Akilas Karazisis

Actor

Thessaloniki, Greece

Biography

Akylas Karazisis (Thessaloniki, 1957) is a Greek actor and director. From 1975 to 1990 he lived in Germany, where he studied Political Science and History, while working as an actor since 1985. Since 2006 he has also been working as a director.

Filmography

8.2

Milky Way

Akis

Follows 17-year-old Maria, a high school senior with dreams of becoming a dancer, whose starry-eyed plans for the future are put on hold when she gets pregnant by her boyfriend Tasos.

5.0

Ο 3ος Νόμος

Every action causes a reaction. Newton's 3rd law does not only explain the relationship between bodies and "momentum" in classical mechanics, but also human relationships and the "momentum" that characterizes them, in general. Relationships with others and with ourselves. The relationship between the present and the past. The relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. Family dramas, love affairs of loyalty and infidelity, serial killers, crimes of honor, passion, revenge, punishment, necessity.

4.2

The Bridge

A corpse symbolically placed on the border line of the bridge that connects Greece with Turkey, forces the Greek police officer Sofia Bakalis and the Turkish Kenan Karaman to undertake the case of the unusual murder. Very quickly, the two police officers realize that things are not so simple. Unsuspecting of the political forces involved and trying to solve the case, Sophia and Kenan will be in mortal danger, as the perpetrators do everything to hide an explosive secret. However, the price of the truth is much higher than they imagine, with its revelation threatening to lead even to a Greek-Turkish conflict. In the end, Sophia and Kenan will be asked to decide what matters most: their task or their life.

9.0

Ιωάννα της καρδιάς

Δημήτρης

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9.0

Epifaneia

Μάνος

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N/A

Beachcomber

Elias dreams of building a boat from scrap metal, chasing the shadow of his sailor father’s legacy. But as his creation crumbles, so does the myth he’s built around himself—forcing him to confront the fragile truth of who he really is.

N/A

Don't Laugh, They'll See You

Maria, who lives on an island, discovers she is pregnant when she visits her religious sister in Athens for their mother’s memorial service. The unexpected pregnancy at forty and an unexpected encounter make her realize that only by coming to terms with her choices can she “laugh, no matter what the world says.”

5.3

Blackmail Boy

Giorgos

In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure

5.6

Highway to Hellas

Spyros

The life of Jorg Geissner, a German banker, totally transforms with a visit to Paladiki Island, Greece. A business trip to check on a project called “Galapagos in Greece” by the islanders and for which his bank extended a loan and credit, brought him there. Being a German, he wants to investigate thoroughly, but Panos, a mini-mart owner, and the mayor try their utmost to sabotage him—to camouflage a not-so-good reality. After every single trial resulted in nothing because of the islanders’ secret meddling, Jorg’s trip becomes elongated, like The Odyssey’s, forcing him to contemplate the priorities and responsibilities in life again.

7.7

To teleftaio antio

Μπάμπης

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4.7

Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens at Land

Angry man on the street

Seven years after the incident on the Pitta islet, the team leaves the Aegean and goes ashore to help Stavrakomathiakakis find little Noori, who is about to be deported.

5.6

One Day in August

Fanis

Middle August in Athens. Three families, living in a three storey building, leave for their summer vacations. Everyone is wishing for a miracle to happen this summer. In the meantime, a drifter breaks into their apartments and rummages their personal belongings, thus unfolding hidden secrets.

6.3

What If...

Panagiotis

Athens, the age of economic crisis. Demetris is a highly independent man who lives a normal life. A confirmed bachelor at the age of 33! When a moment arrives, his choice at that point in time will change everything. His roommate is a female German Shepherd called Lonesome. One night, after supper, Lonesome wants to be taken out. Demetris tries to change her mind, but Lonesome insists. It’s at this moment that he comes to a decision. This decision will change his entire life. If Demetris goes out, he will meet Christina, the love of his life. If he stays in, he will not meet her. Does true love exist? What is the impact of a severe economic crisis on people, and how can the crisis destroy a couple? One story shown from two different angles.

6.4

Window to the Sea

Stefanos

Faced with life changing news, María, a fifty-five-year-old Spanish woman from Bilbao, chooses to take a trip to Greece with her closest girlfriends against the advice of her son and doctors. A spontaneous decision leads her to the island of Nisyros, a tiny haven of peace and calm that immediately feels like home. While exploring the beautiful island and soaking in its hidden treasures, she meets Stefanos and finds herself falling in love against all odds.

7.0

Freezer

Tassos, a man just over 50 years old, with a career in the marketing and commercial direction of large corporations, has been unemployed for three years now. Too old for a new beginning, but also too young to resign. His relationships with his close people are being tested, and his psychological state is marginal. His goal is one: to get out of the 'freezer'.

6.3

Chariton's Choir

Dimitriou

Chariton Ulianov has one great love: Life! That particular love affair however does not hamper him in his pursuit of enjoyment of her simpler pleasures. For him every woman is beautiful, every wine is superior when shared with good company and every situation an opportunity for good humor. His position as School Master in a small provincial town on the island of Corfu gives him the opportunity to disseminate his own unique philosophy especially to the students that participate in his greatest passion: the choir.

4.6

Apnea

Dimitris' Father

Dimitris, a 23 yr. old swimming champion, meets Elsa, a yound environmental activist. Their relation, and her sudden dissaperance, make him re-evaluate his settled life.

4.4

The Limousine

Three friends from 60s Paris attempt a road trip to modern-day Greece, looping in and out of fantasy and questioning absolutely everything. A situation comedy and a coming-of-age fairy tale or, according to the director himself, "a film that can be heard". Starring Nikos Kouris, Doukissa Nomikou, Dimitris Katalifos and Pavlos Haikalis. Lifetime Achievement Award to Nikos Panagiotopoulos

N/A

Uranisco Disco

About a producer-director of erotic films and his mistress, a wannabe a singer, making a porn-musical.

6.8

Desert Sky

Aiantas

In a near-future deserted city without food or water, the few remaining inhabitants cling to memory, hope, and the anticipation of deliverance. Foteini, a lonely scientist, is drawn to an actor named Aias, who is visiting his sister in the hospital. Simultaneously, Foteini is treating an amnesiac patient, and her growing bond with him uncovers a mysterious and personal connection.