Cosmote TV

A spark on a Friday can lead to a sizzling weekend fling, but what happens when you get to the inevitable Monday?

The touching story of a child from a Pontic refugee family who managed to survive and thrive against all odds, thanks to his immense talent and resilience in the face of social and personal challenges. Music, love, family, friends, fishing, creativity, people of the night, hardcore fans, and intense conflicts come together to create the mosaic of his life. This film is a tribute to legendary singer, Stelios Kazantzidis, whose voice touched the hearts of all Greeks around the world. A film for those who loved him and those who wish to discover him.

A lawyer, who represents the German government against the Greek reparation claims for Nazi crimes in World War II, travels to Greece and meets one of the remaining survivors of the Kalavryta massacre that took place in 1943.

It is the early 20th century on a dystopian Greek island. Hadoula, a widow who lost her husband, loannis Fragkos, at a young age, is a woman who has learned how to survive in a male-dominated and extremely patriarchal society. Hadoula carries a difficult burden within her. Like a baton passed on to her from her mother, and the generations before her, she is meant to accept the belittling and degradation of women. Hadoula reacts. Her personal, internal revolution soon comes forth. The victims of her outburst are the little girls of the island, whom she sets free from the social and economic burden that their existence entails by taking their lives. Her actions will bring her face to face with the law. She leaves her home and escapes to her refuge, nature. But as much as her faith and morals dictate that she did the right thing, her trans-generational trauma follows her everywhere. And the end comes as redemption.

A food-loving and scientific tribute to the Mediterranean diet and, not least, the liquid gold: olive oil.

Thessaloniki, Greece, under Nazi occupation, 96% of the Jewish population is sent to Auschwitz. The adventures, hopes and dreams of nine Jewish students of the Italian School Umberto Primo come to life. The film is based on the archive found by an Italian professor and the testimonies of the protagonists. By recreating their stories, we tell the story of the Holocaust in Greece.

A father and a son drive towards the borders. The road is paved with memories of their life together. Away from home, they are making a living for themselves and their family. But the boy’s desire to return will lead to an unexpected journey.

Numerous ex-colonies, back at the time when they gained independence, struggling to concretize their national identity, found themselves in a rather awkward position: imploring, as if beggars, for the return of their cultural cornerstones that figure as centerpieces in prestigious museums all over the Western world. A documentary that explores the dim world of illicit trade in antiquities, as well as the long and hard struggle for the repatriation of all stolen treasures.

The discovery of an ancient music score in the Louvre sets researchers on a mission to recreate the music as it was originally heard by the Greeks 2,400 years ago.

A trip to the creating of the theatrical costume, starting from the first idea in the costume designer's mind, until the final construction by the dressmaker's hand. The film follows the set up of the exhibition "Traces of ephemeral", coordinated by Ioulia Stavridou for the National Theater of Northern Greece. By her students to her memory.

In order to thank God for favoring their Struggle, the fighters of 1821 dedicated multiple icons and loots to churches and monasteries across Greece. But the great Pledge of the Nation remains unfulfilled to this day...

Romaniotes: the distinct Greek-Jewish community in the city of Ioannina, with customs and traditions that differ from those of the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews, whose traces are lost in the depths of time. The Romaniotes became an integral part of the cultural mosaic of the city of Ioannina since the Byzantine era, but faced the danger of extinction during the harsh period of the Second World War. Narrating their history through time unfolds not only the story of the city, but of the whole country by and large.

On the top of a human head, a common, humble little hair has only a lifetime to struggle against scissors and combs claiming her diversity.

Five airfields, each with strategic value, shaped the progress of the Great War and changed the tides of history forever – yet they remain unknown to the general public. Fearless men, strangers – arriving from the ends of the world – but also Greeks, defeated the fear of the unknown, defied death, and flew with primitive flying machines made of cloth and wood. They fought over the skies of Macedonia and the Aegean. Some of them never returned home...

In Lesvos island an old abandoned dump lies on a mountain with two big craters. The craters are overflown by thousands of life jackets from the refugee waves. A worker is the only inhabitant in this place that resembles an alien planet or a new continent.

The village Governor decides to appoint a public secretary to serve the citizens, as his employees are forced to neglect their work to serve their illiterate fellow citizens in their written communication. Hatziavatis undertakes to find the right person for the position, until he meets Karagiozis who impresses him with the grammatical knowledge he says he has and the search ends! After a hilarious meeting with the Governor, Karagiozis becomes the Grammar of the village and, full of appetite and empty of knowledge, grabs a pencil and paper.

A COSMOTE TV production that looks back at the historical events that marked the famous battle of Crete, when the "Operation Mercury" of the Nazi forces met unexpected and heroic resistance from the inhabitants of the island.

A suitcase arrives at the airport with its owners and all is ready for boarding. But what happens when the suitcase is naughty and wants to be free?

A documentary portrait of Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Through a fascinating journey of originality, boldness and respect, it reveals the personality and work of the man who defined not only his era, but far beyond it.

Α company of musicians travel to the Greek island of Syros, the birth place of legendary folk musician Markos Vamvakaris, where they are invited to perform in an homage to his work. Parallel to this journey, all sorts of composers, musicologists, and artists from around the world reveal the musician’s important legacy in the 21st century, rendering his rebetiko sounds a constant source of inspiration and a reference point of modern culture. This is a documentary about the influence of Markos on the contemporary soundscape of Europe.