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Browse 12 movies from Laika Productions
Betty, an assistant accountant working at a small marble workshop, heads to the Arkansas nightclub to see her favourite singer perform. As the hours pass and the singer fails to appear, a microcosm of injustices and unfulfilled desires gradually unfolds around her.
Sep 2026
A man in his forties, afflicted with amnesia, crosses paths with a woman who was once his first love. Though no memories of her resurface, he is carried away by a feeling that runs deeper than the boundaries of his memory.
Sep 2025
The Evangelical Parable of an eleven-year-old Son who, with the blessings of his Father, is compelled at the eleventh hour, during his school play, to exchange the role of the Rooster for that of Christ before a newly affluent and insatiable audience.
On a winter morning in 1997, a father unintentionally leads his two children on an unnatural journey into the future, while struggling with his addictions.
Poetic, dramatic, funny, MTV kids growing up on the Greek island of Corfu, Kore. Ydro. conquered the Greek indie pop/rock scene like only a few bands did, receiving both adoration and derision. The documentary follows their journey, focusing not only on the two core members but also on the importance of being special, without feeling ashamed.
Apr 2025
Greece, 1977. A proposed law brings gay men and “transvestites” together in a historic event and sparks the creation of the first Greek LGBT movement. For the next 13 years, AKOE and its magazine Amfi, would define the way LGBT Greeks think about themselves. This film celebrates their story and legacy.
Mar 2023
M is a woman Who lives alone. She suffers from insomnia and she needs someone to sleep with her. The process is the following: she finds different people to sleep with each time. She wants the touch of another body in her bed.
Mar 2021
Easter Week, April 1944, rural Greece. Six-year-old Anastasia befriends a Resistance prisoner while gathering flowers for Orthodox rituals. As Holy Thursday unfolds, childhood innocence collides with war, sacrifice, and an approaching, unspoken tragedy.
In 1976, four young friends from Athens form the band "The 4 Levels of Existence". They compose, rehearse in improvised music studios, and record their first and only album, realizing their own musical "revolution". In the ensuing years this "revolution" was gradually forgotten, as normality and the everyday obligations of adult life took over. Their album, however, followed a unique and remarkable course: from the shelves of a few Athenian record stores it reached collectors from all over the world, as well as the ears of music producers in the US. In 2009, representatives from the record company of renowned American rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z contacted Athanasios Alatas, member of the band and composer of several songs of the album, asking him for permission to use part of a song from the "4 Levels of Existence" record.
Mar 2019
A camera in a prison. The inmate. An everyday discussion with the outside world. In the confines of a prison, Walls delves deep into the introspection of an inmate's journey, exploring dreams, hope, and the harsh truths of existence.
Mar 2024
Jan 2002
Eva, a middle-aged painter and eccentric performer, teeters between madness and human comedy, love and the fear of death. Besides, she suffers from “Albertine Syndrome,” forever falling in love with the heroine of her own work. This passion pushes her to the brink of madness. In daily life, she struggles with caring for her schizophrenic mother and facing a serious illness. Can art become her salvation?
Mar 2026