ELINA PSYKOU’S NEW FILM PROJECT @ THE VENICE GAP-FINANCING MARKET

04 Sep 2026

Greek filmmaker Elina Psykou (“Stray Bodies”) has attached a trio of Hellenic heavyweights to the cast of “Patrimonial Fears and Other Illusions,” which will head to the Venice Gap-Financing Market taking place from Sept. 4 – 6.

A portrait of intergenerational trauma set against a famous magician’s visit to Athens, the film has bolstered its cast with Greek screen legend Xenia Kalogeropoulou (“Before Midnight”), whose career has spanned six decades; Locarno best actor winner Antonis Kafetzopoulos (“Plato’s Academy”); and Hellenic Film Academy Award winner Makis Papadimitriou (“Suntan,” “Chevalier”).

“Patrimonial Fears and Other Illusions” is a co-production between Greece (Jungle Films, Homemade Films, StudioBauhaus), the Netherlands (Studio Ruba) and Cyprus (Bark Like a Cat Films), with the support of Eurimages, Creative Europe MEDIA, the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center (EKKOMED), the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), the Netherlands Film Fund and the Deputy Ministry of Culture in Cyprus (SEKIN).

TITANIC OCEAN AT BUSAN AND SITGES IN OCTOBER

04 Sep 2026

After its Cannes Un Certain Régard premiere and its Best Director Award at Transilvania, Konstantina Kotzamani’s Titanic Ocean heads to two of the world’s most important film festivals: Busan for its Asian Premiere (Flash Forward Competition) and the SITGES Fantastic Film Festival in Catalunya (Competition), in October!

Check for dates:

@ SITGES

@ Busan

WORLD PREMIERE FOR KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI’S TITANIC OCEAN IN CANNES 2026 – OFFICIAL SELECTION

29 Apr 2026

Just announced! Konstantina Kotzamani‘s debut feature film Titanic Ocean will have its world premiere in Cannes 2026 as part of the Official Un Certain Régard Selection.

In the scintillating teenage universe of a special boarding school in Japan that trains teenage girls into professional mermaids, 17-year-old Akame will find her siren voice, discover first love and experience a metamorphosis. Set in Japan, in a closed, female universe, the film explores sexual awakening, obsession and transformation in a world where fantasy is choreographed and bodies are trained.

Paradise City Sales handles the film’s world sales.

We are all thrilled and proud to present the film in Cannes in May!

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT 2026 SELECTS ALEXANDRA MATHEOU’S NEW SHORT FILM

29 Apr 2026

Alexandra Matheou’s new short film, Free Eliza (Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection), a co-production of Cyprus, Greece and France, will have its world premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight programme in Cannes 2026!

Eliza works at a hotel resort, moving through a cycle of roles designed to keep guests constantly satisfied. Beneath the hotel’s polished surface, she struggles to maintain an unseen private life, all while carrying a rare anatomical condition: she is physically unable to smile. In a world obsessed with toxic positivity, Eliza must decide whether to change herself to fit in, or resist by remaining exactly who she is.

EURIMAGES SUPPORTS SYLLAS TZOUMERKAS’ NEW FILM

29 Apr 2026

A Thousand Days, A Thousand Nights, the new feature film by Syllas Tzoumerkas received support from Eurimages in the first batch of films for 2026! The film, a co-production of Greece, Luxembourg and Cyprus, set in the wildest corners of the Aegean Sea, is about to move into production.

BEST PICTURE AWARDS FOR ARCADIA AND TO A LAND UNKNOWN AT THE 16TH IRIS AWARDS

09 May 2025

Yorgos Zois’ ARCADIA and Mahdi Fleifel’s TO A LAND UNKNOWN won 4 out of their 15 combined nominations at the 16th Iris Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy 2025:

Best Film, Director and Screenplay for ARCADIA

Best Greek Minority Co-production for TO A LAND UNKNOWN

Congratulations to all the nominees, the winners and the films’ teams!

ARCADIA IS GREECE’S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2026 OSCARS!

26 Oct 2025

Arcadia by Yorgos Zois is Greece’s official submission to compete for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards!

ARCADIA: BEST ACTRESS AWARD FOR ANGELIKI PAPOULIA IN BARI

01 Apr 2025

Angeliki Papoulia won the Best Actress Award for her powerful performance in Yorgos Zois’ Arcadia, at the Bari International Film Festival 2025!

Arcadia was also the recipient of the Best Narrative Feature Film Award at the San Francisco Greek Film Festival, last week!

Homemade Films has been granted support from Creative Europe – MEDIA mini slate funding!

