CineDoc 2025-26 Grand Finale: National Premiere Of "Dust to Dust" & E.K.K.O.ME.D. Audience Awards

The CineDoc 2025-26 Documentary Festival concludes on Thursday, April 30, with the presentation of the E.K.K.O.ME.D. Audience Awards and the screening of the documentary Dust to Dust at the Danaos Cinema. The awards are sponsored by the Hellenic Center for Motion Pictures, Audiovisual Media, and Creation (E.K.K.O.ME.D.) - Creative Greece, and the event will be held in the presence of Athena Kartalou, General Director of Cinema at E.K.K.O.ME.D.

The films nominated for the Audience Award are: Takis. by Michalis Roumbis, The Goals of August by Dimitris Koutsiabasakos, LO by Thanasis Vasiliou, The Red Teacher by Stelios Charalampopoulos, and Bull's Heart by Eva Stefani. Supported by Creative Greece, this year’s festival draws to a close after eight months of screenings in Athens, Volos, Larissa, Thessaloniki, and Rethymno, featuring premieres, VR screenings, and tributes across its network.

Following the Closing Ceremony, the documentary Dust to Dust by Kosai Sekine will be screened, focusing on sustainable fashion and the work of Japanese designer Yuima Nakazato. The film is a national premiere and has received international accolades, including the Green Warsaw Award (Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2025) and the Human/Nature Award (Tribeca Film Festival 2024).

DUST TO DUST by Kosai Sekine (2024, Japan, 89’)

CLOSING FILM - 30/04/2026 | Arrival: 19:30 - Start: 20:00

The screening will be introduced by Christiana Vardakou (Textile Designer) and Iro Tsarampopoulou-Fokianou (Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace Greece). A reception by the Open Farm producers' network will follow in the cinema foyer.

Tickets: Available online and at the DANAOS cinema box office: danaoscinema.gr

Synopsis

Yuima Nakazato is only the second Japanese designer invited to Paris Fashion Week and the youngest graduate of the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts. A pioneer of sustainable fashion, Nakazato blends haute couture with ethical production. His vision? A future where creativity is inseparable from environmental care. Dust to Dust follows his journey to Kenya to understand the impact of fast fashion, resulting in a 2023 collection made entirely from landfill waste.

Nominated Films & E.K.K.O.ME.D. Audience Awards

For the 2025-26 season, CineDoc partnered with the Votemo platform to establish local Audience Awards in Athens, Volos, and Rethymno.

TAKIS.

Michalis Roumbis, 2025, Greece, 63’ 

Takis, a former disco owner, dedicates his life to saving strays in Crete. Hosting over 400 dogs in his shelter, the film showcases his daily struggles to change local mindsets while gaining global support.

Nominated in: Athens, Volos, Rethymno.

THE GOALS OF AUGUST (TA TERMATA TOU AVGOUSTOU)

Dimitris Koutsiabasakos, 2025, Greece, 117’ 

Every August, an improvised football championship revives small villages in southern Pindos. Through the journey of the "Armatolikon" team, the film captures the vibrant local community and personal stories of all ages. 

Nominated in: Athens, Volos.

LO

Thanasis Vasiliou, 2025, Greece – France, 70’ 

A year after his mother’s death, the director returns to his childhood apartment in Athens to manage a troubled inheritance. Fragments of family memories emerge from the bare walls, intertwining personal history with the collective trauma of the Junta. 

Nominated in: Athens, Volos, Rethymno.

THE RED TEACHER

Stelios Charalampopoulos, 2024, Greece, 100’ 

Two political trials and executions left an indelible mark on post-civil war Greece: those of Nikos Beloyannis and Nikos Ploumpidis. Ploumpidis died alone, slandered and disgraced. This film explores his Promethean tragedy. 

Nominated in: Volos.

BULL'S HEART

Eva Stefani, 2025, Greece, 78’ 

Eva Stefani follows world-renowned creator Dimitris Papaioannou over two years during the tour of Transverse Orientation. The documentary explores the nature of creation, asking "Why do we do what we do?", highlighting art as a means of resistance against futility. 

Nominated in: Athens, Volos, Rethymno.

About CINEDOC

CineDoc screens and distributes award-winning Greek and international documentaries. Screenings are organized as part of the CineDoc Documentary Festival, in collaboration with:

• Danaos Cinema and Anesis Open-Air Cinema

• The French Institute and the Greek Film Archive (Tainiothiki)

• CineDoc Volos, under the auspices of the Municipality of Volos and with the support of the Region of Thessaly (P.E. Magnesia & N. Sporades)

• The Municipality of Larissa

• The Thessaloniki International Film Festival ("Pavlos Zannas" and "Stavros Tornes" theaters)

• The "Simeio" Cultural Center in Rethymno

The festival takes place annually from September to April across the main CineDoc network, presenting new films approximately once a month. The sponsor of the CineDoc 2025-2026 Documentary Festival is the Hellenic Center for Motion Pictures, Audiovisual Media, and Creation (E.K.K.O.ME.D.) - Creative Greece.

Furthermore, CineDoc continuously expands its distribution network by organizing documentary screenings both on the Greek islands (Cyclades, Sporades, Ionian, and Dodecanese through CineDoc Island) and throughout mainland Greece. Every year, it co-organizes and supports regional documentary screenings in collaboration with cultural and environmental organizations, film clubs, counseling centers, foundations, cinemas, municipalities, and more.