Lily, an intersex woman, has to face her traumatic past to prevent history from repeating itself, when her intersex niece is forced into corrective surgery.
An elderly schizophrenic who has spent most of her life in a mental institution, sensing that the end of her life is nearing, devises an escape plan in order to return to her past. Her destination is the house she grew up in, in order to find her disabled sister, whom she holds responsible for her unhappiness. She wants to demand an apology from her and admit that the fatal car accident that left her disabled and took the lives of their parents happened because she was driving that fateful night, not her as everyone believes. She manages to escape and after an adventurous journey in a fantasy world unknown to her, after meeting very different people, some of whom will try to harm her and others to help her, she arrives where she wants. But her sister is in a coma. She then enlists her magical “arsenal” to bring her back. These are the sweets of a bonbonniere, which she believes contain supernatural powers.
In a consumerist society where everything, including man’s best friend, is treated as disposable, everyday people aiding stray dogs remind us what being human(e) is all about. Through their struggles, successes and dilemmas, the documentary exposes the problem and its solutions, while tackling the human condition in the contemporary western world.
An aspiring thief enters a detached house only to discover that he fell into a rabbit hole of sex, violence and absurdity.
A group of immigrants arrives in Euroville, a city representing the changing values and society of modern Europe. They stumble upon a corpse which represents the culture and traditions they need to leave behind in order to be assimilated into the new society. The whole film is expended in going from one department to another in a crazy system, trying to establish what is required for them to get rid of the corpse.
Smaragda (46), is a former kids TV show host. Disappointed with love, broke, with a dog and a career stuck in time, she decides to jump on the social media bandwagon in order to raise her profile, while taking a job as an entertainer in a tourist resort. But she feels like time is running out.
A group of fifteen-year-olds decides to break into the house of a quirky old woman with the intention of theft. PANAGIOTIS, the hero of our story, takes her wallet and leaves for his home. However, his regrets do not leave him in peace, and so he decides to return the wallet to its owner. This causes a relationship to develop between them, little Panagiotis and the quirky old woman, a relationship that at the end of the day leads both heroes to redemption.
Summer is a permanent state of mind in Limassol, a once small seaside town in Cyprus that has transformed into the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Within this asphyxiating environment, Tina, a depressed food stylist, is ready to give up on everything on the day of her birthday, until an extraordinary encounter changes her life.
A documentary about the poet and painter Vassilis Michaelidis (1849 – 1917), who through his poems evokes his life story and the turbulent times he lived through.
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