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A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

A lawyer, who represents the German government against the Greek reparation claims for Nazi crimes in World War II, travels to Greece and meets one of the remaining survivors of the Kalavryta massacre that took place in 1943.

A food-loving and scientific tribute to the Mediterranean diet and, not least, the liquid gold: olive oil.

It is the early 20th century on a dystopian Greek island. Hadoula, a widow who lost her husband, loannis Fragkos, at a young age, is a woman who has learned how to survive in a male-dominated and extremely patriarchal society. Hadoula carries a difficult burden within her. Like a baton passed on to her from her mother, and the generations before her, she is meant to accept the belittling and degradation of women. Hadoula reacts. Her personal, internal revolution soon comes forth. The victims of her outburst are the little girls of the island, whom she sets free from the social and economic burden that their existence entails by taking their lives. Her actions will bring her face to face with the law. She leaves her home and escapes to her refuge, nature. But as much as her faith and morals dictate that she did the right thing, her trans-generational trauma follows her everywhere. And the end comes as redemption.

Based on the real events that took place in Kythera from 1906 until 1909, the story of one of the biggest mass murders in Greece. An example of how a local community pushed a quiet man in his limits and turned injustice into revenge.

Numerous ex-colonies, back at the time when they gained independence, struggling to concretize their national identity, found themselves in a rather awkward position: imploring, as if beggars, for the return of their cultural cornerstones that figure as centerpieces in prestigious museums all over the Western world. A documentary that explores the dim world of illicit trade in antiquities, as well as the long and hard struggle for the repatriation of all stolen treasures.

Dimitris Pistiolas, a retired employee for the Greek Post Office, is the owner of the largest cinema museum in the world. In two tiny venues in Athens lies his renowned by the Guinness World Records collection. Now, 90 years old, Dimitris recounts his past, hidden in his machines, hoping that his memories are not going to be lost forever.

The village Governor decides to appoint a public secretary to serve the citizens, as his employees are forced to neglect their work to serve their illiterate fellow citizens in their written communication. Hatziavatis undertakes to find the right person for the position, until he meets Karagiozis who impresses him with the grammatical knowledge he says he has and the search ends! After a hilarious meeting with the Governor, Karagiozis becomes the Grammar of the village and, full of appetite and empty of knowledge, grabs a pencil and paper.

A suitcase arrives at the airport with its owners and all is ready for boarding. But what happens when the suitcase is naughty and wants to be free?

Thessaloniki, Greece, under Nazi occupation, 96% of the Jewish population is sent to Auschwitz. The adventures, hopes and dreams of nine Jewish students of the Italian School Umberto Primo come to life. The film is based on the archive found by an Italian professor and the testimonies of the protagonists. By recreating their stories, we tell the story of the Holocaust in Greece.

A man falls into the sea to swim 140 kilometers/ His dream is to put Kastellorizo, the easternmost island of Europe, back on the Greek map. This journey will teach us how to succeed until we fail and how to start fighting once we fail and until we succeed again.

Romaniotes: the distinct Greek-Jewish community in the city of Ioannina, with customs and traditions that differ from those of the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews, whose traces are lost in the depths of time. The Romaniotes became an integral part of the cultural mosaic of the city of Ioannina since the Byzantine era, but faced the danger of extinction during the harsh period of the Second World War. Narrating their history through time unfolds not only the story of the city, but of the whole country by and large.

The journey of black raisin, the “black gold of Greece” as it is widely known, from the past to the future. Following the preparation of an art exhibition themed around raisins, the documentary introduces the importance of this product for the local community of Aigio and for the whole country alike, its history, and the people who live and work with it.

On the top of a human head, a common, humble little hair has only a lifetime to struggle against scissors and combs claiming her diversity.

Trapped in a seemingly dull family vacation, Dimitra, Dimitris and their two daughters will have to find a way out of a secluded island in the Mediterranean, when confronted with the unexpected end of the world.

Tolis, a 60-year-old former singer wants to chase his career back. His wife, Fofo, attempts to focus him into love and his friends advise him that some dreams are meant to be just dreams. Tolis tries to improve his marriage, but an old brochure that he finds reminds him that he quit singing because of his family. As a result, Tolis asks his former boss to give him a job, but he's told that he's too old for this. Fofo feels responsible for her husband's misery so Tolis in an attempt of showing his love takes her out to the night club he used to sing, he sings for her and when they get back they make love.

Gramvousa. A stronghold of conquerors, a pirates’ den or a charging point for freedom fighters? How can a small, barren islet keep so many secrets? Dimitris Gotsopoulos takes us on a fascinating journey of discovery in the backdrop of the Aegean, where nothing is as it seems and roles keep shifting. Just like in any good story.

A trip to the creating of the theatrical costume, starting from the first idea in the costume designer's mind, until the final construction by the dressmaker's hand. The film follows the set up of the exhibition "Traces of ephemeral", coordinated by Ioulia Stavridou for the National Theater of Northern Greece. By her students to her memory.

In Lesvos island an old abandoned dump lies on a mountain with two big craters. The craters are overflown by thousands of life jackets from the refugee waves. A worker is the only inhabitant in this place that resembles an alien planet or a new continent.