The Leaf of the Poplar

Based on the book Scenes by award-winning screenwriter Efthymis Fillipou, these amusing stop-motion vignettes put a wicked spin on daily life.

Boring work leads parliament employees (both elected and otherwise) to play childish power games. When removed from the weight of their historic surroundings, they question their desires and are set free.

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.

Sophia, the daughter, is returning to the Athenian suburb of Polydroso to take care of Sophia, the mother. Back in her neighbourhood, she will confront the reasons that made her leave in the first place. Polydroso is a mystical isolated suburb and both Sophias spend their time daydreaming about ghosts of the past. A film about tender people in a non-tender world.

A 10-year-old girl returns angry after a bazaar with her friends. On the way home, she finds an injured cat. While trying to take care of it, she has to confront her troubled relationship with her mother and her sister.