Greek Movies about Immigration/ Diaspora/ Cosmopolitanism/ Transnationalism
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- DirectorTassos BoulmetisStarsGeorges CorrafaceIeroklis MichaelidisRenia LouizidouA Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.
- DirectorPeter AndrikidisStarsNick GiannopoulosVince ColosimoZeta MakrypouliaSteve 'The Wog Boy' Karamitsis inherits a beach on the resort island of Mykonos from an uncle he's never met.
- DirectorGergely FonyóStarsKároly GesztesiGiannis ZouganelisNatalia DragoumiA hitman's next target is a dentist in Greece. Unluckily for both of them, the murderer has a toothache.
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsNikos KourisRea ToutountziGiannis VoglisA successful model abandons the world of fashion to marry her beloved. A little before the wedding, their relationship goes through a serious crisis, when they meet a wealthy and enigmatic man.
- DirectorAthina Rachel TsangariStarsAriane LabedVangelis MourikisEvangelia RandouStuck in her boring factory town, twenty-three-year-old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other humans.
- DirectorNick GaitatjisStarsYorgo VoyagisGeorges CorrafaceSeymour CasselThanasis, a good-hearted cotton candy vendor from Athens, has been caring for little Melissa since she was a baby when her mother, an immigrant prostitute, thought it best to leave the girl behind while seeking fortune in America. Her unexpected appearance five years later has traumatic consequences when she takes her child away from Thanassis and leaves. Thanasis, suddenly alone, misses the child who was like a daughter to him and a comfort in his old age. Thanasis decides to travel to America in the hope of seeing her again. He does not have a visa. He does not speak English. He does not have much money. He does not know how to drive a car, and he has never been on an airplane. But he does have a distant cousin, Plato, a professional gambler, living in Las Vegas, who has offered to help him cross the border. Thanasis never suspects that Plato might have a scheme of his own. A road movie begins as the two disparate cousins from Greece embark on a cross- country adventure to win the smile of a little girl...
- DirectorYorgos GkikapeppasStarsKika GeorgiouGiorgos ZiovasVassilis BisbikisThe arrival of children, as seen through the stories of four different couples, just when a pregnancy comes along and conflicts with their lives. A marital crisis becomes a family tragedy; a mad man's gun forces a young couple to reconsider a premature pregnancy; a long struggle of in-vitro fertilizations brings together and forces apart two sterile women who have shared the same man; and a young Iraqi immigrant, all alone in her apartment, is forced to give birth to her child with the help of her Greek stalker and next door neighbor. The stories unfold within a day and collide in a violent and fatal incident.
- DirectorHristos NikolerisStarsGeorgina LiossiAntinoos AlbanisNikolas PapagiannisA Greek romantic drama film directed by Hristos Nikoleris. Infusing Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with a contemporary Athenian migrant setting, director Christos Nikoleris has crafted a film that successfully blends the original play with shades of Homer. Goran and Julia, Russian and Albanian, are two teenagers immigrant second generation, two children with dreams and ambition to escape the environment grew. Things for both young people will become even more complicated when their paths meet. Love is lightning, but the two worlds collide, threatening to destroy the first thrill they feel about each other.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStathis PapadopoulosCostas KotsianidisPanagiotis ChartomatsidisA group of Pontian Greek immigrant teenage dreamers dwelling marginalised in the notorious and lustreless wild suburbia, witness the city's repulsive face and an unrelenting world defined by prostitution, drugs, and inevitably, loss.
- DirectorAna KokkinosStarsAlex DimitriadesElle MandalisDamien FotiouA 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.
- DirectorVasilis KehagiasStarsGeorgina LiossiLeonidas KalfagiannisKaterina GeronikolouThree true stories of unfulfilled love, with the happy end they never had.
- DirectorMenelaos KaramaghiolisStarsAlban UkajStefania GouliotiArgyris XafisJace, left mute after his adoptive family is murdered, grows up in Athens' underbelly. Years later, he finds solace with a carnival troupe, until the underworld threatens to reclaim him.
- DirectorKonstantinos KoutsoliotasStarsVangelis MourikisEfi PapatheodorouTheo AlbanisWhen Niko's finances go astray, he hides out in thefamily house in the Greek mountain town of Siatista. Surrounded by ghosts of his past, Niko must uncover the mystery of his father's death.
- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsEllie LambetiAthena MichaelidouEleni ZafeiriouA daughter discovers her wealthy family is actually on the verge of bankruptcy and decides to charm a millionaire for his money in marriage. Soon she is torn between living a lie and keeping up appearances.
- DirectorNikos PanayotopoulosStarsThanos SamarasAlexia KaltsikiErrikos LitsisYoung man arrives in Athens to seek his fortune. Vainly.
- DirectorOtar ShamatavaStarsNiko TavadzeJoséphine de La BaumeBogdan BenyukWith Georgia's capital under siege in 1992, unemployed film director NIKA sees a unique opportunity to escape the ravages of civil war. A former studio bear CHOLA has been invited to retire at the Berlin Zoo, and NIKA and his former stuntman TOMA can accompany Chola on the long journey. But the war again impinges on the two friends as Nika's films are burned in an attack that also leaves their beloved bear dead. With no other options, Nika hits on an outrageous solution: he'll disguise himself in a bear suit and travel as Chola to Berlin. They sneak through Turkey, the Balkans and Eastern Europe to, finally, Berlin, encountering soldiers, police, a mystic soothsayer, drug dealers and gangsters along the way - oh, and a fiery red-headed French Canadian animal rights activist who joins them to ensure the well-being of 'Chola!' It's a journey fraught with obstacles - some comic, some tragic, some both - in which the motley band of travellers learn that hope, love and freedom are as fragile as they are elusive.
- DirectorStathis AthanasiouStarsDavid Fernández FabuInés CastañoMarina KalogirouAthens & Barcelona, two cities, two love stories, two languages, two realities, two couples that will never meet, two years anniversary... or is it all one?
- DirectorNika AgiashviliStarsShannon ElizabethEd O'RossBilly ZaneVan Vlahakis left Greece five decades ago with 22 dollars in his pocket. He arrived in the US hoping for a better future for him and his family. Eftichios as is his Greek name not only managed to live the American dream for himself, but also created Earth Friendly Products, a US giant for environmentally friendly cleaning products. His story is not only about transforming his life but also the lives of the ones around him as the owner and CEO of Earth Friendly Products. The story centers on the modern day Vlahakis (played by Ed O'Ross), who is diagnosed with cancer and given only few months to live. During this time, he reflects on his early life as an immigrant (played by George Finn) during the 1950's and ultimately decides to push himself to the limit by closing one final business deal that will concretize his company's success, even if it means taking on a large corporation that is trying to take over his company.
- DirectorGiorgos GeorgopoulosStarsPrometheus AleiferOmiros PoulakisVangelis MourikisTwo teenagers, a trolley ticket controller, a couple separating. Everyday, cross-cutting stories in an Athens with constant power outages.
- DirectorPanos KarkanevatosStarsAndreas KonstantinouElena MavridouLevent ÜzümcüJohn is an introvert young soldier serving as a minesweeper in Evros. When he meets Chryssa, a woman passing immigrants from borders between Greece and Turkey, he will try to convince her run away and start a new life.
- DirectorPeter AndrikidisStarsRichard BrancatisanoAndrea DemetriadesHelen ChebatteAlex, a Greek Orthodox schoolteacher, falls for Lebanese Muslim lawyer, Eve. The relationship is forbidden by both families, and thus the emotional dilemma of 'Alex and Eve' is created.
- DirectorMarcus MarkouStarsCarl RiceStephen DillaneSelina CadellFollowing his ruin in the latest banking crisis, a self-made millionaire reluctantly re-unites with his estranged freewheeling brother to re-open the abandoned fish and chip shop they shared in their youth.
- DirectorJoyce A. NashawatiStarsZiad BakriMimi DenissiLouis-Do de LencquesaingGreece. A seaside resort plagued by a heavy heatwave. Water is rare and violence is ready to explode. Ashraf, a solitary immigrant, guards a French family's villa while they are away. In this dry land, crushed by the sun, he is stopped by a policeman for an I.D check...
- DirectorGeorge SiougasStarsOmiros PoulakisPrometheus AleiferIoanna TsirigouliAdonis returns to Athens to introduce his bride-to-be to his mother Rina and brother Lefteris, a schizophrenic. But Adonis's visit unravels family dynamics and deep-running problems that haunt all of them.
- DirectorElissavet ChronopoulouStarsSofia GeorgovassiliYannis KokiasmenosDioni KourtakiWhy does a polar bear feel sleepy come fall? Why does she lose her appetite? Why does she avoid fights? It' 's not easy to find out the secrets of the polar bear.
- DirectorTony KrawitzStarsEwen LeslieWilliam ZappaThanos SamarasIn Greece to scatter his father's ashes, Isaac hears of a curse that hangs over the head of his family. Dismissing the idea, his trip begins to unveil dark truths that forced his father to flee years ago.
