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AMERIKA SQUARE
By Yannis Sakaridis

Festivals/Awards
Busan IFF (Flash Forward - audience award candidate) / Chicago IFF (competition) / Kolkata IFF (competition) / Thessaloniki IFF (FIPRESCI award, special mention by the main jury to the actor Vasili Koukalani, special mention by the Youth Jury Awards), Trieste FF (Erasmus Jury Award), Hellas Film Box Berlin, Black Movie, Panorama Ellinikou Kinimatografou Paris, Vilnius FF, Cleveland IFF, Festival Intl. du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Tétouan, Montreal Greek Film Festival, Istanbul IFF (competition), Beijing IFF (Audience Award) a.o.

One liner
Two friends, come head to head because of the survival of a Syrian refugee.

Synopsis
Athens 2016. Nakos had enough of the thousands of refugees in his neighborhood. Tarek from Syria is looking for a deal to smuggle out of Greece. Billy falls in love with Tereza, an African singer who is also looking for an escape by the sea. When Nako’s malicious acts stop Tereza’s and Tarek’s smuggler Hassan their illegal trip is interrupted. While time is running out for everyone, Billy steps in to organize the escape.

Cast
Billy Yannis Stankoglou
Nakos Makis Papadimitriou
Tarek Vassilis Kukalani
Tereza Ksenia Dania
Manolis Alexandros Logothetis
Nandia Rea Pediaditaki
Georgia Themis Bazaka
Stavros Errikos Litsis