Vasilis Koutsogiannis

The Weight of the Sea

A teenage girl, in an every day routine, takes the same old bus from her house to the beach and back again, on her back she carries a small container in which she collects fresh sea water. When she comes back in the house the door closes behind her, leaving us confronted with the closed door. During the movie we will witness this daily route, we wont have a glimpse of what's going on inside the house, not until the last moment.

On Xerxes' Throne

A dystopian workplace at the Perama shipyard. A ban on physical contact has turned human interaction into otherworldly simulations. The suppression of touch has alienated the workers communication transforming the boatyard into a charged landscape of alienation and repressed sensuality beyond stereotypical heteronormative desires. According to local legend, the Persian King Xerxes watched the overwhelming defeat of his fleet from his throne on the rocky peaks of Mount Egaleo, in today’s Perama.

Greenhouse

Sali, a young man of Albanian origin, has dropped out of school and works at greenhouses. He wants to save enough money to go through the tryout process of Juventus Academy. But to realize his dream, he must first overcome a series of hurdles in his harsh daily life.

White Christmas 1948

In December 1948, an unofficial truce between the Democratic Army and the National Army enables the soldiers to share a human, touching moment before returning to the barbarous reality of the eternally divided Greeks.

To Vancouver

Two siblings, one spell, wounded landscapes and an inevitable departure. "To Vancouver" is a short chronicle of a disappearing act in the times of the new Depression.

Last Tropics

An aquatic malady threatens a forgotten coastal village. Confronted with this rising marine crisis, three young fishermen resort to illegal dynamite fishing.

Little Man-Eater

Penniless at the end of another tourist season, Panos and Jimmy grasp the chance for an easy buck aboard Captain Nico’s tired sailboat. As she navigates the east Aegean in search of sunken treasure, their secret aspirations quickly unravel. Suspicion, greed and the brutality of Greece’s sea border will force a change of course for this motley crew.