The short films that will be screened at the 2025 festival
We announce the screening schedule of the 15 short films, which will be screened at the Festival events on October 2025.
The screening will take place at the municipal cinema “ANESIS” in Agrinio.
All films are nominated for the three awards that will be presented .
The qualifying committee consisted of the: Zephy Ross, Dimitris Kourtis and Vassilis Pelekis.
Red Emma
Director/Writer: Macha Ovtchinnikova
Country of Origin: Ukraine
Emma Goldman is called in the middle of the night to help deliver a baby in a poor Jewish family of Brooklyn, with many mouths to feed. She tries to alleviate the suffering of the woman in labour. Back home, she is confronted by her partner Ed, exhausted by her absences. Forced to choose between her love for him and her activism, she writes the influential speech “The Tragedy of Female Emancipation” (1906).
Clementine
Director/Writer: George Stagakis
Country of Origin: Greece
In a provincial town, 18-year-old Clementine works at the market with her oppressive father. The two come into conflict as she wants to take up football professionally. Watching her experience rejection from the boys on the field, a coach from Athens comes to bring her more
Cactus in Need
Director/Writer: Giorgos Dellis
Country of Origin: Greece
Kostas, a young office worker is forced to work overtime by his boss while also trying to match the expectations of his best friend and his girlfriend. His imagination is the only way out from this demanding reality.
Locked Down
Director: Dimitris Tsilinikos
Writer: Dimitris Tsilinikos, Dora Kaskali
Country of Origin:Greece
When an imposed quarantine adds more pressure to her family, a strict yet caring wife must confront head-on her emotionally withdrawn husband before their relationship loses its way.
Kappa
Director/Writer: Damianos Chrysochoidis
Country of Origin: Ελλάδα
In the fake world of stardom, actor ‘KAPPA’ portrays a loving person and father figure when he plays the starring role in a lighthearted TV sit-com and when he presents himself in the media. His fake identity is juxtaposed with his true self: an egomaniac who constantly neglects his family and is possessed by sexual and perverse desires. His fake persona is finally revealed in a nightmarish scenario that brings a domino effect of painful self-realization.
20 Euros
Director/Writer: Alexander Machlouzarides-Shalit
Country of Origin: Cyprus
A couple’s night out is interrupted by a man in a parking lot, who challenges their perceptions on modern-day masculinity.
George Vakirtzis at Attikon
Director/Writer: Thanasis Papathanasiou
Country of Origin: Greece
Μια ματιά στην πορεία της δουλειάς του Γιώργου Βακιρτζή όταν ζωγράφιζε τις προθήκες του κινηματογράφου Αττικόν στην οδό Σταδίου. Ενός κινηματογράφου που ευρίσκεται ‘’εν υπνώσει’’ μετά την καταστροφική πυρκαγιά τον Φεβρουάριο του 2012.
Στην ταινία ομιλούν οι Μάριος Χονδρογιάννης ζωγράφος , Χρήστος Μαργαρίτης συγγραφεύς συλλέκτης ιστορικός και Αντώνιος Βογιατζής πρόεδρος του Μουσείου της Πόλεως των Αθηνών
Jasteece
Director/Writer: Christina Charcharidi
Country of Origin: Greece
In a world where news of the rotten Justice system rage, a woman faces the cruel consequences of a past decision she’d never wanted to make.
Incommensurable
Director/Writer: Fanny Skura
Country of Origin: France
During a winter’s night, Triskaïa, a sixty-three year old mother and archeologist, is seating at the dinner table of her family home.
She is looking fondly at her husband, Plasky.
The spouses are about to have dinner surrounded by their five daughters.
Despite the distance separating them, Plasky is sending coded messages through to Triskaïa.
At one point, one of the messages is going to upset Triskaïa, as she was sharing a peaceful moment with Plasky.
What will unfold to her will then change the course of the family dinner and take an unexpected turn.
Le fait divers
Director/Writer: Charles Cabon
Country of Origin: France
On a Monday morning, 29-year-old Julien has an appointment in a shopping mall. Later, his fiancée calls him, frightened: there’s been a major accident on the road he’s taken, with several deaths. Back home, they listen to the news. Julien is shocked to think that, just a few minutes later, it could have been him…
Μιμόζα
Director/Writer: Ekati Koukoutsaki
Country of Origin: Greece
A man embarks on a romantic date with a fembot. The fembot is programmed to satisfy all of his desires. He purse to attract her with his commanding behavior while the fembot respond with mimicry. However, it soon becomes evident that the Fembot is far more self-aware and deceptive than the man imagined.
LBO
Director/Writer: Gilles Laborde
Country of Origin: France
A psychological thriller, this short film explores with intensity the little-known suffering of company directors in the face of professional and social pressures. Through this work, which tackles universal issues such as self-esteem and resilience in the face of hardship, Gilles Laborde explores new ways of telling stories today, in the hope of transforming outlooks and inspiring change.
Armed
Director/Writer: Bojana Momirovic
Country of Origin:France, Croatia
An arms deal takes place in a Parisian suburb. A drug lord gets shot. The arms are sold again to the competition. The cop takes his cut.
Daniel
Director/Writer: Pavlos Vissariou
Country of Origin: Greece
The meteorological event known as ”Daniel” was an extreme weather phenomenon characterized by heavy rainfall, traced back to the 4th of September 2023, originating from the Ionian Sea, with the wider area of Thessaly as its epicenter. The tempest wrought catastrophic consequences, claiming 17 lives and decimating 850,000 hectares of cultivable terrain, while over 100 thousand livestock perished.
The Red Market
Director/Writer: Christopher Matthew Spencer
Country of Origin: USA
Zephyr Sage, drowning in debt, turns to the Global Organ Donor Exchange to sell his body parts. Facing ruthless creditors and a manipulative loan shark, Hyacinth, he treads a perilous path where each choice could cost more than money.