A Filipino domestic worker is called to take care of an elderly couple in a Cypriot mountain village. What begins as a simple caregiving task gradually exposes a web of silent resentment, emotional dependency and unspoken histories, forcing her into the delicate, unsettling space between obligation and intimacy.
Cast: Zar Donato, Ntinos Lyras, Lenia Sorocou, Diomedes Koufteros, Daphne Alexander
World premiere
66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2025
Festival / Awards
Balkan New Festival 2026, Manchester Film Festival 2026, South-East Academy IFF – Quezon, Cypriot & Greek FF of Barcelona, Bergamo Film Meeting FF 2026, etc.
Maricel, feature film, dcp, Cyprus-Greece, 2025, 120′
Writer, director
Elias Demetriou
Director of photography
Yorgos Giannelis, GSC
Editing
Panos Voutsaras, GFE
Production design
Edouard Georgiou
Costume design
Notis Panagiotou
Make-up design
Stefani Panayi
Hair design
Andreas Christodoulou
Casting
Daina Papadaki
Sound design
Aliki Panagi
Sound mix
Costas Varybopiotis
Music
Andreas Demetriou
Produced by
Filmblades Ltd (CY), Homemade Films (GR), Ammos Films (GR)
Co-produced by
Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture, ERT S.A.
Financed by
Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0” funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU