Kallia Papadaki

Wishbone

When the twenty eight -year-old Kostas who has recently become a security guard in a public hospital, is forced to take over the guardianship of his little niece, he gets involved in a medical scam to make ends meet.

L' Acqua che Passa

Nicos takes his son on a weekend getaway on his boat, far from his petulant wife and their recent divorce. However, he has his own share of responsibility in the roaring collapse of their marriage; and an idyllic landscape is always fraught with risks.

The Magic in People: Broken Greek

Nassia speaks, sings, cries; all the above in broken Greek, in a language peppered with grammar mistakes that reveal savage truths. Nassia recalls and reminisces how she left her husband in Moldavia, a man who used to drink and hit her and then ask her “why are you trembling? I haven’t begun hitting you yet.” Nassia leaves Moldavia to save herself. When it doesn’t drive you wild, poverty and violence can transform you into an angel. A life’s worth nothing; and nothing’s worth as much as a single life.

September

The death of a pet prompts the unraveling of a woman.