Vassilis Mazomenos

Bringing to a close an informal trilogy on Greece in an era of economic - and every other kind of - crisis, Vasilis Mazomenos assembles an episodic, surreal drama infused with strands of dark comedy, portraying a dystopian world in decay, suspended between punishment and redemption. — Seven interwoven stories unfold in contemporary Greece, where their protagonists seek catharsis through love. — Nomination for the Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2022

Vasilis Mazomenos draws on the Odyssey to continue his allegorical mapping of a society in decay, turning crisis-era Greece into an existential landscape of exile. — A desperate man attempts to flee Greece aboard a nearly wrecked boat. Rescued from certain drowning by the coast guard, he returns as a stranger to his own country, where he endures every form of extremity as an outcast of the system. — Nomination for the Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2019

Vasilis Mazomenos draws inspiration from contemporary Greece during the financial crisis to craft a polyphonic social drama that explores alienation and the invisible bonds between individuals within a labyrinth of isolation, repetition, and dead ends. — A telephone operator at a psychological support hotline struggles to offer solace to people on the brink of despair. — Nomination for Best Picture | Hellenic Film Academy | 2018 Nomination for the Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2018