TROPIC OF THE MOURNING GECKO (ΤΡΟΠΙΚΌΣ ΤΟΥ ΘΡΗΝΟΎΝΤΟΣ ΓΚΈΚΟ) Short Film Competition

TROPIC OF THE MOURNING GECKO (ΤΡΟΠΙΚΌΣ ΤΟΥ ΘΡΗΝΟΎΝΤΟΣ ΓΚΈΚΟ)

North American Premiere

Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: AFTER DARK

Yorgos is about to leave home when he has his first sexual experience with a boy. In these final days, Yorgos’ dreams will give birth to his new skin, at any cost.

Stavros Markoulakis is a writer, director and curator, based between Greece and the Netherlands. His films, balancing between the real and the imaginary, explore the spectrum of love and pain, the state of belonging as well as the human and non-human connections in our universe.

Zahra Benasri
Hors du Bocal
zahra@horsdubocal.eu

Screenings

Screens as part of
SHORTS PROGRAM: AFTER DARK
October 23, 2026 9:20 p.m.

Chinese 2

Details

Country: Greece

Year: 2026

Director: Stavros Markoulakis

Screenwriter: Stavros Markoulakis

Producers: Ioanna Bolomyti, Kyveli Short, Marie-Gabrielle Peaucelle

Cast/Featuring: Dimitris Lagoutis, Amaury Foucher, Anastasia Galerou Vlassi

Running Time (minutes): 19

Language: Greek

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