Dimitris Piatas

Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema (2024)

The documentary Creative Producer: The Unsung Hero of Greek Cinema explores the role of the producer in the creative process of Greek cinema, highlighting the complexity and unseen creative role that distinguishes this special profession. ...

The Lifebelt (2020)

The financial decline of an ambitious Athenian shop owner has is followed by moral collapse. A companion in his new predicament helps him to reconsider his world view and rediscover the values he once had. ...

The Bachelor 2 (2017)

A long forgotten friend is getting ready to be married, so an opportunity for a bachelor party will not be missed by our beloved heroes. There is one significant difference tough, that will test their limits: The wedding will take place in Crete and the ...

I kori tou Rembrandt (2015)

A lavish mansion hosts a grand reception attended by ambassadors, ministers, the police chief, a techno-detective, a mercenary, and two wandering beauties. A mysterious painting by Rembrandt piques the interest of some of the guests, with the host of the e ...

Pandimia (2015)

A completely euphemistic black comedy or the worst film you've ever seen, Dimitris Piata's feature directorial debut in the cinema is the triumph of bad taste over "whatever". ...

Eviva! (2014)

The Limousine (2014)

Three friends from 60s Paris attempt a road trip to modern-day Greece, looping in and out of fantasy and questioning absolutely everything. A situation comedy and a coming-of-age fairy tale or, according to the director himself, "a film that can be heard". ...

Téléphérique (2013)

A man accidentally sneezed on another. ...

A.C.A.B. All Cats Are Brilliant (2013)

Director's statement: "Electra is in her early 30s, living in Athens today. She is an artist, but she makes a living working as a babysitter. She is an activist and her boyfriend is a political prisoner. She feels lonely and is struggling to find her place ...

Poker Face (2012)

Niki when she was still a child she had a gift. A stuffed parrot that brought her luck. Thanks to that her father and his friends were able to win in gambling in order to make a living. One day though a friend of her's steals the parrot and as a result her ...

Blood Ties (2012)

Margarita works as a flight assistant. Her life is divided between travels and the care of her sick father. When he dies, she decides to make a fresh start to her life. She begins a trip to Northern Greece seeking... ...

The boy and the tree (2009)

One evening close to Christmas, the tree, having seen the splendidly trimmed Christmas trees standing in the windows of nearby houses, and longing to be as beautiful as they are, begs the boy to trim it too. But the boy has neither ornaments nor money to ...

Biloba (2009)

Engineer Peter sets off to build a power generator fueled by toxic waste on an uncharted island, but unexpectedly finds magic amongst the backward islanders and is faced with a difficult choice. ...

Everything Will Be Fine (2009)

Fani and Gina, an illicit couple, are drawn into a strange and poorly planned kidnapping by Miltiadis, Gina's official fiancé. Their plan to kidnap the corrupt lawyer Giotis Mathiopoulos fails miserably, as they end up kidnapping his aunt, Elenitsa, inste ...

Uranya (2006)

A group of young boys must decide whether to buy a TV set to watch the launch of Apollo 11 or visit Uranya to learn about the secrets of love. ...

Extended Play (2006)

Poor Tasos and was so young! But also very jealous. A defect that ultimately cost him his own life as during his last jealousy crisis for of his beautiful girlfriend Alice, he will fall victim of a traffic accident. Archangels will sympathize with him, gra ...

Morally and Kicking (2006)

A group of men that their friendship starts from the army, meet after years in the funeral of a friend. This bad time reunites them, as for many years the family life and obligations, had absorbed a strong friendship. ...

Lista gamou (2006)

A group of friends who refuse to be trapped by social conventions find refuge in the home of the only bachelor in the group. However, because they dislike its decor, they devise a plan to remodel it without spending any money. What better way to do this th ...

Chariton's Choir (2005)

Chariton Ulianov has one great love: Life! That particular love affair however does not hamper him in his pursuit of enjoyment of her simpler pleasures. For him every woman is beautiful, every wine is superior when shared with good company and every situat ...

Honey and the Pig (2005)

Manos (Christos Loulis) seems to have problems with his love life. He leaves the capital and coercive girlfriend to be close to his only relatives in the province. There, apart from his uncle (Paul Chaikalis) - that is looking frantically for donuts with h ...

Three Little Birds Are Sitting... (2003)

Demosthenes Taxiarchis, a sandalmaker by profession, is handsome, fickle and a troublemaker. Together with his friend Spyros Gyras, the Police Commander, they ride around on their bicycles, searching for the ideal love and the meaning of life. A romantic c ...

The Valiants of Samothrace (2003)

It is the summer of 1974. After the Turkish invasion in Cyprus the greek dictatorship mobilises the army. A small squad in northern Greece is ordered among others to go to Cyprus, but when the dictatorship falls, the soldiers are left in the island of Samo ...

Crying... Silicon Tears (2001)

This is the story of two Greek families, named Delafrangas and Bisbikides. The former family is very wealthy & lucky, the latter very poor and continually struck by fate. Poor but honest Martha is in love with Giakoumis, a young builder and bouzouki organi ...

Netrino (1999)

When Alkis is released from prison, he accidentally meets a girl and falls in love with her. She will return to her rich friend and Alkis finds his old collaborators, with whom he organizes another robbery. But when they enter the bank ... ...

