A GOOD DAY WILL COME
(Canada / Iran)
Director / Writer: Amir Zargara
Producer: Asa Kazerani
When a champion Iranian wrestler’s sense of honor is tested by his country’s oppressive regime, he must choose between protecting his family and standing up for justice.
Beast
(Greece)
Director / Co-writer: Giannis Haritidis
Co-writer: Dimitris Papagiannopoulos
Producer: Giannis Haritidis, Spacetime
A washed-up former reality-show winner lives with his mother who fades into dementia. Desperate to become relevant again, he enters the survival hit Tribal All Stars. Forced to rely on his estranged daughter, they confront their past—until his hunger for fame collides with his need for love.
Colors under my skin
(Albania)
Director / Writer: Ajola Daja
Producer: Ajola Daja
A terminally ill mother creates a language of colors to teach her autistic daughter independence—until an ex-convict cleaning woman offers what no one else can: to stay.
Philoctetes
(Greece)
Director / Writer: Harry Lagoussis
Producer: –
In a post-apocalyptic future following climate collapse, the idealist Neoptolemus and the scheming Odysseus cross a barren island with the help of a talking Plasticman, with the aim of stealing from Philoctetes the weapons that will bring down Troy.
Pirateland
(Greece)
Director / Co-writer: Stavros Petropoulos
Co-writer: George O’Neill-Zafeiropoulos
Producer: Leonidas Konstantarakos, Stephane Marchal, Eliza Jones
On a remote island in the Greek Mediterranean, a grieving innkeeper is forced to confront his own past and his community’s entire future when a dysfunctional family from Norway arrives in search of an “authentic pirate experience”.
Seaweed House
(Greece)
Director / Co-writer: Penny Panayotopoulou
Co-writer: Kallia Papadaki
Producer: Penny Panayotopoulou
Anna, Kora, and Elena—three women unknown to one another who struggle to find their footing in a seaside suburb—discover comfort in winter swimming and companionship. A sea full of seaweed becomes their new home.