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Browse 234 movies from Film School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
After his bossy stepfather decides to take him on a business trip, 16-year-old Michalis spends his last day in the city hanging out with his friends. It will be a day full of illegalities, music and bold risks.
Sep 2023
Nick saw a dream about God's suicide. The day after dream he goes to his work and has a conversation with his boss about that dream.
Nov 2015
Two homeless people, one blind and the other disabled travel the city streets with a supermarket trolley on an endless journey.
May 2019
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.
May 2024
Did you ever realise some people that would not sit next to them in a bus, or talk them. We eve hesitate to have a loot at this people but stare secretly. Sometimes those people against whom we have a lot of prejudices, are a part of our society, we just don't realise that, until we face some circumstances and really look into those people...
Nov 2011
A man and a woman meet at a karaoke bar. He stands awkwardly on stage. She rushes in to save him. Just as suddenly as she entered his life, she disappeared. Forever. Now he is left to cope with her loss while carrying on with his work—he runs a funeral home.
Sep 2025
Michalis, unable to accept the loss of his wife, keeps cooking every day for two dishes, in a vain effort to keep her memory alive. Despite the efforts of his brother-in-law, he retreats to himself and his cooking routine. But, suddenly, the "other" dish starts being consumed daily...
Nov 2017
In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.
Oct 2021
Fast on his feet with a fat mustache, short stature, and investigative gaze. For a couple of days in the mountain, in his native land, we approach a man, strange and loud but nevertheless genuine and sensitive, a hunter. In his own way, Mr. Sotiris shines light on our bond with nature, history and man.
May 2025
Through a journey into love, myth, the present and the past, Argiro seeks the missing pieces, in her effort to decode the Phaistos Disc.
Sep 2019
Little Alexander lives with his father. After the Great Catastrophe he wants to visit his mother often. After all, it is the only thread which connects him with the memory from the past…
Jul 2009
A girl loses her sense of smell at a very young age. In a distant land, she meets an elderly woman who sells gardenia bracelets. In that faraway place, the girl recovers her ability to smell.
Sali, a young man of Albanian origin, has dropped out of school and works at greenhouses. He wants to save enough money to go through the tryout process of Juventus Academy. But to realize his dream, he must first overcome a series of hurdles in his harsh daily life.
In an isolated island, a young woman receives letters form someone far away. she lives under the same roof with an older woman. a young postman arrives. a stray dog follows him from the very start. the three characters seem to lead separate lives, with no obvious bond between them. Still, as the story unfolds, the sender's letters seem to interweave the three characters. is it the sender's voice or their own voices they never listened to?
Nov 2012
The documentary Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema explores the role of the producer in the creative process of Greek cinema, highlighting the complexity and unseen creative role that distinguishes this special profession.
Sigma masturbates. I woke up in the room like in a dream. He goes out of his room and finds himself on a snowy mountain.
May 2013
In 1986, during the World Cup, John, a conservative man with right-wing beliefs and his brother, Antonis, with Communist authorities are waiting for the crossbar of the Soviet football match Union-Belgium.
May 2021
Maria and Nikos, a married couple coping with alienation, are spending the weekend at a hotel nestled in nature, by the river Acheron. During their stay, they will try to find new balance in their relationship.
Sep 2024
Washingtonia starts when the giraffe's heart can no longer be heard. Washingtonia is an alternative name for Athens, a place where people, like animals, fall into summertime sadness because of the heat. Washingtonia is the only palm tree whose heart is not devoured by the red beetle. Because its heart is small and dry and no one likes small and dry hearts.
Feb 2014
Vaia returned to Greece after completing her doctorate in America and they decide to go on vacation with her longtime partner Giorgos, just like before. But things have changed.