MARICEL

BY ELIAS DIMITRIOU

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 (Best International Film), South-East Academy IFF – Quezon, Cypriot & Greek FF of Barcelona, Bergamo Film Meeting FF 2026, Cyprus Film Days – Cypriot Competition Section (Best Performance Award to Dinos Lyras and Lenia Sirocco), etc.
Best Greek Minority Co-production Hellenic Film Academy Award 2026

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