Homeros, Sophokles and Euripides are no longer with us, but to this day Greece remains an excellent source of strong stories, inspiration and creativity. This year the land of the muses deserves the focus of the International Short Film Festival Leuven. Despite the economic crisis, the Greek film world is flourishing. Building on the Greek weird wave, many recent short films have had a magically realistic tone.
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Vasilis Kekatos :: Greece, France :: 9 min. :: 2019
DramaIn the middle of the night, two strangers meet at a gas station. One is
there to fill up his tank, the other is stranded and needs 22,5 euro to get
home. He tries to earn that money by selling his new friend the distance -
Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis :: Greece :: 15 min. :: 2017
Three friends end up in an abandoned nightclub in Athens. Loud music is playing but there is no one to hear it. One by one they fall asleep and surrender to a collective dream.
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Nassos Vakalis :: Greece :: 10 min. :: 2014
Fat pigs are sat at a long table in a fancy hotel, feasting on food. The skinny kittens that are under the table are starving and worry about the upcoming scarcity. A dark allegory about capitalism.
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Jacqueline Lentzou :: Greece :: 23 min. :: 2018
DramaOn New Year’s Eve, Sofia has a dream that she keeps to herself: as she is crossing a desert, she finds out that she is ill. She pretends not to care.
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Thanasis Neofotistos :: Greece :: 13 min. :: 2018
DramaEen vrouw is onderweg naar een auditie wanneer ze beseft dat haar zoon alleen thuis zit.
