proporefsi | feature | documentary
Synopsis
Motorcycles, as a monument of human ingenuity, carve the path of mechanical division. Fire, iron, metals, and tools require hands
that blacken, and the riders comply. Yannis, a man found on a solitary and timeless journey, encounters riders from the past and the present, as the two-wheeled machine is elevated to a spiritual phenomenon.
Production year: 2025 | Premiere: Open Horizons Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Director: Panos Arvanitakis
fossils | feature | documentary
Synopsis
PPC activities in the district of Eordaia have transformed a terrain that looks “alien”, unusual; a never – ending, continuous process. Man and machine set the stage for an ominous future. Hard work and one’s hope to escape bring a human touch to this land.
Production year: 2019 | Premiere: International Competition Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Director: Panos Arvanitakis
the one | short film | experimental documentary
Synopsis
A trip to my hometown – Thessaloniki – that I grew up and live. By exploring the space, the time, the accidental as a wanderer, I observe people who help me to create a non narrative film.
Production year: 2016 | Premiere: On line
Director: Panos Arvanitakis
the runner | short film | fiction
Synopsis
A sixty year old man confronts his loneliness by observing other people in every day life, when he meets a young woman and he follows her.
Production year: 2015 | Premiere: International Short Film Festival Tous Courts d’ Aix En Provence
Director: Panos Arvanitakis
the shepherd | short film | documentary
Synopsis
A gaze to an old shepherd’s life in Zagori.
Production year: 2014 | Premiere: On line
Director: Panos Arvanitakis
the caravan | short film | fiction
Synopsis
A father picks up his son and they drive all the way to their ‘summer house’: an old caravan by the sea. A place that recalls memories and unites the family members.
Production year: 2014 | Premiere: International Tangier Mediterranean Short Film Festival
Director: Panos Arvanitakis