SCREENING PROGRAM 2025
The program of the 1st CINEphil_101 includes international new feature-length fiction film productions (Competition Section), screenings of short films by Heraklion filmmakers in the “HERAKLION Shorts” section, a thematic selection of animations from the “ANIMASYROS” festival, and special Q&A screenings “Philosophers meet Film” and “Filmmakers meet the Public” with the participation of festival guests Stelios Virvidakis, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, and Yiorgos Zois, award-winning director.
Yiorgos Zois is the honored director of the 1st CINEphil_101, and the program section “TRIBUTE: Yiorgos Zois” will screen the director’s short films.
A special festival event will screen selected short films from the Secondary Education Student Competition “Young Cine-Philosophers” (Competition Section).
Unless otherwise indicated, the festival screenings are recommended for ages 15+, with the exception of films in the Student Competition, which are also suitable for younger audiences.
FILMS - FINALISTS OF THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
FILMS - FINALISTS OF THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
-Dans la Peau (Under the Skin), Director: Pascal Tessaud, France, 2024
-The Song Sustxotin, Director: Khusnora Rozmatova, Uzbekistan, 2024
-Tia Virginia (Aunt Virginia), Director: Fabio Meira, Brazil, 2023
-Crawling Crows, Director: Zaun Yonzan, Nepal, 2024
-Entre Fronteras (Between Borders), Directed by Juan José Cea Escobar and Jose Fuca, Canada, 2024
-Den Siste Våren (Sister, What Grows Where Land is Sick?), Directed by Franciska Eliassen, Norway, 2022
Jury 2025
- Venia Vergou, Manager of EUFCN-European Film Commissions Network and Project Manager at Crew United Greece
- Eleftheria Komi, Actress, Choreographer-Kinesiologist, Screenwriter.
- Chloe Balla, Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Crete, President of the Center for Ancient Greek and Chinese Culture (CECC)
- Maria Douza, Screenwriter and Director
- Nikos Tsagarakis, Critic – film historian, PhD, University of Crete
🏆 The JURY AWARD of the 2025 international competition was awarded to the film Tia Virginia (Aunt Virginia) by Fabio Meira (Brazil, 2023)
🏆 The AUDIENCE AWARD of the international competition 2025 was awarded to the film Tia Virginia (Aunt Virginia) by Fabio Meira (Brazil, 2023)
YOUNG CINE-PHILOSOPHERS 2025
The theme of the 1st Student Competition (school year 2024-2025) was “Pleasant lies, uncomfortable truths,” inviting students to creatively express their thoughts on our attitude towards truth and lies in everyday life, social relationships, public life, digital social networks and our interaction with artificial intelligence: Are we still interested in truth in these areas? Do we ever question information that we like or find useful, or do we unreservedly contribute to its dissemination? Similar questions about the contemporary approach to truth and falsehood sparked the development of short film narratives that creatively express the thoughts and concerns of the students.
Fifty secondary schools from all over Greece participated in the 2025 Student Competition.
The “Young CINE-philosophers” Student Competition is organized by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Crete, in collaboration with the independent non-profit cultural action organization HE.art, the Greek Film Center, Audiovisual Media & Creation (EKKOMED), and the Panayiotis and Effie Michelis Foundation.
FILMS - FINALISTS OF THE 2025 STUDENT COMPETITION
Lower-secondary School
- 2nd High School of Serres: “The myth of the Instagram cave” (11:20 minutes)
- Daily High School of Kompoti, Arta: “Comfortable” (12:27 minutes)
- Kozani Art High School: “1+1=3” (2:36 minutes)
- Pangritio Educational Institution – High School: “The Mirror of Truth” (3:31 minutes)
- 7th Gymnasium of Heraklion: “Behind the Mirrors” (10:24 minutes)
Upper-secondary School
- Delasalle College: “The Illusion of Reality” (12:08 minutes)
- GEL Akrotiri Chania: ” The Lie of the Present, the Truth of the Future” (6:12 minutes)
- 3rd High School of Glyfada: “Humanoid FCAI14gr” (9:00 minutes)
- High School of Pentapolis, Serres: “Reflections” (4:13 minutes)
- 4th General Lyceum of Serres: “Acrobatics” (10:00 minutes)
- 2nd General Lyceum of Pallini: “Your lie suited me” (11:35 minutes)
- Fryganiotis Schools – Lyceum: “Kids” (10:34 minutes)