26 Oct 2025

Homemade Films has been granted support from Creative Europe – MEDIA mini slate funding!

Congratulations to everyone who worked and collaborated for this, to our partners, and to all the artists and their amazing projects:

STRINGA by Maria Hatzakou & Alexandra Matheou (feature)

THE HERMIT by Nicolas Kolovos (feature)

AMNESIA by Nikos Kolioukos (short)

We’ll be more than happy to bring these amazing projects to life over the next period!

TOP HONORS FOR ARCADIA AND TO A LAND UNKNOWN AT THE 16th HELLENIC FILM ACADEMY AWARDS

12 Jun 2025

Homemade Films’ co-productions ARCADIA by Yorgos Zois and TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel received top honors at the 16th Hellenic Film Academy Awards 2025:

BEST FILM (producers: Antigoni Rota, Maria Drandaki, Stelios Cotionis, Veselka Kiryakova, Andreas Georgiadis), BEST DIRECTOR (Yorgos Zois) and BEST SCREENPLAY (Konstantina Kotzamani, Yorgos Zois) for ARCADIA, and

BEST GREEK MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION AWARD (Maria Drandaki) for TO A LAND UNKNOWN!

Thank you to the members of the Hellenic Film Academy for voting for our films, and congratulations to both films’ amazing teams!

4 AWARDS FOR HOMEMADE FILMS AT THE 65th THESSALONIKI IFF

14 Nov 2024

Two Homemade Films co-productions, To A Land Unknown by Mahdi Fleifel and Arcadia by Yorgos Zois, participated at the International Competition section of the 65th Thessaloniki IFF, winning 4 awards!

Best Actor for the wonderful Mahmood Bakri and the Audience Award for To A Land Unknown.

The F.I.PRES.C.I. prize for the International Competition and the J.F. Costopoulou Foundation Award for Arcadia.

A very special thank you to the Thessaloniki Film Festival audience for the sold-out screenings and for embracing our two films so warmly and a shout-out to Angeliki Papoulia, the amazing star of both films.

SOFIA EXARCHOU’S ANIMAL NOMINATED FOR THE LUX AUDIENCE AWARD 2025

18 Sep 2024

Sofia Exarchou’s ANIMAL is one of the five films nominated for the 2024 LUX Audience Award by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in collaboration with Creative Europe MEDIA and Europa Cinemas!

The LUX Audience Award nominated films raise awareness about current social and political issues and engage audiences in debates about Europe in a thought-provoking way, and reflect the beauty and diversity of European cinema. Both the public and Members of the European Parliament (50% each) can rate for the films online. The film with the highest total score will win the LUX Audience Award. The winner will be announced in April 2025.

ANIMAL is the third Greek film to reach the final nominations’ roster of the LUX Award in its history!

The five amazing nominated European films this year are: ‘Animal’ by Sofia Exarchou, ‘Dahomey’ by Mati Diop, ‘Flow’ by Gints Zibalodis, ‘Intercepted’ by Oksana Karpovych, ‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ by Leonardo Van Dul.

We are so proud! Congratulations to all the amazing ANIMAL team!

Vote for ANIMAL, here

HEART OF SARAJEVO FOR BEST DIRECTOR TO YORGOS ZOIS FOR ARCADIA

23 Aug 2024

The amazing International Competition jury of the 30th Sarajevo International Film Festival (Paul Schrader, Sebastian Cavazza, Una Gunjak, Juho Kuosmanen and Noomi Rapace) awarded Yorgos Zois with the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director for Arcadia!

YORGOS ZOIS’ ARCADIA SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2024

14 Aug 2024

Yorgos Zois’ ARCADIA (Berlinale, Encounters Competition 2024) was selected at the first batch of the feature films eligible for the European Film Awards 2024!

NORTH-AMERICAN PREMIERE FOR TO A LAND UNKNOWN AT TORONTO

06 Aug 2024

Mahdi Fleifel’s TO A LAND UNKNOWN set for a North-American premiere at the Toronto IFF – Centerpiece in September! Check for screenings @ tiff.net

7 HELLENIC FILM ACADEMY AWARDS FOR SOFIA EXARCHOU’S ANIMAL

27 Jun 2024

In a triumphant night, ANIMAL swept the Hellenic Film Academy Iris Awards 2024, with 7 wins in major categories:

BEST FILM (Maria Drandaki, Maria Kontogianni, Lukas Valenta Rinner, Stelios Kammitsis, Laura Sterian, Ivan Tonev, Vicky Micha)
BEST DIRECTOR (Sofia Exarchou)
BEST SCREENPLAY (Sofia Exarchou)
BEST ACTRESS (Dimitra Vlagopoulou)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Flomaria Papadaki)
BEST EDITING (Dragos Apetri, Nikos Vavouris)
BEST SOUND (Odo Grötschnig, Sebastian Watzinger, Thomas Pötz Kava, Rudolf Gottsberger, Valia Tserou, Kistqs Varybopiotis, Christos Gousios)

Congratulations to all the ANIMAL team!

