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Continuing its online activities, Thessaloniki Film Festival offers free, through the popular Festival Scope online festival, Greek films selected from the program of the 60th event, as well as films for children.
Viewers will be able to watch the movies from Tuesday, April 14 to Sunday, April 26 on the secure and professionally recognized online platform, making a simple and free subscription here. Each movie will be available for 300 views.
At the request and support of the Ministry of Culture, the Festival assumes the cost of this action and has granted a small amount to all producers for the screening rights.
The movies
Retired by Zacharias Mavroidis
Aris, a 30-year-old businessman on the brink of bankruptcy, moves into the home of the late grandfather Aristides, a retired officer in the Greek army. He soon meets with an old friend of Aristides. Trying to appear worthy of his name, Mars gradually identifies with his grandfather.
The film participated in the 2013 Crossroads co-production Forum section and in the Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes Works in Progress 2019 action on the FKTH market. Featuring: Michalis Sarantis, Giota Festa, Thanassis Papageorgiou.
Born on March 8 by Lyberis Dionysopoulos
Women have taken over the world and executed the male population. A mongrel, Leonidas, will be able to survive. When he meets Ofelia, a young revolutionary and cinephile, things take a strange turn. Featuring: Mary Seisoglou, Lymperi Dionysopoulos, Despina Halidou.
We don’t listen to the songs by Takis Papanastasiou
Nikos and Nora invite Angelos to their home to spend the night with them. The night includes a painting of Dibife, kimono and western, a burned chicken, Elvis and Dietrich. Starring: Nora – Nancy Sideri, Nikos – Panos Papadopoulos, Angelos – Michael Tabakakis.
Exile by Vassilis Mazomenos
Mars is struggling to leave the country in a boat. He manages to escape drowning, but with his return, he finds himself embroiled in a fight for survival that will take him to the limits of human resistance. Starring: Katerina Tsassi – Dede, Stefanos Kakavoulis, Angeliki Karystinou.
Zizotek by Vardis Marinakis
After abandoning his nine-year-old mother Jason at a festival near the Greek-Bulgarian border, he finds refuge in a cabin in the middle of the forest that belongs to an isolated and whimsical middle-aged man, Minas. A touching story about the longing for intimacy.
The film was released in East West in Karlovy Vary. The film participated in the FCT Market Crossroads 2012 and Agora Works in Progress 2017 co-production forum. With them: Penelope Tsilika, August Lambrou-Negreponti, Dimitris Xanthopoulos.
Cosmic candy
Thalamus by Vassilis Noulas
Based on the eponymous tale by Nikos Kasdaglis, the film follows the turbulent journey of Despina, a member of a terrorist organization, in the city center, where he tries to stay alive after committing murder. A portrait of Athens is blurred across the turbulent path of the central heroine. Starring: Despina Hatzipavlidou, Nikos Sampalis, Vicky Kyriakoulakou.
Persephone by Costas Athousakis
A Greek-Japanese film operetta, which gives life to the myth of the kidnapping of Persephone in front of a group of women from Japan, while the arrival of the foreign man bothers family members of the Persephone hostel. The film participated in the action Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes Works in Progress 2019 of the FKTH market. With: Elsa Lekakou, Dimitris Imellos, Katerina Lipiridou, Evangelia Karakatsani.
Missile by Stefanos Sitaras
Stathis, known to his mythomaniacs for years, is forced to demonstrate to his friends the existence of a “secret missile” (which only he knows), so as not to lose them. Filmed with non-actors over the course of four years, The Gun tells the true story of a group on the last night of summer. Starring: Anne-Marie Lezino, Aris Mavropoulos, Marietti Papatheodorou and others.
@ 9: at nine by Angelos Spartalis
A nine-year-old ghost girl occupies the bank-occupied apartments in central Athens and violently attacks brokers and young shoppers. A young couple in love, at the beginning of their life together, will try to take advantage of the little ghost for their own benefit. Protagonists: Dimitra Spartali, Vassilis Awad, Sofía Papadopoulou, Angelos Papadimitriou and others.
