Comedy

Normal

The tropes of rom-coms, coming-of-age movies and buddy comedies are passed through the lens of a sports story in one of the most entertaining comedies of the '00s, the era when Beckham was at his peak. A huge hit that became a benchmark, it introduced us to the then up-and-coming Keira Knightley.

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Jess, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not allowed to play organised football, even though she is 18 years old. When she plays for fun one day, her impressive skills do not go unnoticed by Jules, who persuades Jess to play for her semi-professional team. She begins to use elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

Bend it Like Beckham

"Stolen Kisses" is one of Antoine Doinel's chapters in adultness. Unbelievably charming, full of inspired cinematic references, tender and funny, this movie is a hymn to the love affairs that elate and destroy us.

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1968. Antoine has been discharged from the army and lives in Paris. He tries to get used to adulthood but is not managing very well, neither in his professional life nor in his romantic relationships. He is hired as a private detective. He attempts to reconnect with his former girlfriend Christine, yet at the same time falls in love with the older wife of a shoe dealer.

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Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film | Oscars | 1969

Stolen Kisses

What did the porn industry look like in France in the 80s? An unholy comedy starring Guillaume Canet and Gilles Lelouche takes us deep into a world of pleasure and corruption, where nothing is what it seems.

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As the porn industry explodes in 1980s France, two undercover cops are assigned to infiltrate the scene. As they investigate the corruption that pervades the industry, they become immersed in this seductive world.

Paris Pigalle

A film that comes out of the Sundance Festival with the momentum of a stray bullet ricocheting in unexpected directions. Full of action, humour and a disarming, sweet allure at its heart.

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When high school student Mike buys a beaten-up 1965 Chrysler in order to have some means of picking up girl-next-door Kelsey for their first date, he gets more than a ramshackle set of wheels. The car comes with a secret cargo. And there are plenty of dangerous (and dangerously stupid) people looking for it.

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Official Selection | Sundance Film Festival | 2021

First Date

A fairytale enigma, a cinematic poem, a sweet testament to a city and all those who give it life, Aleksandre Koberidze's second feature film is a magical spell that will nestle in every heart that will let it.

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When Lisa and Giorgi meet by chance on a street in Kutaisi, they fall in love at first sight. Before they part ways, they agree to meet the next day. But little do they know that fate has something different in store for them. Will they manage to meet again? And if so, will they know who they are? Life goes on as normal in their town, with stray dogs on the streets, the World Cup kicking off and a film production team in search of true love.

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FIPRESCI Prize | Berlin Film Festival | 2021
Official Selection | San Sebastian Film Festival | 2021

What do we See when we Look at the Sky?

Directed by Athena Rachel Tsangari ("Attenberg", "Chevalier"), the series explores with emotional honesty and a female perspective the limits and risks of polyamory and highlights the fluidity of sexuality, with an absolutely geometric cast led by Ariane Labed.

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In crowded, expensive London, a cash-strapped couple open their small apartment to a third person. Somehow, the new addition makes the flat seem bigger, not smaller. But before long, their collective future is thrown into doubt. Can they find a new way to love? Will the world let them?


Trigonometry

Enjoyable Italian comedy about second chances in life, with influences from screwball and Woody Allen, and an as always unique Tony Servillo ("La Grande Bellezza", "Loro") in the lead role.

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A middle-aged psychoanalyst decides to break the routine of monotonous everyday life and starts working out. Meeting an explosive young personal trainer will change his life forever.

Let Yourself Go

Where the song is the lonely monologue of a forgotten loser. Austrian auteur Ulrich Seidl's new magnum opus finds passion for life and romance beneath the sadness of a frayed surface.

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Richie Bravo is a washed-up pop star chasing his faded fame in wintery Rimini, Italy. Trapped between constant drunkenness and gigs for busloads of tourists, his world begins to crumble when his daughter shows up asking for money.

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Official Selection - International Competition | Berlin Film Festival | 2022

Rimini

A beach, four girls, some songs, a couple of movies and the looming danger of sudden adulthood. The Boy, in his fifth feature film, crafts a beautiful cinematic tale, both tender and dark. What a perfect day.

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It looks like a simple trip to a deserted, beautiful beach. Four women laughing, playing in the sand, swimming, fantasizing and enjoying the warmth of the sun and the coolness of the sea. The day goes on with silly games, singing and dancing. Punctuation marks in their laughter, tears. The tears are wiped away by their fantastic tales. Until the day fades and they must say goodbye to their beach.

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Official Selection - Greek Festival | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2019
Best Editing | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2020
Best Music | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2020

Winona

The inimitable Monty Python gleefully and relentlessly dismantle the most iconic medieval myth, unleashing boundless imagination in a tour de force of British humor and anarchic, self-aware cinematic wit.

