Swell

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“I spent more than half a century at sea. I don’t want the land! The waters are my country. The ship is my capital. The swell is my language.”

Synopsis

Captain Mitsos Avgoustis stubbornly refuses to retire because the swell has gotten into his head and the sea won’t return him… He’s been away from Greece for twelve years, estranged from his family and in conflict with the company yet bound by unbreakable ties to the twenty-two sailors of the cargo ship “Athos III”. Defiant and relentless, he finds cargo, docks at ports, loads and unloads, silently roaming the waters of the Pacific. Day and night, he struggles with the restless wind on the lonely journeys of the mind and heart, where his secret has anchored.

Film Cast

Vangelis Mourikis

Karyofyllia Karabeti

Maria Kavogianni

Dimitris Kapouranis

Akilas Karazisis

Andreas Votikas

Grigoria Groumpa

Manolis Mavromatakis

DIRECTOR:

Alexandros Voulgaris

SCRIPT BY:

Ioanna Karystiani

BASED ON THE BOOK “SWELL” BY: 

Ioanna Karystiani

DoP:

Simos Sarketzis

PRODUCTION DESIGNER:

Constantine Lambridis

EDITING:

Yorgos Mavropsaridis

SOUND RECORDIST:

Giotis Paraskevaidis

COSTUMES:

Alkistis Mamali

CASTING DIRECTOR:

Constantina Voulgari

MAKE-UP: 

Joanna Lygizou

HAIR STYLING:

Chronis Tzimos

PRODUCERS:

Dionyssis Samiotis, Yiannis Iakovidis

PRODUCTION MANAGER:

George Karoris

PRODUCTION:

Tanweer Productions, Black Orange

In co-production with the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center – Creative Greece (EKKOMED)

In collaboration with Onassis Culture

SPONSOR:

NAFTOMAR

DISTRIBUTION:

Tanweer Alliances

With the support of EKKOMED

Duration

100'

Genre

Drama, Romance

Date

June 19, 2026