never leaves his post and cool Antonis who goes with the rhythm of the landscape. Every once in a while, a voice announces the passing of a train. The two guards manually lower the bars. Nothing seems to stir their daily routine until love charges in, crushing all certainties.
Crossing

An otherworldly white landscape, a road strewn with bones, and a secret that everyone knows yet tries to conceal. A story of a society sinking into moral emptiness.
The Wolves Return

The associative thoughts of a lonely man who has committed suicide out of love.
The Eye and the Brow

The everyday life of a man locked down in a house takes imaginary turns. In times of isolation and deprivation, his mind leaps to the elusive, while he is restrained inside the four walls of his house.
Houseplants

Ektoras, recently released from prison, has two jobs. During the day he is a pest control technician and during the night he stays awake. His social worker wants to know why.
Cleaner

The Statue of Liberty and the Joker, two wandering street artists, end up prisoners in the same cell. When the state’s systemic attrocity breaks Liberty, the Joker will search for her pieces, to put her back together.
A Piece of Liberty

Katerina insists on swimming in the sea, even though it is strictly prohibited. She spends all of her money paying fines, and ultimately has no choice but to ask her mother for help, putting their strained relationship to the test.