Back Held Hands

The paths of five people—a French archaeologist, his Greek assistant, his daughter, her journalist friend, and an elderly teacher who is a permanent resident of the area—cross at an archaeological excavation site during the autumn equinox. a permanent resident of the area, intersect at an archaeological excavation site during the autumn equinox. Next to the ancient ruins, the age-old game of love and deceit is replayed. A game of hide-and-seek, quite obvious.

In a near-future deserted city without food or water, the few remaining inhabitants cling to memory, hope, and the anticipation of deliverance. Foteini, a lonely scientist, is drawn to an actor named Aias, who is visiting his sister in the hospital. Simultaneously, Foteini is treating an amnesiac patient, and her growing bond with him uncovers a mysterious and personal connection.

Eva, a young woman and a student of classical singing, decides to meet her father, who is unaware of her existence. Thomas works as a guard in a truck lot. He lives in a container and aspires to nothing. Their meeting will be a meeting of two different worlds and the relationship they develop will be all their own; a relationship beyond easy classification. (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)

Yannis and Yorgos are pizza delivery guys who live in the same hostel for disenfranchised youth. After meeting Anna Yanna Karanikolopoulou in a bar, the boys accompany girly Maria and her shy friend Eleni on a journey to find Eleni's mother's grave. Along the way, they meet a gravedigger and his wife.

In a former mining town, geologist Nadine meets Christos, a descendant of miners, and Katerina, the only woman fisher in the region. Together they weave an unexpected bond, fragile yet profound. Against a landscape heavy with memory, they struggle to break free from the past and the weight of history, daring to embrace an uncertain present.

Giannis and Paris celebrate the Day of the Dead, also their anniversary, at their Latin American café-teatral. A crossroad where beloved people meet, lonely next door people, strange travellers. Their stories are intertwined, the past meets the present, music and dancing transform reality. As the night falls and the celebration reaches its ecstatic peak, the café becomes a small Arc, travelling beyond space and time, filled with memories, wishes, and revelations. 50 actors, musicians and dancers take part in the film.

A compulsive gambler and his girlfriend on her birthday, illegal immigrants, salsa dancers, lovers in their love nest, amateur thieves, a girl in a wheel chair, a doctor, and a radio host are just some of the many, many characters that form this mosaic of young life in Greece. From the early hours of the day to the evening on a Tuesday (not) like any other, their stories reel off in episodes with not much connection apart from Athens´ urban scene and a certain idea of an unsuccessful search: everyone seems to want something, or someone, and they can´t get it.

She comes into your life and finds the details / of your past of your body / of your everyday habits / Life without this merciful presence / has no meaning anymore – and suddenly / she leaves and life has no meaning... Mourning / lasts for a while and if you survive – which you will / you start recounting again the same details. / from the past, releasing your body on another body, sharing your every day again. / You learn from this repetition ./ You learn to ignore / the certainty of your gestures. / You learn to ignore / the impressive architecture of a meaningful life.