ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ: DAVID DERI, ISRAEL, 2023, 95’, WORLD PREMIERE

Four families, parents and their children, from four minorities in Israel, are having an identity crisis which amplified during the pandemic: Muslim, Jewish Ultra-Orthodox, Jewish Religious Settlers and Jewish Secular Gay. A journey that reveals extremism and disintegration but creates surprising alliances and a fascinating dialogue.

ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ: ASSAF BANITT, ISRAEL, 2022, 57’, GREEK PREMIERE

From 1948 onwards, the Military Censor had the authority to open all soldiers’ letters in order to prevent the disclosure of military secrets and protect national security. In practice, the Censor used the information in these letters for entirely different purposes, without the soldiers’ knowledge… The purpose was to analyze the views of ordinary soldiers, and the findings were presented to high-ranking officials in a top secret report titled “The Soldier’s Opinion”. The film sketches the alternative history of Israel that the report offers and reveals what actions those who read it chose to take.

ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ: KOMTOUCH NAPATTALOONG, THAILAND, 2023, 84’, GREEK PREMIERE

A young Sudanese family flees their country and arrives in Bangkok to seek asylum. They meet a young Thai filmmaker who has just returned home after a decade abroad. Despite the uncertain future facing the family, they form a deep connection and decide to make a film together. ‘Hours of Ours’ follows the Ibrahim family’s journey as they navigate the challenges of living in an indefinite transitory state while they wait for approval to be resettled in Canada.

ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ: KATHARINA PETHKE, GERMANY, 2022, 45', GREEK PREMIERE

Lale gets cloned virtually! Now that our reality mainly takes place on the screen anyway, she sees a realistic chance to make her digital twin work for her.

The real Lale could do something different, could finally take a break from optimizing her self: More and more often she asks herself the question, who or what she would be if she would just stop working so hard.

To find out, Lale has her friend Vinzent duplicate her body and mimics in 3D. The result is a digital Lale who laughs, looks, walks and talks like the real Lale. The only difference is that this other Lale doesn’t grow older, works endlessly and is never hungry.

In contrast, Lale shows an unembellished, moving video diary of her life her life between high rise and fall - while little by little, the science-fiction-like creation of the second Lale emerges in clearly composed images: from being photogrammetrically measured to the reconstruction of skin pores and hair structure.

Gradually, the lines between the physical and the virtual world become blurred. One can no longer trust the eye: who is the real Lale, who is the avatar? And: Does it really bring the long-awaited freedom for Lale in real life?

ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ: BISERKA ŠURAN, NETHERLANDS, 2022, 47’, GREEK PREMIERE

In ‘Scenes with My Father’ filmmaker Biserka Šuran, takes her father on a trip down memory lane in which she revives scenes from their country of birth, former Yugoslavia.

Memories are reflected in cinematic decor sets in which they converse about nationality, identity, love, dreams and regrets.

Love letters, archive material and anecdotes from family members give the audience an insight on the trials and tribulations the family experienced when they were forced to leave their home country.

This symbolic road-trip therapeutically heals wounds from the past as the director and daughter Biserka creates space to relate to her father’s experience and inevitable choices. The result is an inspiring conversation that many viewers might like to have with a parent.

ΣΚΗΝΟΘΕΣΙΑ: JULIANNA UGRIN & MÁRTON VÍZKELETY, HUNGARY, 2022, 81’, GREEK PREMIERE

After long years of leading a secretive double life, Robi, a Roman Catholic priest decides to take his destiny in hands, and jump into the unknown. Holy Dilemma follows the pain of the decision-making process, and a congregation that faces losing their spiritual shepherd and are therefore even prepared to go on compromise with a sacred commandment.

DIRECTED: MYRTO PATSALIDOU & MARIA LOUKA, GREECE , 2023, 71’

A descent into the world of mourning and loss through 3 homicide stories that shocked the Greek and European society: The cruel murders of Shahzad Luqman, Pavlos Fyssas and Zak Kostopoulos. The grieving families of the victims converse with their absences, defend the memory of the dead, transmute their suffering into a fight for justice. A kaleidoscope into the loneliness of the private space, the courtrooms and the streets.