GREEK SHORT STORIES - IN COMPETITION III

Holy Shit
ΔDURATION: 5’ DIRECTOR: Taxiarchis Deligiannis, Vasilis Tsiouvaras

Athens is transforming rapidly, to absorb the tones of tourists, who are flooding the city. The situation gets out of control, leading to big, stinky explosions in every corner of the city and then, all over the world!

Avantaz
DURATION: 19’ DIRECTOR: Christos Tatsis

After their boss disappears, wanted for murder, the staff of a fading nightclub take part in a documentary that forces them to confront the events of that fateful night.

Give me 5 Minutes
DURATION: 17’ DIRECTOR: Marthilia Svarna

While managing endless phone calls from her mother-in-law, mounting anxiety, and a race against the clock, Penelope struggles to get somewhere important on time — when all she truly longs for is a moment of rest.

A Thousand Leagues under the Sea
DURATION: 26’ DIRECTOR: Natassa Xydi

A ship follows the same route. One fish lives in the depths, another at the surface. Do the routes of their lives ever cross?

The Grief that will Remain
DURATION: 15’ DIRECTOR: Harris Koutroumpopoulos

After the recent death of her grandmother from Alzheimer's disease, Agathi, a 20-years-old girl struggles to deal with her loss, keeping a defence against her feelings and her mother. Her mother Maria, feeling alone and while arranging her mother's funeral, tries to reach out to Agathi. After a fight between them, Agathi goes for the first time to the nursing home that hosted her grandmother to get some of her personal belongings. Taking a first step to face her death and experiencing a childhood memory with her, she finally decides to manage the grief together with her mother.

Fouetté
DURATION: 15’ DIRECTOR: Dimitris Zouras

Christina is a ballet dancer and struggles to earn her mother's approval, trying to succeed in an audition for which her mother is preparing her.

Maternelle
DURATION: 19’ DIRECTOR: Basile Doganis

Yanis, a 6-year-old Greek boy who has just arrived in France with his mother Christina, goes to kindergarten (maternelle) for the first time. With no means of communication, he is left to fend for himself in this unknown world.