CO-PRESENTED BY THE GREEK FILM CENTRE
BEAR HUG
(Greece)
Director / Writer: Alexandros Skouras
Producers: Lina Yannopoulou, Eleni Oulani (Argonauts Productions S.A.)
Forced to give up the comfort zone of his solitude, a timid blue-collar worker embarks on a relentless quest to uncover the true identity of a departed stranger.
FACING THE SEA
(Greece, France)
Director / Writer: Marine Francen
Producer: Athena Xenidou (Ray Films)
At the beginning of summer, Julia and her partner decide to separate. Julia decides to vacation alone with their two children on a Greek island. There, in a peaceful house with a sea view, Julia wants to unwind and find the words to talk to her children. But as soon as she arrives, the authorities announce the closure of the beaches. Julia’s stay is turned upside down, and nothing goes as planned.
FOUR FUNERALS AND A WEDDING
(Montenegro)
Director / Writer: Nikola Mijovic
Producers: Maja Kecojevic (Parangal Film)
In the remote countryside of Montenegro, the life of Veselin; teacher, widower, and renowned funeral mourning singer, intersects in juxtaposition with his daughter Svjetlana, an aspiring rapper.
HISTORY OF ENCHANTMENT
(Turkey)
Directors / Writers: Tilbe Cana İnan
Producer: Aycan Aluçlu, Tilbe Cana İnan (Surrealland Production)
When EKİN, an astrophysicist living abroad, goes to Istanbul to reveal to her family that she is gay, she finds them under the influence of a religious woman named ŞEYMA.
NEARBY FARAWAY
(Greece, Germany)
Director / Writer: Sonia Liza Kenterman
Producer: Myrto Stathi (BYRD)
A woman’s sense of identity is shattered after she seeks out and meets her long-lost father in Germany and discovers that her family history was fabricated: who she thought she was is not who she is.
SUMMER 2002
(Canada)
Director / Writer: Kristina Mileska
Producer: Steven Czikk & Sonya Suraci (NOTAFRONT FILMS)
13-year-old Dara lives in a low-income, high-rise apartment building that her father, Robert, manages. When a resident is murdered in the building and rumors begin to circulate about her father’s involvement, Dara must confront her father’s true nature – and her own.
WHEN THE GOATS CAME
(New Zealand, Scotland)
Director / Co-Writer: Arthur Elias Gay
Co-Writer: Rali Chaouni
Producer: Laura Ganotis
Cyrus and his foster mother Flora return to New Zealand in search of Cyrus’ long-lost father. When the real motive behind Flora’s desire to return is revealed, the two are forced to reconcile with the resentment they each hold for a life they never had, ultimately accepting each other’s love.