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King Arthur and his knights embark on a quest for the Holy Grail, only to lose themselves in a cascade of absurdities, razor-sharp wordplay, and sketch-like episodes that gleefully subvert any conventional sense of narrative.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Dreams never get old. A quirky fairy tale, a story of late adulthood, and the value of finding inspiration in the most unexpected places, are intricately intertwined in a Greek film that has been loved wherever it has been shown around the world.

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50-year-old Nikos, a refined, old-fashioned tailor, struggles to keep alive the ghost of the past and well-dressed aristocracy of the 1960s. But when the bank threatens to foreclose on the family tailor shop and his elderly father is hospitalized, Nikos takes life into his own hands for the first time and finds an unorthodox way to bring his art to the people of today. Can a bride in Kaminia become the muse of the aloof Tailor?

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FIPRESCI Prize | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2020
Greek National Television Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2020
Youth Jury Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2020
Best Music (Nikos Kypourgos) | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2021
Best Costume Design | Hellenic Film Academy Awards | 2021

Tailor

After "The Square", Reuben Östlund again tackles class satire in a delightful black comedy that puts Marx, consumerism and... bodily fluids in a blender against the backdrop of the greek Chiliadou beach.

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Carl and Yaya are influencer fashion models whose relationship is increasingly soured by money. Offered free places on a luxury cruise, they find themselves sharing a superyacht with arms dealers and an oligarch, while a cynical Marxist alcoholic captains the ship as things quickly turn upside-down.

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Nomination for Best Film | Oscars | 2023
Nomination for Best Director | Oscars | 2023
Nomination for Best Screenplay | Oscars | 2023
Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival | 2022
Best European Film | European Film Awards | 2023

Triangle of Sadness

Who said April Fools' jokes don't lead to great collaborations? The beloved characters of "Kourafelkithra" comics come to life for the first time on our screens in a lively short film that was destined to be Cinobo's debut production. Now, that's a good idea, boss!

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Annie is facing problems. Lately, inexplicable events have been complicating her life. Her personal life is collapsing, she's stuck professionally, and she feels desperate. Seeking refuge in Luther's bar, she confides in him, but no one seems to understand her. Meanwhile, a breaking news gives her the final blow. What is true and what isn't? Could it be that she's reading too many comic books after all?

Kourafelkythra: The Movie

The ultimate quirky comedy that rocked the 2020 Sundance festival with its punk energy and wild humour. A small film with a big heart produced by Ben Stiller.

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An on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America's decaying Midwestern suburbs.

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Official Selection - International Competition | Sundance Film Festival | 2020
Rebels with a Cause Award | Talinn Black Nights Film Festival | 2020

Dinner in America

Sardonic British humour meets a blend of horror, mystery and thriller in this black comedy anthology series in which beloved British stars get caught up in strange, unexpected and creepy adventures with unpredictable outcomes.
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Welcome to "Inside No.9", where the ordinary and the mundane meet the bizarre and the macabre. A game that reveals hidden secrets, a strangely haunted house, a West End dressing room soaked in blood. Nothing can prepare you for the dark, mysterious and twisted tales that lurk here.

Inside No. 9

The film the Coen brothers made after the Oscar triumph of No Country for the Old Men is a misunderstood upon its release, a personal film as only the two of them know how to make it: Sinister spirits, hidden conspiracies and an existential black humor.

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Larry Gopnik is a physics professor at a 1960s university, but his life is falling apart. His wife is leaving him, his unemployed brother has moved away and someone is trying to sabotage his career goals. Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis, but whether any of them can help him overcome his many woes remains to be seen.

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Nomination for Best Film | Oscars | 2010
Nomination for Best Screenplay | Oscars 2010
Nomination for Best Actor (Michael Sthulbarg) | Golden Globes | 2010

A Serious Man

A humorous, earnest connection of the dispute between Israel and Palestine with modern soap opera, the elements of which simultaneously divide and unite the two nations as the story unfolds. Winner of the Acting Award in Venice.

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Salaam, a 30-year-old Palestinian, living in Jerusalem, travels to Ramala every day for the shooting of the popular soap opera “Tel Aviv on Fire”. At the Israeli army checkpoint he meets Assi, whose wife is a huge fan of the show. In order to impress her, Assi tries to get involved in the script-writing process and Salaam soon realized that Assi’s ideas may get him a promotion to screenwriter. His career skyrockets until Assi and the producers disagree about the ending.

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Best Actor (Kais Nashif) - Orizzonti | Venice Film Festival | 2018
Interfilm Award for Best Film | Venice International Film Festival

Tel Aviv on Fire

Audience darling Dany Boon never disappoints when you expect a movie that will make you laugh your heart out. Pathological penny-pinching, a condition that lends itself to comedy, is what this openhearted film is about, and Boon is free to make the most (fun) of it.

