GREEK SHORT STORIES - IN COMPETITION I

Prikosymphono
DURATION: 5’ DIRECTOR: Elena Gazi, Dolan Bailey, Leonardo Dal Fabbro, Alejandra Diaz

Placed in Lefkada, an island in the Ionian Sea, a little girl finds a paper from 1955, that contains a list of objects that belonged to her great aunt and proceeds to ask her grandfather about it. He explains to her that this is the list of her dowry, an old Greek tradition, in which the bride's possessions were conceded to the groom as a formal marriage agreement. Moved by this finding, he starts recalling memories of his childhood, witnessing his older sister Armenia, having an arranged marriage and leaving behind her family and the island for a better future.

Roots
DURATION: 24’ DIRECTOR: Konstantinos Doxiadis

On the border between Greece and Albania, Karafil searches for a tree he planted when he first emigrated five decades ago. However, without any clear memories of the initial crossing, the search proves harder than he ever imagined.

Elysian Fields
DURATION: 28’ DIRECTOR: Anna-Maria Dutoit

In a centuries-old olive grove, the wind blows through dry leaves, bringing fear of fire and drought. Meandering through the different generations of a family and their trees, the film embarks on a search for hope.

Last Tropics
DURATION: 19’ DIRECTOR: Thanasis Trouboukis

As an aquatic malady threatens their forgotten coastal village, three young fishermen resort to illegal dynamite fishing.

Beware of the Southern Stars
DURATION: 26’ DIRECTOR: Christos Karteris

Master Kostas, continuing the naval tradition of his homeland and family as a ship engineer, spent years sailing across the vast oceans. Now, forced into retirement on land, with the marks of time weighing heavily upon him, he lives amidst his memories and the singing of his canaries. With eyes still filled with the salt of the sea, he waits for the ocean to call him once again, on a final voyage.