Facing the Shadow(2023)

Μη φεύγεις(el)

Students at the University of Thessaloniki worried about interpersonal relationships, but also for what will face when they finish the carefree student life.

A Historical Mistake(ru)

Mexico. 1940. The agent of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) Ramon Merkader comes to the house of Leon Trotsky. Under a long leather raincoat he hides an ice pick. He is here to kill the unsuspecting Russian revolutionary. Moscow. 2019. The modest honours pupil Yura helps his schoolmate Masha in history. They just study Merkader’s murder of Trotsky. The uninhibited Masha decides to tempt nerdy Yura. The director of studies comes into the classroom in the most intense moment. Afterwards the school principal calls in the class teacher of Masha and Yura for a talk. He considers that such an irresponsible teacher has no place at the school and is set to dismiss her. The school bell rings. As if by magic, the endings of these three stories intertwine, giving rise to a new surprising reading of the known events.

He Pulls His Truck(ru)

Eight-year-old Lyosha hides from the older children in a derelict building, where he finds a toy lorry locked behind a grid. Lyosha decides to get it.

Astrapogiannos(el)

The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the end of the blood-soaked War of Independence, only to find himself in a new conflict, as he locks horns with a ruthless local Kodjabashis.

I Cry With You(ru)

Mitya is a professional. He cries at funeral for money, piously believes in the importance of his mission. Mitya wants to be top in his profession, but he has a number of competitors, and there are also people who don’t understand him. Some twists in his life come rather unexpected

Farewell(ru)

A story about the end of relationships. How close people, who do not want to talk things over, become absolutely estranged from one another. A story about lack of understanding, about the unwillingness to understand a close person.

Maternity Ward(ru)

Lisa doesn’t manage to get to the Perinatal Centre in time, and gives birth in a provincial maternity clinic where conditions fail to provide her with a safe delivery. The child is born with complications. Lisa has only 24 hours to make the most important decision in her life.

Did You Love Him?(ru)

Nothing is forever. Everything passes. Are you sure? And a woman’s insult? Vera has come with her grandson to see her old childhood friend, Yura, and wish him a happy birthday. She has come with a gift that Yura remembers all his life. The remaining life.

Euthanasia(ru)

An experienced inspector suspects a cardiologist of murder. But he has doubts, as he does not understand why a kind, intelligent woman would commit the cold, planned murder of her rival, for whom her husband left her long ago. Jealousy? A sense of ownership? In exchange for the truth he offers information which may change the view of the potential criminal.

Acı Pirinç(tr)

Affedilmeyen(tr)

The Unexpected Child(fr)

Married and with a daughter, Johanna is happy, until the night she unexpectedly gives birth. In shock, she abandons the child. She is now accused of attempted infanticide. Johanna doesn't understand, adamant that she hadn't been pregnant.

Ali / Sakın Arkana Bakma(tr)

Ladies Without Lipstick(en)

Lonely and struggling with getting older, Joyce eagerly anticipates a visit from her distracted granddaughter.

Plunge(en)

A romantic day trip tests the relationship of two young lovers.

Wage of Desire(tr)

Musibet(tr)

The film is based on a landowner whose wife always gives birth to a boy, who wants a girl. It tells the story of the landowner's wish coming true and the girl growing up with supernatural powers.

Ayrılamam(tr)

The Guard of Auschwitz(en)

Nazi occupied Poland, during the World War II. Hans, a former brilliant student, has become an SS officer stationed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. When he is commissioned by his superior officer to build an efficient gas chamber, Hans, facing the harsh reality, begins to realize the magnitude of the atrocious acts of which he is being accomplice.