Short Films Block 2

54 / The Blind Turtle and the Endless Sea by Isabella Margara

Greece 2020, 13 min, Greek with English subtitles, German premiere 

A woman who cannot stop running. A mysterious man, who knows everything about her life. A turtle pin. An unexpected encounter in the elevator that goes up to the 54th floor – but takes us all elsewhere.

 

Madonna f64.0 by Stavros Markoulakis

Greece 2020, 18 min, Greek with English subtitles, German premiere 

After an important surgery, Maria returns to her family home to recover. Living with her mother, her sister and a newborn baby. While Maria’s body starts healing, a deeply hidden desire of hers surfaces. Maria wants to come close to the baby, and this creates a serious threat to the “safety” of the family home.

 

Anna and Phaedra by Elina Panik

Greece 2019, 20 min, Greek with English subtitles, German premiere 

Anna is a 30-year-old actress, who strives to be looked at while, Phaedra is a woman of similar age, who doesn’t know what it means to look or to be looked at, as she was born blind. When they will meet for the needs of a theatre role, their encounter will catapult them in a complex web of tension, dynamics and, ultimately, reconciliation.

 

All the fires the fire by Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis

Greece 2020, 25 min, Greek with English subtitles, Berlin premiere

Men set birds free on the mountains. Two grieving, estranged brothers try their marksmanship together with their sons. It’s the hunting season. Can a bird’s heart stop in the sky with no bullets coming through its body?

 

 

 

 

category:

short films

country:

Greece

duration:

75 mins

language:

Greek with English subtitles