Pavlos Mavrikidis

Around the commune queer bodies dance, smoke, fuck, bleach their hair all full of love. But a farewell shall bring with it the distances between all those who enter and leave.

Two countries,two languages,two groups of friends. Between black humor and bitter realism the film Pencil Knife Baton composes a tragicomic puzzle about friendship in the paradox world we live in.

Slices of life with the former Hellinikon International Airport of Athens as a background, short before the casino is built. A couple in a car at night, a grandma peeling green beans, two gravediggers passing by; people that seemingly are not connected to each other. Among them a little boy, whose toy airplane gets stuck on a huge palm-tree. He‘ll do anything to get it back.

Dimitra Koutsiabasakos is 88 years old and lives alone in the village of Armatoliko in the Pindos mountain range, on the banks of the ancient river Acheloos, named after the mythical river god who fought Heracles for the favors of a woman and who could take on many forms. Dimitra’s home is located near the place where a great dam is being built and lies right in the middle of the area destined to become a lake after construction is completed. Dimitris, Costas and Petros decide to pay their grandmother a visit and make a documentary.

A triptych film inspired by Peloponnesian folk tales: "The Changelings", "The Sinner", and "The Antichrist".

An island at night becomes the scene where different characters meet. A militant young girl is rescued unintentionally by a drunken man, somewhere between fantasy and reality.