14 HELLENIC FILM ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR ANIMAL

30 Apr 2024

Sofia Exarchou’s Animal has been nominated for 14 awards at the Hellenic Film Academy Iris Awards 2024!

Best Film (Maria Drandaki, Maria Kontogianni, Lukas Valenta Rinner, Laura Sterian, Stelios Kammitsis, Ivan Tonev) – Best Director (Sofia Exarchou) – Best Screenplay (Sofia Exarchou) – Best Actress (Dimitra Vlagopoulou) – Best Supporting Role Actress (Flomaria Papadaki) – Best Supporting Role Actor (Ahilleas Hariskos) – Best Photography – Best Editing – Best Music – Best Production Design – Best Costume Design – Best Sound – Best Hair Make-up & SFX Make-up design – Best VFX design

TO A LAND UNKNOWN PREMIERES IN CANNES TO RAVE REVIEWS AND A 9MIN. STANDING OVATION

23 May 2024

Mahdi Fleifel’s To A Land Unknown premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes to an emotional 9min. standing ovation by the audience and rave reviews from the international press.

“Palestinian filmmaker’s narrative debut channels the spirit of Bicycle Thieves. Mahdi Fleifel delivers a confident, fully-realized drama featuring a lead performance from Mahmood Bakri which should attract international attention for both actor and director.”
-Catherine Bray, Variety

“This Palestinian Twist on ‘Midnight Cowboy’ Is Full of Masterful Storytelling and Wrenching Humanity. To A Land Unknown is a social realist drama buoyed by two gorgeous central performances, a nuanced portrait of a mercurial male relationship told with assurance and steel. This is a tour-de-force of empathic storytelling, with its genre narrative bursting with an overabundance of humanity. Grade: A-”
-Sophie Monks Kaufman, Indiewire

“Two desperate Palestinian cousins are hopelessly stranded in Athens, Greece, in Mahdi Fleifel’s heartbreaking migrant drama. Arrestingly plotted and bracingly acted, this story about the biting hardships faced by refugees who have left the danger of their homeland only to be left nationless could hardly be more relevant. The only Palestinian feature premiering at Cannes, To A Land Unknown is crafted with painstaking care, and features two strong lead performances that are thoughtfully translated to the screen by an empathetic lens.”
-Robert Daniels, Screen Daily

TO A LAND UNKNOWN BY MAHDI FLEIFEL TO PREMIERE AT THE DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT 2024

17 Apr 2024

Homemade Films’ co-production To A Land Unknown, the fiction feature film debut by multi-awarded Danish-Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel (A World Not Ours, A Man Returned, A Drowning Man), will have its world premiere at the 56th Quinzaine des Cinéastes in Cannes 2024.

A co-production of UK-France-Germany-the Netherlands-Greece-Quatar-Saudi Arabia-Palestine, To a Land Unknown, is produced by Geoff Arbourne and Mahdi Fleifel, and co-produced by Maria Drandaki, Layla Meijman,Maarten van der Ven and Francois Morisset.

WORLD PREMIERE FOR YORGOS ZOIS’ ARCADIA @ THE ENCOUNTERS COMPETITION OF THE 74th BERLINALE

22 Jan 2024

Just announced! Arcadia, Yorgos Zois’ sophomore feature will have its world premiere at the Encounters Competition of the 74th Berlinale.

Arcadia brings together for the first time on film, two of Greek cinema’s most prolific and fascinating actors: Vangelis Mourikis and Angeliki Papoulia.

A Greek-Bulgarian-American co-production (Foss Productions, Homemade Films, Red Carpet Films), supported by Eurimages, Greek Film Centre, Bulgarian Film Centre, EKOME, Onassis Culture and Flux. Beta Cinema handles the film’s world sales.

AWARDS FOR ANIMAL @ VALLADOLID, VANCOUVER, THESSALONIKI, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELLA, CORK, BRUSSELS, LES ARCS

12 Dec 2023

A string of awards for Sofia Exarchou’s ANIMAL in festivals around the world !

