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Elena's Shift

Elena, a Romanian single mother in Athens, dreams of a better future and becomes determined to seek justice after losing her job.

(Country: Greece; Year: 2025; Director: Stefanos Tsivopoulos)

Hold Onto Me (Κράτα Με)

Eleven-year-old Iris learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond.

(Country: Cyprus, France, Denmark, US, Greece; Year: 2026; Director: Myrsini Aristidou; Writer: Myrsini Aristidou; Stars: Hristos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa, Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, Giorgos Kyriacou)

The Lion At My Back

Mariama, an asylum-seeker from Senegal, has just turned 18. Stella, at first glance a withdrawn woman in her 40s, has recently decided to break free from the clutches of addiction and to give her life a fresh start. In their attempt at finding their place in a world where nothing comes for free, the two women meet and form an unexpectedly strong bond.

(Country: Cyprus, Luxembourg, Greece; Year: 2026; Director: Tonia Mishiali; Writer: Tonia Mishiali, Dianne Jones, Simona Nobile; Stars: Sokhna Diallo, Elena Kallinikou, Prokopis Agathokleous, Herodotos Miltiadous, Giorgos Kyriacou, Dimitris Antoniou, Giulio Filippo D'Errico, Andreas Patsias)

Recrucified

In the near future, on a Greek island under foreign occupation, a rebellious young street artist desecrates the statue of Christ with his friends. Faced with brutal punishment, he betrays them and is forced to join the Security Corps and portray Christ in the annual Passion Play. Will he find his voice and resist injustice?

(Country: Greece, Italy, Luxembourg; Year: 2026; Director: Theo Papadoulakis; Writer: Theo Papadoulakis, Alexandra Dyranis-Maounis; Stars: Fotinì Peluso, Vangelis Mourikis, Kika Georgiou, Yannis Anastasakis, Dimitris Kalogerakis, Anastasis Laoulakos, Orestis Paliadelis)