Just before the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, at the end of the Cold War. Everything is changing in front of Anthi's eyes and Christos seems to be changing, too. "Bella" is the story of a moment in time recreated as if in a feverish dream where fiction and documentary overlap perfectly, creating a striking and emotional cinematic universe.
Thelyia Petraki
Thelyia Petraki studied Cinema in USA and UK. She has directed the short film "Pray" (2012) shown in international festivals, the medium-length documentary "Me and the Others" (2015) that participated in the Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival and "Helga Är I Lund" (2017). Her latest short film, "Bella" (2020), premiered at the Visions du Réel, where it was awarded with a special mention, won the E-Flux Prize at the Oberhausen Film Festival and, won, among other distinctions, the Golden Dionysus at the 43th International Drama Film Festival.
