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( 2026 )
Official Selection Out of Competition |
 
Cyprus
,
Denmark
,
Greece
 |
 Greek |
 102 min

About the film

An 11-year-old girl tracks down the estranged father she barely knows, and slowly builds a fragile, imperfect bond with him. The film premiered at Sundance IFF, where it won the Audience Award for World Cinema Dramatic

Director

Myrsini Aristidou

Producer

Monica Nicolaidou, Myrsini Aristidou, Anders N.U. Berg, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou

Production Company

Screenplay

Myrsini Aristidou

Cinematography

Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll

Editing

Myrsini Aristidou, Jenna Mangula

Sound

ostas Varympobiotis, Stavros Terlikkas

Cast

Christos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa

Contacts

International Sales: Cercamon, Dubai, UAE, dorian@cercamon.biz

Producer

Monica Nicolaidou, Myrsini Aristidou, Anders N.U. Berg, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou

Production Company

Screenplay

Myrsini Aristidou

Cinematography

Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll

Editing

Myrsini Aristidou, Jenna Mangula

Sound

ostas Varympobiotis, Stavros Terlikkas

Cast

Christos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa

Contacts

International Sales: Cercamon, Dubai, UAE, dorian@cercamon.biz

More About Film

It’s summer in Cyprus, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns that her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he has been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond, imperfect yet poignant. Myrsini Aristidou’s debut feature traces the quiet, often unspoken longing that forms in the absence of a father, and the unsettling vulnerability of two people who know of each other but do not truly know one another.

Producer

Monica Nicolaidou, Myrsini Aristidou, Anders N.U. Berg, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou

Screenplay

Myrsini Aristidou

Cinematography

Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll

Editing

Myrsini Aristidou, Jenna Mangula

Sound

ostas Varympobiotis, Stavros Terlikkas

Cast

Christos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa

Contact

International Sales: Cercamon, Dubai, UAE, dorian@cercamon.biz

More About Film

It's summer in Cyprus, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns that her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father's funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he has been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond, imperfect yet poignant. Myrsini Aristidou's debut feature traces the quiet, often unspoken longing that forms in the absence of a father, and the unsettling vulnerability of two people who know of each other but do not truly know one another.