Cosmic candy by Rinios Dragasakis
Anna, a quirky and lonely supermarket cashier, is forced to take her ten-year-old daughter from the next-door department under her protection after the mysterious disappearance of her father. He is also concerned about his possible dismissal and a romantic romance. And all this under the influence of too much Cosmic Candy, the sweet that appears in the mouth.
The film was released at the Fantastic Fest in Austin in Texas and at Sitges in Spain. He also participated in the Crossroads 2013 and Agora Works in Progress 2016 co-production Forum of the FCT market. With: Maria Kitsou, Maya Pipera, Kimona Kouri.
Winona by Alexandros Voulgaris (The Child)
The fifth feature film by director and musician Alexandros Voulgaris (The Boy) presents four women who go to the beach to enjoy the sun and the sea. Filmed with a 16mm film, Winona captures in her lens the sensuality that results from light, water, and young flesh, inviting us to discover the secrets behind seemingly carefree games.
The film participated in the action Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes Works in Progress 2019 of the FKTH market. Starring: Anthi Efstratiadou, Sofia Kokkali, Iro Bezou, Daphne Patakia.
The miracle of the Sargasso Sea
The miracle of the Sargasso Sea by Sulla Tzoumerkas
Two women (Angeliki Papoulias, Yula Bountali) live in a provincial city in western Greece. When a mysterious death turns their small town upside down and unleashes a savage cycle of violence, the lives of the two women, who until yesterday were unaware of the other’s existence, will begin to converge. Your meeting could be your salvation.
The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and was followed by a successful festival. Starring: Angeliki Papoulia, Gioula Bountali, Christos Passalis, Argyris Xafis, Thanassis Dovris, Laertis Malkotsis. “He does not.goes, a faithful follower of Greek cinema, listening to the call of the Thessalonica Festival, awards promotion scholarships to festivalScopeSylla Tzoumerka’s most recent award-winning co-production of “The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea”. The great movie was released a few weeks ago in NovaCinema and it is always available in No.vaOnDemand“
Meltem by Vassilis Doganis
Her first feature film (already recognized for her short films), Vassilis Doganis, tells the story of a young French woman of Greek descent who returns to Lesbos to inherit her mother’s recently deceased cabin. There she will be followed by two French classmates, with whom she plans to start a business, using the money from the sale of the house. Featuring: Daphne Patakia, Ramba Nait Ufela, Akis Sakellariou.
Children’s Movies
The Festival also offers free, through the Festival Scope platform, films aimed at children from 2 to 12 years old.
KiwiandStrit (for children from 2 to 6 years old) by Esben Toft Jacobsen
Kiwi and Strit, the little fluffy creatures, live in a clearing in the middle of the great forest. The two are very different, Kiwi is yellow and careful, Strit is wild and purple. They each see the world with different eyes, but they are both playful and curious. They have fun together all the time when they play soccer, they ride bikes, but also when they find a noisy cow.
Children of he Universe/ The children of the universe (for children from 6 to 12 years old) by Camille Buden
A mountain elementary school is beginning to uncover the secrets of the universe, with the help of astrophysicist Stephanie Zuno: the Big Bang, the creation of stars, supernovae, black holes, Earth. Children enjoy the unique opportunity, as they discover that everything, young and old, is connected, but they also seek an answer to the eternal metaphysical question: “What is our place in the universe?”
Next Door Spy / The Spy Next Door (for children from 7 to 12 years old) by Carla von Bengtsson
Agatha Christie is 10 years old and her dream is to become a private detective. It will not leave any mystery of the neighborhood unsolved. But the biggest puzzle is in the form of Vincent, a skateboarder of his age, whom Agatha believes is a secret. She spends her time looking at him and discovers unexpected surprises, but also a true friendship. With Greek subtitles, older than 7 years.
Cleo and Paul (for children from 3 to 8 years old) by Stefan Demustier
Cleo, three and a half years old, is an expert in concealment. Her brother Paul and grandmother have no hope of finding her. At some point, Cleo doesn’t know where she is in the park. No one cares. Then Cleo decides to follow a woman who seems as lost as she is, and together they explore their worlds again.
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