Maricel
MARICEL
DCP/4K/col/120'2:39/dts 5.1/2025
Logline
She offers care. They offer their wounds.
Synopsis
A Filipino domestic worker is called to take care of an elderly couple in a Cypriot mountain village. What begins as a simple caregiving task gradually exposes a web of silent resentment, emotional dependency and unspoken histories, forcing her into the delicate, unsettling space between obligation and intimacy.
Written and Directed by
Elias Demetriou
Cast
Zar Donato, Ntinos Lyras, Lenia Sorokkou, Diomedes Koufteros, Daphne Alexander, Maria Petrova, Anna Fu, Costas Vichas, Sofoklis Kaskaounias, Yiannis Kokkinos, Manolis Michaelides, Doris Kyriakidou, Panagiotis Larkou, Llyn Cynthia Maceda, Glazia Nicolas Mitz
Crew
Direction-Screenplay: Elias Demetriou/ Cinematography: Yorgos Giannelis - GSC/ Production Designing: Edouard Georgiou/ Editing: Panos Voutsaras - GFE/ Music: Andreas Demetriou/ Sound Recording: Stavros Avramidis/ Sound Designing: Aliki Panagi/ Sound Mixing: Kostas Varympopiotis/ Costumes: Notis Panagiotou/ Make-Up: Stefani Panayi, Annita Burghila/ Hair: Andreas Christodoulou/
Production
Producers: Monica Nicolaidou, Maria Drandaki, Elias Demetriou/ Production: Filmblades, Homemade Films, Ammos Films/In coproduction with: Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture – Department of Contemporary Culture, ERT /With the support of OF Hellenic Film & Audiovisual center – Creative Greece «Co-Production Window” National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”/Funded by the European Union - Next Generation EU
DCP/4K/col/120'2:39/dts 5.1/2025
Logline
She offers care. They offer their wounds.
Synopsis
A Filipino domestic worker is called to take care of an elderly couple in a Cypriot mountain village. What begins as a simple caregiving task gradually exposes a web of silent resentment, emotional dependency and unspoken histories, forcing her into the delicate, unsettling space between obligation and intimacy.
Written and Directed by
Elias Demetriou
Cast
Zar Donato, Ntinos Lyras, Lenia Sorokkou, Diomedes Koufteros, Daphne Alexander, Maria Petrova, Anna Fu, Costas Vichas, Sofoklis Kaskaounias, Yiannis Kokkinos, Manolis Michaelides, Doris Kyriakidou, Panagiotis Larkou, Llyn Cynthia Maceda, Glazia Nicolas Mitz
Crew
Direction-Screenplay: Elias Demetriou/ Cinematography: Yorgos Giannelis - GSC/ Production Designing: Edouard Georgiou/ Editing: Panos Voutsaras - GFE/ Music: Andreas Demetriou/ Sound Recording: Stavros Avramidis/ Sound Designing: Aliki Panagi/ Sound Mixing: Kostas Varympopiotis/ Costumes: Notis Panagiotou/ Make-Up: Stefani Panayi, Annita Burghila/ Hair: Andreas Christodoulou/
Production
Producers: Monica Nicolaidou, Maria Drandaki, Elias Demetriou/ Production: Filmblades, Homemade Films, Ammos Films/In coproduction with: Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture – Department of Contemporary Culture, ERT /With the support of OF Hellenic Film & Audiovisual center – Creative Greece «Co-Production Window” National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”/Funded by the European Union - Next Generation EU
MARICEL
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtmCrNiTHUg
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Awards
Best International Feature (Manchsester Film Festival 2026)
Best Director (Tokyo Film & Screenplay Awards 2026)
Best Feature, Best Producer, Best Director, Best Cinematography (South East Academy Awards 2026)
Nominations:
Film Festivals:
66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
Manchester Film Festival 2026 (Best International Feature)
South East Academy International Film Festival 2026 (4 Awards: Best Feature, Best Producer, Best Director, Best Cinematography)
22nd Cyprus Film Days (IN COMPETITION)
44TH Bergamo Film Meeting (IN COMPETITION)
Tokyo Film & Screenplay awards (Best Director)
6th CYPRIOT AND GREEK FILM FESTIVAL OF BARCELONA (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
Balkan Film Festival 2026 (Official Selection)
Panorama du Cinéma Grec Contemporain - Centre Culturel Hellénique, Paris – France
Europe on Screen Film Festival 2026 – Indonesia
Europe on Screen Film Festival 2026 – Philippines
Europe on Screen Film Festival 2026 – Singapore
Best International Feature (Manchsester Film Festival 2026)
Best Director (Tokyo Film & Screenplay Awards 2026)
Best Feature, Best Producer, Best Director, Best Cinematography (South East Academy Awards 2026)
Nominations:
Film Festivals:
66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
Manchester Film Festival 2026 (Best International Feature)
South East Academy International Film Festival 2026 (4 Awards: Best Feature, Best Producer, Best Director, Best Cinematography)
22nd Cyprus Film Days (IN COMPETITION)
44TH Bergamo Film Meeting (IN COMPETITION)
Tokyo Film & Screenplay awards (Best Director)
6th CYPRIOT AND GREEK FILM FESTIVAL OF BARCELONA (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
Balkan Film Festival 2026 (Official Selection)
Panorama du Cinéma Grec Contemporain - Centre Culturel Hellénique, Paris – France
Europe on Screen Film Festival 2026 – Indonesia
Europe on Screen Film Festival 2026 – Philippines
Europe on Screen Film Festival 2026 – Singapore
