EMERGING GREEKS COMPETITION

Bearcave – by Krysianna Papadakis & Stergios Dinopoulos

Set in the Greek mountain village of Tirna, Bearcave follows Argyro, a badass farmer, and her best friend Anneta, the village “it” girl and local manicurist. Once Anneta admits that she’s pregnant and planning to leave town with her lame cop boyfriend, Argyro challenges Anneta to embark on an adventure to find the mystical bear cave. Before Argyro has a chance to confess her own love, Anneta leaves for her new life in the big city. Argyro is left broken. Meanwhile, in her new home with her clingy mother-in-law, Anneta quickly realizes her destiny lies elsewhere.

Krysianna B. Papadakis

Krysianna B. Papadakis is a Greek-New Zealander writer-director. Her work explores queer identity, rural transformation, and Balkan folklore with poetic and political intensity, drawing on her background in philosophy and political studies at Harvard, and media theory at Oxford. Her debut feature film Bearcave had its world premiere at Venice FF – Giornate Degli Autori and won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film.

Stergios Dinopoulos

Stergios Dinopoulos grew up in Athens and studied Art, Film, & Visual Studies at Harvard, where his thesis film won the prestigious Hoopes prize. He works as a director, screenwriter, and film editor. His debut feature film Bearcave had its world premiere at Venice FF – Giornate Degli Autori and won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film.