Business in Balkan (1996)

Alexandros wants to open a bar in a district town so he travels to Romania to find young girls to work for him.The bar has unprecedented success but then something happens. ...

Karnavali sto trigono ton pappoudon (1991)

For a ... holey five thousand (1989)

If you accidentally find yourself with something that does not belong to you, do you think it is easy to return it or at least get rid of it? If so, then check out the version for the modern "Antikoskota. ...

Patris, listeia, oikogeneia (1987)

A paranoid state organises bank robberies to save its crumbling economy. ...

Two Turkish Eggs (1987)

Giannis is a subversive young man who rebels against any social institution or authority. Unemployed by conviction, he cohabits with his German friend Ilze, who supports him, helps his arrogant uncle , a fallen aristocrat, with his drug smuggling, and beco ...

Of the Poor Woman (1987)

Complications in life are common. But when they occur in different eras, the situation spirals out of control. A subversive comedy, with songs by Lefteris Pantazis and Stelios Rokos. ...

Lakis, o rokas (1987)

Lakis is a rock singer who is experiencing a downturn in his career and is facing challenges with his record label, his manager, his girlfriend Barbara, and his friend Leo. The "other" Lakis is his twin brother, who is dealing with personal problems in his ...

Lakis o 1os (1987)

Lakis is desperately in love with Lilika. However, her mother, Mrs. Erasmia, does not even want to look at him because he is a poor student. Mrs. Erasmia is a harsh woman, an "iron lady" who runs a boarding house. As a result, Lakis, in his despair, attemp ...

Anargyros the Charmer (1986)

Anargyros and Tasos are workers, public sector employees. Anargyros is a failed womanizer, engaged to Soula for many years, but he refuses to stop chasing women despite his failures and blunders. Tassos, after Anargyros's encouragement, follows him into th ...

Ο φαταούλας (1986)

The Yannis who became Tzonis (1986)

Sky High (1985)

A group of American students traveling in Greece find themselves accidentally involved with a new type of drug--and the gang that wants it. ...

Froutopia (1985)

Children's series with dolls which is the television adaptation of the comic of the same name (1983) by the writer Evgenios Trivizas and the cartoonist Nikos Maroulakis. The series is about the adventures of journalist Pikos Apikos, who travels to the dist ...

I syzigos, o Pontios erastis kai to video (1985)

The familiar theme of the husband, wife, and lover, who is Pontian and, in fact, from Kalamata. The husband's obsession is video, and his love for the star of "Dynasty," Jane... ...

Ζητείται δράκος (1983)

What a Mess (1982)

Three short stories satirizing the Greece of "Change" in early 80's. A take-off on the police dramas of Giannis Maris; a satire of the films of the New Greek Cinema; and a satire of the "fustanella (Greek kilt)" films as well. ...

Day Off (1982)

Against the backdrop of Athens' bustling streets, a Greek white-collar worker starts his day off by doing various errands, and even though he hasn't worked all day, in reality, he is exhausted. Is this what his typical day off looks like? ...

Arpa Colla (1982)

"Arpa-colla" in Greek literally means "Grab and stick", a phrase used to show something that has been done quickly and therefore isn't good enough. This is what the 2 main heroes of the film are doing. The one is a director(Giorgos) and the other an author ...

Arseniko kai palia dantela (1981)

Members of an otherwise typical New York Brooklyn family are "tortured" by a kind of hereditary madness. In the meantime, the adopted nephew Mortimer tries to do everything to protect his two aunts, who indulge in a variety of dangerous acts, such as poiso ...

Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze (1980)

A breadwinner, Thanasis Trampas, decides to open a shop renting motorbikes. When the local bikers begin to bother him, he turns into a kamikaze to deal with them. ...

Thanasi tightened your belt even more (1980)

Thanasis an honest tax official in the tax office. He can not cope and has trouble providing the family of the necessities. So the wife is forced to go to work in a factory as a result not seen at all. !!! ...

And once again, toward glory he strives (1980)

A television reporter's investigation into the life of a popular idol, singer Demis Flerianos, becomes an opportunity to highlight and document a series of political and social situations and issues in the early 1980s. Easy wealth, rural depopulation, cult ...

Now I want... Now! (1980)

In a cosmopolitan hotel of Athens in Greece are gathered various people who are shooting a musical show for TV. ...

Ο Κώτσος και οι εξωγήινοι (1980)

The frogs (1977)

The comedy was written and played at the end of the 5th century BC, at the end of the Peloponnesian War, a time of decline of the Athenian Republic. Aristophanes, on the occasion of the political situation in his country, tries to help his fellow citizens ...

Pandimia (2015)

A completely euphemistic black comedy or the worst film you've ever seen, Dimitris Piata's feature directorial debut in the cinema is the triumph of bad taste over "whatever". ...

Lakis, o rokas (1987)

Lakis is a rock singer who is experiencing a downturn in his career and is facing challenges with his record label, his manager, his girlfriend Barbara, and his friend Leo. The "other" Lakis is his twin brother, who is dealing with personal problems in his ...

I syzigos, o Pontios erastis kai to video (1985)

The familiar theme of the husband, wife, and lover, who is Pontian and, in fact, from Kalamata. The husband's obsession is video, and his love for the star of "Dynasty," Jane... ...