Short Films: Slot 2


Honeymoon – by Alki Papastathopoulos

Greece, France, Cyprus 2024, 24 min – Greek with English subtitles

After a traumatising event involving the cops, Fay is leaving Greece for good. Sandra accompanies her to the bus station, taking this time as a chance to say goodbye. As they are traveling by bus across the country, a transphobic attack by two co-passengers leaves them stranded on a highway in the middle of nowhere.

 

 


Mauve – by Jo Capralou

Greece 2024, 17 min – Greek with English subtitles, German premiere

Two plants in the same pot are suffocating,
their roots have become entangled.
In a house filled with plants, a couple of girls
prepare for a journey. They are Iris and Danae.
We follow the last minutes of their relationship,
their transformation into savages and their separation.
Just like plants need more space to blossom,
it is time for them to transplant.

 

 


Pigeons are Dying, When the City is on Fire – by Stavros Markoulakis

Greece, The Netherlands 2023, 21 min – Greek with English subtitles

On the warmest day of the year, two boys meet. A few hours later, a pigeon gets trapped with them. On this heatwave, all creatures dream of escaping from the city that’s burning.

 

 


Scorched Earth – by Markela Kontaratou

Greece 2023, 16 min – Greek with English subtitles

It’s summer in Greece and Stela escapes the Athenian heat to her summer house. Procrastinating while writing her thesis, she spies on her neighbor and his girlfriend; soon enough, she gets suspicious that he has committed an atrocious murder.

 

 


release date:

2023, 2024

directors:

Alki Papastathopoulos, Jo Capralou, Stavros Markoulakis, Markela Kontaratou

type:

short films

country:

Greece, France, Cyprus, the Netherlands

duration:

78 min

language:

Greek with English subtitles