Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center announces funding approvals for its schemes SHORT FILM and MICRO-BUDGET (applications call 2026A).
Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center announces funding of a total of 553.000€ towards 20 film projects seeking support through its schemes SHORT FILM and MICRO-BUDGET in the 2026A applications call (submissions deadline 31.05.2026):
SHORT FILM
A total of 123 eligible short film projects were submitted. Following the assessment and evaluation process a total of 14 projects are supported with a total of 481.000 €:
MAMAN (fiction /children’s)
Writer/Director: Kalliopi Mpekou (The Houses Project)
Production: –
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
NOUMENIA (fiction)
Screenwriter: Alexandros Vounatsos, Sofia Stavrou
Director: Alexandros Vounatsos
Production: LAIKA PRODUCTIONS LTD
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
QAREEN (fiction)
Writer/Director: Filippos Feizidis
Production: –
Funding amount: 30.000,00 €
SECOND JESUS (fiction)
Writer/Director: Nikolas Kouloglou
Production: TETRAGONISMENO TETRAGONO (SQUAREDSQUARE)
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
TWIN CHERRIES (fiction)
Writer/Director: Dimitra Petmeza
Production: LUCID DREAMERS PRODUCTIONS
Funding amount: 35.000 €
DEMON OF SHAME (fiction)
Screenwriter: Eleftheria Katsianou, Spiros Skandalos
Director: Spiros Skandalos
Production: SKANDALOS SPYRIDON
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
THE ANIMALS RETURN (documentary)
Writer/Director: Ioannis Simvonis
Production: EFIJENI KOKEDHIMA (RECONSTRUCTING MEMORIES)
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
LAMENTS FOR MY INVISIBLE LOVE (fiction)
Writer/Director: Gevi Dimitrakopoulou
Production: MARNI FILMS LLC
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
PATSAS (fiction)
Writer/Director: Eleni Poulopoulou
Production: KONTARATOU KYRIAKI
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
LAST DAYS OF SUMMER BEFORE WINTER (fiction/children’s)
Writer/Director: Filippos Papazoglou
Production: –
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
CHERNOBYL (fiction/children’s)
Screenwriter: Eleni Stergiopoulou
Director: Anastasia Lola
Production: OXYA LP
Funding amount: 35.000,00 €
TSUNAMI (fiction)
Writer/Director: Vangelis Karapiperis
Production: NAP NOT A PROJECT AMKE CIVIL COMPANY
Funding amount: 35.000,00 € €
THE FIRE THAT BURNS WITHIN US (fiction/children’s)
Writer/Director: Ioanna Roumelioti
Production: NAP NOT A PROJECT AMKE CIVIL COMPANY
Funding amount: 35.000 €
THE COUNTRY OF 1000 TASTES OF ICE-CREAM (fiction/children’s)
Writer/Director: Marilena Dimitri
Production: EFIJENI KOKEDHIMA (RECONSTRUCTING MEMORIES)
Funding amount: 31.000,00 €
MICRO BUDGET
A total of 32 eligible projects were submitted which were assessed by a three-member committee who proposed funding towards the following 6 projects (total funding amount 72.000€):
EVERLASTING DAISIES (short-length fiction)
Writer/Director: Sokratis Mousmoulidis
Production: ATHANASIOS MOUSMOULIDIS
Funding amount: 8.000,00 €
FORTUNE COOKIE, (short-length fiction)
Writer/Director: Alexandros Tiliopoulos
Production: OPEN BORDERS AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTIONS LP
Funding amount: 8.000,00 €
ATHERAS, (feature-length documentary)
Writer/Director: Ioannis Fagkras
Production: FAGKRAS IOANNIS
Funding amount: 20.000,00 €
THE SPRINGS, (feature-length documentary)
Writer/Director: Myrto Apostolidou
Production: OXYA LP
Funding amount: 20.000,00 €
BOLSHEVI, (short-length fiction)
Writer/Director: Georgios Emmanouil Stavropoulos
Production: VIEW MASTER FILMS SA
Funding amount: 8.000,00 €
THREE POINTER, (short-length fiction)
Writer/Director: Georgios Georgakopoulos
Production: GEORGAKOPOULOS GEORGIOS
Funding amount: 8.000,00 €