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A day In The life Of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (Country: Greece, Romania, France, Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Jacqueline Lentzou; Writer: Jacqueline Lentzou)
Jo, melancholic, wild and only 15 feels shy to listen to music she truly likes, yet with Phaedra’s etheric song, her heart skips a beat and all quietly shifts. It's a day of changes.
Titanic Ocean (Country: Spain, France, Greece, Japan, Romania; Year: 2026; Director: Konstantina Kotzamani; Writer: Konstantina Kotzamani)
Kyoko, a young Japanese girl training to become a professional mermaid, is saved by her coach's mouth-to-mouth "kiss of life". Desire awakens within her, she finds her mermaid voice and discovers the devastating effects of her singing, which will lead her to face the other side of the world.
A Whole Person Almost (Country: Greece; Year: 2026; Director: Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis; Writer: Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis)
Ilias arrives on a remote island to claim his late father’s inheritance. But the longer he is forced to stay on the island, the more his initial indifference begins to fade.
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