A thousand days and a thousand nights in a small, remote island of the Aegean Sea, tell the story of a community’s collective coming-of-age.
Syllas Tzoumerkas‘ new film after Homeland (Venice, 2010), A Blast (Locarno, 2014), The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (Berlinale, 2019) and The City and the City (Berlinale, 2022).
Festivals / Awards
Berlinale Co-production Market 2021, SEE Cinema Network Award
• In-development feature film, Greece-Cyprus-Luxembourg
Director
Syllas Tzoumerkas
Writers
Syllas Tzoumerkas, Vasia Attarian
Producer
Maria Drandaki
Co-producers
Stelios Kammitsis, Katarzyna Ozga, Kyveli Short
With the collaboration of
Kalymnos Theatre Group, the Municipality of Kalymnos and Nissyros, Dance Research Centre Isadora and Raymond Duncan – Athens
Co-production
Homemade Films, Felony Productions, Iris Productions, Οnassis Culture, ERT S.A.
With the support of
EKKOMED – selective funding (GR), Cineworld – Luxembourg Film Fund (LU), Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture (CY), Région Nouvelle Aquitaine Fonds Film (FR), Creative Europe – MEDIA
Saddled with his newborn, teenage Zackarias will struggle with the role of fatherhood and forming his own family, while navigating unfamiliar, sprawling Athens, away from his rural home.
Nikos Kyritsis’ debut feature after his Rotterdam selected short, King Kong, and his multi-awarded short, Highway of a Broken Heart
Festivals / Awards
Initiative Award – Thessaloniki IFF Agora Crossroads, Jerusalem Film Lab
Berlinale Talents (Kyveli Short) – Talent Project Market
• Debut feature film in development
Director
Nikos Kyritsis
Writer
Nikos Kyritsis
Producers
Maria Drandaki, Kyveli Short
Co-Produced by
asterisk* (GR), ERT S.A. (GR)
Produced by
Homemade Films
With the support of
EKKOMED – selective funding (GR), Creative Europe – MEDIA
As David Copperfield arrives in Greece to make the Acropolis disappear, a family is grappling with fears and trauma, in an attempt to confront a dark legacy from the past.
Elina Psykou‘s fourth feature after Berlinale Forum entry The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas, Tribeca Best International Film Winner Son of Sofia and CPH:DOX documentary Stray Bodies.
Festivals / Awards
Berlinale Co-production Market 2019
• In-development feature film
Director
Elina Psykou
Writer
Elina Psykou
Producers
Konstantinos Vassilaros, Maria Drandaki
Produced by
StudioBauhaus, Homemade Films
Co-produced by
Studio Ruba, ERT S.A.
With the support of
EKKOMED – selective funding (GR), Nederlands Filmfonds, Creative Europe – MEDIA
A surrogate mother joins the couple whose baby she is pregnant with on a seemingly perfect Greek island vacation. Nothing goes as planned when the truth is revealed about their real intentions and the secrets this island harbours.
Alexandra Matheou’s debut feature film, after her multi-awarded short A Summer Place.
Festivals / Awards
MFI, Crossroads (Best pitch award and Producers Network in Cannes Award for the producer), First Films First, Oxbelly, IPDF (Special mention)
• In development debut feature film, Cyprus-Greece
Director
Alexandra Matheou
Writer
Alexandra Matheou
Producer
Tonia Mishiali
Production
Bark like a Cat Films (CY), Homemade Films (GR)
With the support of
Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, EKKOMED – selective funding (GR), Creative Europe MEDIA
The hermit lives a quiet life in a Greek forest cut off from civilization. When ornithologist Leah shows up to find a rare species of bird the hermit’s life is turned upside down. Leah’s charismatic personality awakens repressed feelings in the hermit and slowly he begins to doubt his life choice.
Nicolas Kolovos’ debut feature film after his award-winning shorts, Index and Fig.
• In financing debut feature film, Greece-Sweden
Director
Nicolas Kolovos
Writer
Nicolas Kolovos
Producer
Maria Drandaki
Co-producer
Anna-Maria Kantarius
Produced by
Homemade Films
Co-produced by
Garage International AB (SE), ERT S.A. (GR)
With the support of
EKKOMED – selective funding (GR) , Film i Väst (SE), SEE Cinema Network, Creative Europe – MEDIA
Stathis and Angie are in love. His secret is going to tear them apart. Thirty years later they will meet again. A disco, queer, erotic drama of Thessaloniki’s working class in the 80s.
Nikos Kolioukos’ upcoming short film, after his Cannes – La Cinéf awarded student short film, The Chaos She Left Behind.
• In-development short film
Director
Nikos Kolioukos
Writer
Nikos Kolioukos
Producers
Kyveli Short, Maria Drandaki
Produced by
Homemade Films
Co-produced by
Les Films du Juillet (FR), Onassis Culture (GR)
With the support of
EKKOMED – selective funding (GR), ARTE, Creative Europe – MEDIA
Stringa is a folk horror tale about a woman’s singular power to say “no” and the ripple effect it causes when a murderous force is awakened by it.
Co-written and co-directed by Maria Hatzakou and Alexandra Matheou following their successful shorts, Amygdala and A Summer Place, respectively.
Festivals / Awards
Pustnik Residency, Thessaloniki Crossroads – Winner of the 2 | 35 Co-Production Award
• Feature film in development
Directors
Maria Hatzakou, Alexandra Matheou
Writers
Maria Hatzakou, Alexandra Matheou
Producers
Maria Drandaki, Maria Hatzakou
Produced by
Homemade Films
Co-produced by
Merricat Films (GR)
With the support of
Greek Film Centre – writing fund, Creative Europe – MEDIA
A desert road trip with her partner turns ominous when a stranded elderly woman triggers a feverish spiral in Lana, whose unraveling mind threatens both her relationship and reality itself.
• In-development short film
Director
Paige Von Bank
Writer
Paige Von Bank
With the collaboration of
Avrilios Karakostas
Composer
Kid Moxie
Producers
Maria Drandaki, Kyveli Short
Produced by
Homemade Films
Co-produced by
ERT S.A. (GR)
With the support of
Onassis Culture, Vodafone TV
As Europe is ravaged by a never-ending war, a camp offers an exit from reality to the paradise of Internal Tahiti. Haunted by his mother’s memory, young Tom embarks on a long and perilous journey of escape.
Christos Passalis’ upcoming feature film after Silence 6-9 (KVIFF) and his co-direction with Syllas Tzoumerkas, The City and the City (Berlinale Encounters).
• Feature film in development