Yiota Festa

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Yiota Festa

Giota Festa (Athens, 1957) is a Greek film, theatre and television actress. She was born in 1957 in Athens. She studied with a scholarship at the Drama School of the National Theatre and then two years of theatre and cinema in Manchester. She has two daughters with her partner Philippos Koutsaftis (director/cinematographer).

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BalkanisateurBalkanisateur · 1997
Balkanisateur
6.11997
MovieComedyDrama
Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.
Mediterraneo: The Law of the SeaMediterraneo: The Law of the Sea · 2021
Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
6.72021
MovieDrama
Autumn 2015. Profoundly affected by the picture of a little boy who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, lifeguards Oscar and Gerard travel to Lesbos (Greece). Once there, the reality is horrific: thousands of people risk their lives every day, crossing the sea in precarious boats and fleeing from armed conflicts. But nobody bothers to rescue them. With Esther, Nico and other members of the team, they will fight to do what they came to do, helping those who need it. For all of them, this initiation voyage will become a life-changing odyssey. Mediterráneo is the struggle to survive in the sea, an often hostile medium where every life counts.
RevancheRevanche · 1983
Revanche
5.51983
MovieDrama
During the night of the big earthquake that shook Athens in 1981, Yannis, a 30-year-old cinephile, falls in love with his best friend Yorgos’ girlfriend who allows him to sleep next to her feeling her breast. Yannis and Eva have to overcome Yorgos’ jealousy as well as the ups and downs of their own affair. Since they all seem to be suffering, they form a trio and manage to live together in harmony for some time but then a well-hidden secret from the men’s political activism in the past is about to hit them like a new earthquake.
Welcome to 'All SaintsWelcome to 'All Saints · 2011
Welcome to 'All Saints
6.32011
MovieComedy
The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hospital "All Saints', somewhere on the outskirts of Athens. There you will discover that the hospital population, by physicians, administrators and nurses, to patients, they are all forced to confront dancing a grotesque dance routine. With humor and humanity within a social landscape so angry George Spyratos trying to balance between the warring parties these microcosms. The gradual evolution from inexperienced trainee to experienced editor will be done through the encounter with the absurd environment. Something that would transform from naive young man who initially stands speechless in front of modern Greek chaos, a mature man who will ultimately make a thoughtful account of choice, but persevere, continue to work on public health.
The Woman Is... A Tough PersonThe Woman Is... A Tough Person · 2005
The Woman Is... A Tough Person
4.82005
MovieComedy
Johnny Maniatis (Anthony Kafetzopoulos) is a successful advertiser and ... womanizer. Georgia (Fay Kokkinopoulou), currently the woman of his life, wants urgently to make a child. His mother, Aspasia (Jenny Roussea) is absent. His faithful secretary, Herse (Yota Festa) is tired of the irresponsible behavior, but tries to help him. His daughter Artemis (Eleni Apostolopoulos) is arrested aain for stealing the eve of her trial, while the former wife Martha (Mania Papadimitriou) is throwing him all the blame ...
PaperboatPaperboat · 2006
Paperboat
2006
MovieDrama
Sometimes coming home is not what you expect it to be.
Πες πως μ' αγαπάςΠες πως μ' αγαπάς · 1997
Πες πως μ' αγαπάς
8.01997
MovieRomance
In the GardenIn the Garden · 2007
In the Garden
2007
MovieDrama
Between heaven and earth, between theories about the creation of the world and an advanced pregnancy, a couple takes a walk in the National Garden. The woman lies down, closes her eyes and the adventure begins. How will she give birth? Will the man have time to attend the birth? Life is full of adversities and everyday life poses obstacles, sometimes logical and sometimes irrational. And there is no respite - only for a short while: In the Garden!

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Welcome to 'All SaintsWelcome to 'All Saints · 2011
Welcome to 'All Saints
6.32011
MovieComedy
The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hospital "All Saints', somewhere on the outskirts of Athens. There you will discover that the hospital population, by physicians, administrators and nurses, to patients, they are all forced to confront dancing a grotesque dance routine. With humor and humanity within a social landscape so angry George Spyratos trying to balance between the warring parties these microcosms. The gradual evolution from inexperienced trainee to experienced editor will be done through the encounter with the absurd environment. Something that would transform from naive young man who initially stands speechless in front of modern Greek chaos, a mature man who will ultimately make a thoughtful account of choice, but persevere, continue to work on public health.

Ms Bagia

The CisternThe Cistern · 2001
The Cistern
6.12001
MovieDrama
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.

Koula

Gamos sto PerithorioGamos sto Perithorio · 1989
Gamos sto Perithorio
7.01989
MovieDrama
An 80-year-old widower, Mr. Elias, goes to his village (Perithorio, where he had been president of the community for twenty-four consecutive years) to vote in the municipal elections. There he meets his childhood sweetheart (Fotini, also a widow). Their youthful engagement had been broken off due to a misunderstanding, but now their love is rekindled and they are considering marriage, despite the opposition of Fotini's daughter. When one day the village madman announces their rendezvous, the elderly couple, panicked, take the bus and flee to Drama. There they spend carefree, tender moments, but Mr. Elias' son, Aristides, finds them and forces them to return. However, the big decision has already been made, and when Mr. Elias' pension for former mayors and community presidents comes through, nothing can stop the couple anymore. Fotini comes to Athens and, together with Elias, they visit her grandson.

Tina

Ο ΤιμωρόςΟ Τιμωρός · 2024
Ο Τιμωρός
7.02024
SeriesDrama

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Victims of PeaceVictims of Peace · 1999
Victims of Peace
8.01999
SeriesDrama
Vasilis Vasilikou's important book is being dramatized for Mega. A story about young people and their dreams, which has a lot to say today. Five boys, friends among themselves, trapped in the dead ends of their generation, seek, each separately and all together, an escape from everyday life, a window into a dream. A girl appears in their lives and acts as a catalyst. She has a vision, she has faith, she has courage and she dares to dream. Their common path and their contradictions give a different meaning to their lives, although they often bring them to their limits. Together they decide to follow a vision that seems impossible to realize, but which they believe in. Because they need to believe in something important, in a great act, in a national idea. Following their vision, our heroes are involved in an adventure with a tragic ending and unexpected consequences for all of them...

Ivonni