- DirectorChristopher PapakaliatisStarsJ.K. SimmonsMaria KavoyianniAndrea OsvártIn modern Greece, while socioeconomic turmoil ravages Southern Europe, three distinct stories unfold, each representing a different generation of Greeks in love with a foreigner, each story coming together in the end to form a whole.
- DirectorYannis SakaridisStarsGiannis StankoglouMakis PapadimitriouVassilis KoukalaniA bitter Greek nationalist in Athens is horrified when his apartment building and local park become resting stops for refugees.
- DirectorArgyris PapadimitropoulosJan VogelStarsHaris MarkouIeronymos KaletsanosArthouros KiviliovHarris, a 16 year old boy spends his day skateboarding aimlessly around Athens with his friends. Vassilis, a middle aged cop, is frustrated with his dead-end job and crammed in his small apartment with his family.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsAntonis KaristinosTheodora TzimouKonstadinos AvarikiotisAlex a captain with sad past saves thirty teens Afghan refugees. With tension constantly increasing, Alex tries to tackle the company's and crew pressures.
- DirectorGiannis FotouAlexis TsafasStarsMaria StefanidouYorgos NoussisAt 19, Zenaida has fully experienced the ugly face of the European dream. A victim of women's trafficking, born in Africa and trapped in a European city, she is coerced by her "owners" to work in a brothel as a prostitute. Her life has been gradually reduced to a pathetic, meaningless routine and a recurring sequence of drug-induced hallucinations, which, while providing an escape from the present, bring back to life nightmares from the past. Parallel images of her life in the poverty of an African slum and the misery of a ruthless European city. An utter deadlock.
- DirectorSyllas TzoumerkasStarsAmalia MoutousiThanos SamarasIoanna TsirigouliIn a country shaken by major political events, three generations of a Greek family clash over an inside-the-family adoption.
- DirectorGeorge KordellasStarsTasos NousiasLida ProtopsaltiEvgenia DimitropoulouDuring the volatile 1987 Aegean crisis, a collector sets out to the memory-laden coast of Asia Minor and unearths a haunting mystery dating back to the Great Fire of Smyrna. Can a blood sacrifice appease decades of pain and suffering?
- DirectorStelios KammitsisStarsPolyxeni SavvaGiorgos AmorginosDimitris AntoniouA story that takes place in an empty Athens in August, during a 12-hour period, from 6 p.m to 6 a.m. Three friends, Phevos, Andreas and Savvas, stay up all night walking around the streets of Exarchia, for what is their last night before they leave Athens for good and move to Berlin, just like they had agreed one year ago. During the evening, however, hidden aspects of their personalities are gradually revealed and they will face the most violent manifestation of power which will change their plans forever.
- DirectorAngeliki AntoniouStarsEshref DurmishiAndré HennickeNdriçim XhepaEduart, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the dream of becoming a rock star and living a better life
- DirectorManousos ManousakisStarsAndreas KonstantinouVasiliki TroufakouAdrian FrielingDuring the tumultuous 1943, against the backdrop of a German-occupied Thessaloniki, two star-crossed lovers struggle to surmount prejudice and fear, as the brutalities against the town's persecuted Jewish community escalate.
- DirectorElina PsykouStarsVictor KhomutValery TscheplanowaThanasis PapageorgiouAthens, 2004 summer Olympic Games. 11-year-old Misha arrives from Russia to live with his mother, Sofia. What he doesn't know is that there is a father waiting for him there. While Greece is living the Olympic dream, Misha will get violently catapulted into the adult world, riding on the dark side of his favorite fairy tales.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStavros ZalmasPanagiotis TsitsasIlias MarmarasIlias, a young man of Athens, meets Panagiotis, a new-comer from Albania and falls in love with him. He pays dearly for the relationship.
- DirectorConstantine GiannarisStarsStavros ZalmasValda Z. DrablaHoward NapperA gay poet heads west from New York City in his convertible. He picks up a muscular sailor who's bisexual; then Jackie, a waitress at a diner, joins them. Jackie is attracted to the poet who rebuffs her romantic gestures; rejection fuels her continued interest in him. The sailor and the poet are bonded by sex, but the sailor's frank advances to Jackie make him uninteresting to her. The sailor can get violent, the poet is passive, Jackie is glamorous and detached. The landscape changes, they stop in cities and in the desert. They reach a lake. Who will be left out of a final pairing?
