Directing
Vasilis Kekatos
Born October 8, 1991 · Metaxata, Kefalonia, Greece (age 34)
Vasilis Kekatos (Βασίλης Κεκάτος, 1991) is a Greek film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his 2019 short film The Distance Between Us and the Sky, which was the winner of the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. He previously directed the short films Retrograde, Zero Star Hotel and The Silence of the Dying Fish. In 2021, he entered production on Milky Way, a teen …
Known For
Our Wildest Days · 2025Our Wildest Days
★ 6.32025
MovieDrama
20-year-old Chloe leaves her dysfunctional family to follow a group of romantic outsiders and help the forgotten of society. During her travel through a shattered Greece, she will dream, fly, and fall in love but also she’ll realize that the true rebels are always alone.
The Silence of the Dying Fish · 2018The Silence of the Dying Fish
★ 7.02018
MovieFantasyDrama
Makis works at a fish farm. One morning, as he goes to work, he's told he’s dead… since the day before. After trying in vain to prove he's very much alive, all that remains is to accept the situation and find someone who will take care of his canaries before the funeral.
Steps (To Spread My Wings) · 2025Steps (To Spread My Wings)
2025
Movie
In a society where everyone moves copy-paste, a couple “breaks” the matrix. They remember, fall in love, escape.
When I Smile My Eyes Close · 2020When I Smile My Eyes Close
★ 4.02020
Movie
A teenage girl believes she never dreams, or otherwise doesn't remember any of her dreams; apparently, they are too dull to be worth keeping. But in the course of a single day at home, time will pass like a dream. And when she opens her eyes, she will find that her waking life, outside the world of her empty dream state, is a much lovelier place to be in.
The Distance Between Us and the Sky · 2019The Distance Between Us and the Sky
★ 6.42019
MovieDrama
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22 euros he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
Zero Star Hotel · 2016Zero Star Hotel
★ 4.02016
Movie
Two men are talking inside a car. One of them is dead.
Retrograde · 2015Retrograde
2015
MovieComedy
Trapped in the futility of luxury and conventional happiness, a woman is leaded to self-destruction in order to break free or simply escape her daily routine.
As You Sleep the World Empties · 2020As You Sleep the World Empties
★ 7.82020
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Humanity has been struck by a pandemic. People from around the globe have fallen asleep and nobody knows when they're waking up. Only few of them haven't been infected. Among them, there's a boy who fell in love with a girl right before the outbreak of the epidemic. With an old camera, he tries to capture the beauty that's left in the world, so the girl can see it when she wakes up.
Movies
Our Wildest Days · 2025Our Wildest Days
★ 6.32025
MovieDrama
20-year-old Chloe leaves her dysfunctional family to follow a group of romantic outsiders and help the forgotten of society. During her travel through a shattered Greece, she will dream, fly, and fall in love but also she’ll realize that the true rebels are always alone.
The Silence of the Dying Fish · 2018The Silence of the Dying Fish
★ 7.02018
MovieFantasyDrama
Makis works at a fish farm. One morning, as he goes to work, he's told he’s dead… since the day before. After trying in vain to prove he's very much alive, all that remains is to accept the situation and find someone who will take care of his canaries before the funeral.
Steps (To Spread My Wings) · 2025Steps (To Spread My Wings)
2025
Movie
In a society where everyone moves copy-paste, a couple “breaks” the matrix. They remember, fall in love, escape.
When I Smile My Eyes Close · 2020When I Smile My Eyes Close
★ 4.02020
Movie
A teenage girl believes she never dreams, or otherwise doesn't remember any of her dreams; apparently, they are too dull to be worth keeping. But in the course of a single day at home, time will pass like a dream. And when she opens her eyes, she will find that her waking life, outside the world of her empty dream state, is a much lovelier place to be in.
The Distance Between Us and the Sky · 2019The Distance Between Us and the Sky
★ 6.42019
MovieDrama
Night, national road. Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22 euros he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
Zero Star Hotel · 2016Zero Star Hotel
★ 4.02016
Movie
Two men are talking inside a car. One of them is dead.
Retrograde · 2015Retrograde
2015
MovieComedy
Trapped in the futility of luxury and conventional happiness, a woman is leaded to self-destruction in order to break free or simply escape her daily routine.
As You Sleep the World Empties · 2020As You Sleep the World Empties
★ 7.82020
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Humanity has been struck by a pandemic. People from around the globe have fallen asleep and nobody knows when they're waking up. Only few of them haven't been infected. Among them, there's a boy who fell in love with a girl right before the outbreak of the epidemic. With an old camera, he tries to capture the beauty that's left in the world, so the girl can see it when she wakes up.