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A man in his 40s is terribly stingy. Any type of spending makes him panic and his savings are the meaning of his life. The equilibrium of his frugal routine is completely overthrown when he falls in love with a charming woman and also meets his own daughter, whose existence he knew nothing about. Francois decides to hide his obsession with money from the two women and that's when it all turns really funny.

Penny Pincher!

A man and two women: a classic case of a love triangle, until the wife proposes to the mistress that they share the unfaithful man. Delightful French film with elements of slapstick that generously deliver belly laughs.

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A mother of two children, married for the past 15 years, discovers that her husband is having an affair. This, however, doesn’t signal the end of the marriage. The wife has a radical idea: she meets up with her husband's mistress and proposes a living situation of "joint custody". The two women shake hands and implement their plan, imposing this new way of life on their mutual partner. A situation that initially seems like every man's dream, is not in fact ideal.

Joint Custody

One of the most beloved films of recent years, Joachim Trier's comic drama (with generous doses of romance, tragedy and existential despair) is awarded at Cannes for Renate Reinsve, makes it to the Oscars, and reflects on absolutely contemporary personal and social impasses.

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Thirty-year-old Julie doesn't know what she wants out of life. And while her boyfriend wants to start a family, she suddenly falls in love with someone else. A chronicle of four years in the life of a young woman who is asked to explore the complicated paths of life and love while struggling for her career. All of which will make her understand herself better and bring her face to face with a more realistic view of who she really is.

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Nomination for Best Original Screenplay | Oscars | 2022
Nomination for Best International Film | Oscars | 2022
Best Actress (Renate Reinsve) | Cannes Film Festival | 2021
Nomination for Best Actress (Renate Reinsve) | BAFTA | 2022

The Worst Person in the World

Nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards, Alex Thompson's directorial debut is a film full of warmth, honesty, and subversive humour, touching with courage and disarming sensitivity taboo subjects of female self-determination and human connection.

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A 34-year-old woman, with no clear direction in life, takes a job as a nanny for a young girl. As she forms a deep bond with the child, she is confronted with an unwanted pregnancy. Torn by doubt and the possibility of abortion, she embarks on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery.

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Audience Award | SXSW Film Festival | 2019
Special Jury Award | SXSW Film Festival | 2019
Nomination for the John Cassavetes Award | Film Independent Spirit Awards | 2021
Nomination for the Mermaid Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2019

Saint Frances

Combining the stories of everyday work madness of The Office with the mysterious and eerie setting of The X-Files, throwing in a dose of 70s and pastel colors, this hilarious satire of science fiction (and not only) stories has humor, heart and our very own Daphne Patakia.

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1978. Didier Mathure, a great space scientist, is transferred to GEPAN, a unit that specializes in UFOs and is made up of people who seem to be on their own planet. Seeing an object himself, he leaves logic behind and travels the country in search of new clues.

UFO(s)

If the employees of The Office were musicians in a symphony orchestra. An unpredictable sitcom from Denmark whose brilliant script explores the confusion, ambitions, and weaknesses of the characters with tenderness and sarcasm.
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The Orchestra (2022) is a Danish comedy series focusing on the everyday challenges of a symphony orchestra. Through the lives of the musicians and the conductor, tensions and personal relationships are highlighted, offering a tender and humorous look at the world of classical music.

The Orchestra

Bergman and Tati find a common language in the former's homeland, thanks to Roy Anderson's inventive film in which the absurdity of everyday life meets the concerns of a society moving forward without a moral compass. One of the masterpieces of the 00s, first part of an informal trilogy.

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At some unspecified time between the 1950s and today, somewhere in the northern hemisphere, things are not going well at all: A magician makes a tragic mistake and saws a man in half, a lost immigrant is beaten up in a busy street, an employee is fired after being humiliated for no apparent reason, and there's a traffic jam.

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Jury Prize | Cannes Film Festival | 2000

Songs from the Second Floor

Roy Anderson's fourth film brings his tableaux vivants back to the screen, addressing the human being, his greatness and his baseness, his joy and his sorrow, his confidence and his anxiety. A tragic comedy or is it a comic tragedy about ourselves?

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In the Swedish city named Oblivion, people from different walks of life participate in a series of short vignettes that hurry past us. Some last only seconds, no more than a few minutes. A young woman recalls an imaginary honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man wakes up from a dream. A businessman brags about success while being robbed by a pickpocket. The absurd collection is accompanied by jazz music.

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Official Selection - Un Certain Regard | Cannes Film Festival | 2007