- DirectorCosta-GavrasStarsRiccardo ScamarcioOdysseas PapaspiliopoulosLéa WiazemskyDesperate to escape the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a smuggler ship to France. This is the beginning of his odyssey across Western Europe to Paris, where miraculous promises, new friends, and dangers await him at every turn.
- DirectorVasilis DouvlisStarsArto ApartianMaria SkoulaArtur LuziA fatal love triangle. Ilias, already sixty years old, returns to his almost deserted village in Greece after thirty years of hard labor in the factories of Germany. He purchases a gas-station and a restaurant located on the main highway towards Ioannina and wishes to make a new start. He feels a stranger once more, only this time in his own country. Eleni, his wife, is twenty years younger, and still pretty. Even though she never fell in love with him, they married when she was very young, hoping that he will put her out of the poverty and the misery of the village.The perspective of being condemned to spend the rest of her life in this deserted village fills her with desperation. She simply wants to live her life, while there's still time. Petros is an Albanian illegal immigrant who arrives in Greece seeking for a better future. Ilias saves him from the authorities and hires him to work at his restaurant. An unusual father and son relationship emerges between them, whereas, at the same time, Eleni and Petros fall desperately in love until the tragic finale.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsDaphné PatakiaSimon AbkarianMaryne CayonA Greek girl meets a French woman in Constantinople.
- DirectorElias DemetriouStarsMarios IoannouMarlene KaminskyAnne-Marie O'SullivanA hard working Cypriot immigrant in London finally opens his very own chip shop. But his dream turns into a nightmare, as he seems to have overlooked one small detail: Cyprus just isn't London.
- DirectorTonia MishialiStarsStella FyrogeniAndreas VasileiouPopi AvraamTrapped in the misery of an oppressive marriage, a middle-aged woman finds refuge in a fantasy world of vindictive violence. Soon, reality and fantasy start to blur.
- DirectorNicolas KolovosStarsLeis YasinZana PenjweniAli Al SaidanThe boat that will transfer Dana's family to Europe is ready to go, but his son, Alan, refuses to leave the truck.
- DirectorBasile DoganisStarsDaphné PatakiaRabah Nait OufellaLamine CissokhoOne year after the death of her mother, Elena, a young French woman of Greek origin, returns to her holiday home on the island of Lesbos.
- DirectorStavros PamballisStarsConstantine MarkoulakisDaphne AlexanderNiovi CharalambousSet beside the UN Buffer Zone that divides the city of Nicosia, Siege on Liperti Street tells the story of one family's struggle to hold on to their home, no matter the price.
- DirectorBasile DoganisStarsChristopher BecherotMohamed GhanemMalamine SissokoA crew of teenagers from a Parisian suburb have to attend their Citizen Day at the military base in Versailles, but one of them, Chris, is turned away for arriving too late...
- DirectorArgyris PapadimitropoulosStarsDenise GoughSebastian StanYorgos PirpassopoulosA spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling (Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough as Mickey and Chloe), but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?
- DirectorJacqueline LentzouStarsSofia KokkaliSofia is panicky, again. The Universe decides to contact her. An other-worldly dialogue. A planet symphony for Mars, where people dream awake and fight for love.
- DirectorNatassa XydiStarsEleana StravodimouZackary MomohManos SchettoMargarita is on her way to taking a holiday on a Greek island. When she misses the boat, she finds herself traveling much further away.
- DirectorEvi KalogiropoulouStarsXenia DaniaArgyris PandazarasStathis PapadopoulosMotorway 65 is set at the edge of the city, within the urban industrial environment of Aspropirgos, home to numerous immigrants, and many Pontic Greek migrants from Russia among them. Motorway 65 is like a succession of small explosions of life on the side of the great highway that leads to Athens.
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsAdonis SklavenasAdriana TeplytskaAggelos GeorgiadisJacqueline escapes her war-torn country to a Greek island. She meets an unmoored tour guide and the two become close as they each find hope in the other.
- DirectorSpiros JacovidesStarsEleni KokkidouJulio KatsisNegros Tou MoriaWhile filming absent civil servants, a documentary crew stumbles upon Haroula, a desperate, overprotective Greek mother in search of her son. But when he is accused of fraud, Haroula sets out with her other, disabled son and a Greek-African taxi driver to bring him back home where he belongs. Even if this means discovering who her son really is.
- DirectorIsmene DaskarolisStarsRashid AitouganovAlbane Sophia ChateauOskar HartmanOne bed, five languages, nine mornings after, in nine awkward minutes.