Ersi Malikenzou

Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers hostage and demands a ransom of half and million euro, and safe passage to his homeland of Albania. Surrounded by police, the bus trundles towards the Albanian border and the tension mounts until the final harrowing conclusion.

"A Touch of Spice" is a story about Fanis, a young Greek boy growing up in Istanbul, whose grandfather, a culinary philosopher and mentor, teaches him that both food and life require a little salt to give them flavor. They both require... A Touch of Spice. Fanis grows up to become an excellent cook and uses his cooking skills to spice up the lives of those around him. 35 years later he leaves Athens and travels back to his birthplace of Istanbul to reunite with his grandfather and his first love. He travels back only to realize that he forgot to put a little bit of spice in his own life.

A mysterious disappearance takes place during the shooting of a commercial on the beach in the early morning hours. An unknown man suddenly comes into the shot, then walks into the sea holding an umbrella and seizes to exist, before the bewildered eyes of the whole crew. After the police are notified, a confusing array of red tape manoeuvers begins, revealing the close affiliations of the Authorities with the advertising company manager and the whole mechanism of Mass Media, all of which are trying not to investigate the event but to conceal or even exploit it in their own interest. Only the musician involved in that commercial is trying to figure out what really happened.

A woman is trying to forget her traumatic past by living a parallel, fictional life.

The true story of the greatest Greek writer of the 20th century, Nikos Kazantzakis, based on his work, Report to Greco, which is, essentially, his autobiography.

Four cousins inherit a rich uncle. In order to do this, however, they must first fulfill the terms that each uncle has laid down in his covenant.

A man must face his inner demons when he is confronted with the decision to euthanize his mother, who suffers from an incurable disease.

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.

In 1974, a group of 11-year-old boys spend the last carefree summer of their childhood, unaware that the world of grown-ups, with its loves, passions, prejudices and curses, is about to seal their fate. Aaron, Stelios, Sakis, Galanos and Verios, "the acrobats", are best friends. School has closed for the summer holidays and the children spend their time playing games, running errands, and riding their bikes. Life is a game, into which they channel all their physical energy and imagination. They practice their diving abilities in a big cistern. It is a game through which their special talents and competitive spirit unfold. One is good at balancing acts, another at diving and another at somersaults. It is in this neighborhood that Aaron will spend the most important summer of his life: a rite of passage from childhood to adolescence, a time for learning about love, jealousy and friendship.

An ambitious reporter follows a dark path to success. Unbeknownst to her, this path leads her into a life-changing confrontation with her grandmother. This film, Anchorwoman, explores the media system and how it affects our lives.

In a mountainous Greek village, two brothers passionately fall in love with the same woman. Their great love for them makes them unrelenting rivals, with the consequent tragic conflict between them and their extinction.

When a man tries to fix his television aerial on a day like any other, in a city like yours or mine, a series of unexpected events turns this everyday upside down in a most magical way

A corrupt cop, Andrew, tries to flee the country after accidentally shooting his wife. His last resort for help: his estranged frocked brother, Nick.

Born on 1988 in Athens Zoo and abandoned by his mother, silver-back gorilla Ivo has never been able to mate. Now he needs to be transferred to another zoo. KING KONG is a story about a 50 years old man, working in the Zoo while taking care of his bedridden mother. Unable to form any type of relationship and express his sexuality, he will go down the path of violence and despair.

A Polytechnic student, Thanasis, shortly after the death of his mother, moves into the house of his forty-five-year-old brother Petros, who still lives in the atmosphere of the 60s. A former Polytechnic student, he too had formed a rock band with his friends, a group that they still try to keep alive in their free time. Thanasis sees on the doorstep of the house a woman who looks a lot like Eleni, his brother's former girlfriend. He watches her intently and realizes that it is indeed Eleni. She has come from abroad to attend a regular meeting of the old company, which no one seems to remember anymore.

Angeliki, a young woman seeking devotion, enters a secluded convent ruled by a harsh abbess with a hidden past. Among nuns escaping their own lives, tensions rise and buried secrets slowly surface within the silence of the cloister.

She is a third-year high school student and he is a newly appointed teacher. Their first meeting sparks a series of conflicts that will lead to a great love!

Theories are introduced, and eventually verified, from the events that occur in a company of young men and women.

10th Commandment (10i Entoli) is a greek TV-Series which revolves around stories of ordinary people that at a crucial point of their lives, they cross the limits in a shocking way: they commit murder. The episodes are based on true events. Αστυνομική, κοινωνική σειρά, αυτοτελών επεισοδίων, βασισμένη σε αληθινές ιστορίες από το αστυνομικό και δικαστικό ρεπορτάζ.

Pericles lives with his controlling mother Ioulia, who is starting to show signs of dementia.

A couple after thirteen years of marriage decides to divorce due to a mismatch of characters. He, Antonis, a technocrat, former leftist and now conservative, is convinced that women are children of a lesser God. His wife, Cleopatra, after thirteen years of submission, is revolted by her lawyer friend - a fanatic feminist - and claims conjugal privileges. Their two children, Giorgakis and Lina, the in-laws and of course the family friends are involved in the couple's life and its problems, further upsetting the already troubled family atmosphere.

"Kokkinos Kyklos" is a series of standalone episodes based on crimes that shocked public opinion. However, the stories have been altered so that neither the people nor the situations are recognizable. The heroes of the series are sometimes the perpetrators and sometimes the victims, and their stories extend from the boundaries of drama to those of thriller. How far do these stories deviate from the truth? As much as people’s opinions differ amongst themselves, since each of us has their own personal truth. For this reason, the series doesn't simply aim to recreate a story or re-imagine characters. It doesn’t only want to entertain. It simultaneously attempts to make the viewer think by presenting another perspective – the perspective of one of the heroes of the story, who after much consideration is chosen as the central hero of the episode.

The main theme of the series is the way in which a person is led to murder while each story in the series combines elements of drama, social stories and thrillers. The duration of each episode is 45 minutes and is in the form of a psychograph. While the stories in the series are based on real events that have preoccupied public opinion, their dramatization has undergone some changes.

What happens in front of the "Link TV" cameras. And what happens behind them... Sonia works as an editor-in-chief at the news show "Des To Ki Etis". Her everyday life is hell. She tries to balance her professional and personal life, but this is not always easy. Especially when she has to deal with: a bigoted director, a juicy co-host, an irritatingly honest best friend, an accidental cameraman, a sexist production manager and a prodigal father who wants to "eat" her place on the show. And in all of this, there must be room for love. Only the latter chooses to appear in the person of her best friend...

A Harvard law graduate, a souvlaki advertiser, a physicist studying Bozonia, an unemployed psychologist, a lifelong student studying sex, and a Chernobyl immigrant outline the 592-euro generation.

Every action causes a reaction. Newton's 3rd law does not only explain the relationship between bodies and "momentum" in classical mechanics, but also human relationships and the "momentum" that characterizes them, in general. Relationships with others and with ourselves. The relationship between the present and the past. The relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. Family dramas, love affairs of loyalty and infidelity, serial killers, crimes of honor, passion, revenge, punishment, necessity.

38-year-old Anna, a devoted wife, mother and worker, lives a typical and quiet life. The balance will be upset when she comes across a photo of her husband in London, hugging a beautiful girl. Anna changes radically and turns against everyone, without understanding that the recipient of her bad reaction is primarily herself. Her rival, daughter, mother, childhood friend, employer, roommate talk about what happened to her, but not herself...