Seminci – Valladolid International Film Week 2023 (Winner: Special Mention of the Jury)

Vancouver IFF 2023 (Winner: Vanguard Award 2023)

Thessaloniki International Film Festival – International Competition 2o23 (Winner: Golden Alexander – Theo Angelopoulos for Best Film, Best Actress for Dimitra Vlagopoulou, Crew United Award)

Cineuropa 37 – Santiago de Compostella (Winner: Best Screenplay Award for Sofia Exarchou),

Cork Film Festival (Winner: Spirit of the Festival Award – Best Film)

Cinemamed – Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival (Winner: Jury Special Mention, Citizens’ Jury Award, Cineuropa Prize)

Les Arcs (Winner: Best Performance for Dimitra Vlagopoulou)

Congratulations to all the team and a thank you to all the juries!

GOLDEN ALEXANDER FOR SOFIA EXARCHOU’S ANIMAL

13 Nov 2023

Sofia Exarchou’s ANIMAL was the big winner of the 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, winning the Golden Alexander – Theo Angelopoulos, the Best Film award of the International Competition!

Marking the importance of the win, the International Competition Jury (producer Diana Elbaum, journalist and former head of the Berlinale Dieter Kosslick, and producer-director Elina Psykou), mentioned that it’s the first time in 30 years that a Greek film wins the prestigious award of the biggest national film festival.

ANIMAL also won two more awards: the International Competition Best Actress Award for Dimitra Vlagopoulou’s performance, and in the side juries awards, the Crew United Award.

Congratulations to all the team!

SEE Cinema Network Award for My Soul Startled

13 Nov 2023

Syllas Tzoumerkas’ upcoming feature film project, MY SOUL STARTLED won the SEE Cinema Network Development Award at the Agora of the 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

MY SOUL STARTLED is produced by Homemade Films and co-produced by Nefertiti Film (IT) and Sister Films (FR).

ANIMAL BY SOFIA EXARCHOU SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2023

27 Sep 2023

Sofia Exarchou’s Animal is in the shortlist of films contending for the European Film Awards 2023. A co-production of Greece, Austria, Romani, Cyprus and Bulgaria, Animal had its world premiere at the International Competition of the Locarno International Film Festival 2023 where it was awarded with the Pardo for the Best Performance for Dimitra Vlagopoulou. Shellac Sales handles the film’s world sales. Upcoming festival stops: Haifa IFF, the Viennale ’23, Seminci, Vancouver IFF and the 52nd Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montréal.

PARDO FOR BEST PERFORMANCE FOR ANIMAL’S DIMITRA VLAGOPOULOU @ LOCARNO IFF !

12 Aug 2023

Pardo for Best Performance to Dimitra Vlagopoulou for Sofia Exarchou’s ANIMAL at the International Competition of the 76th Locarno International Film Festival!!!

WORLD PREMIERE FOR WORKING CLASS GOES TO HELL @ TIFF MIDNIGHT MADNESS 2023

08 Aug 2023

Working Class Goes to Hell by Mladen Djordjevic will have its world premiere at the Midnight Madness section of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival!

A small-town labour union turns to the dark arts for empowerment against the corrupt forces in their community in Mladen Đorđević’s timely and disturbing socio-horror satire, a co-production of Serbia, Greece (Homemade Films), Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia and Romania.

WORLD PREMIERE FOR ANIMAL BY SOFIA EXARCHOU @ LOCARNO76 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

04 Jul 2023

Just announced! Animal by Sofia Exarchou to have its world premiere at the International Competition of the 76th Locarno International Film Festival! Read more @ Locarno Official Site

SHELLAC BOARDS ANIMAL BY SOFIA EXARCHOU

04 Jul 2023

Shellac boarded Sofia Exarchou’s sophomore feature film Animal and it will handle its world sales. “Animal”, a co-production of Greece-Austria-Romania-Cyprus-Bulgaria, will have its world premiere in August 2023 at the International Competition of the 76th Locarno International Film Festival.

KONSTANTINA KOTZAMANI’S TITANIC OCEAN RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM EURIMAGES

06 Dec 2022

Konstantina Kotzamani’s debut feature TITANIC OCEAN, a co-production of Greece, France, Romania, Germany, Spain and Japan received support from Eurimages! Congratulations to all the team and all our partners.

CHRISTOS PASSALIS’ SILENCE 6-9 AT THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF THE 63rd THESSALONIKI IFF

25 Oct 2022

After its world premiere at Karlovy Vary Chrystal Globe Competition, Christos Passalis’ Silence 6-9 will have its national premiere at the International Competition of the 63rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival (3-13 November 2022).