Editor: Smaro Papaevangelou

Tropic of the Mourning Gecko will have its World Premiere at the 83. Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia, as part of the Orizzonti Shorts Competition.

On the verge of leaving his village in Crete for mandatory military service, eighteen-year-old Yorgos encounters a young man who awakens a forbidden desire. During the final days of summer, beneath the scorching sun, the future mapped out for him unravels as his dreams give birth to a new skin.

Directed by Stavros Markoulakis and edited by our very own Smaro Papaevangelou.