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Hold Onto Me

New Directors Competition

Hold Onto Me

Kpáta me

direction Myrsini Aristidou

Cyprus, Denmark, Greece 2026 Fiction Cor 102 min.

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It’s summer, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond, imperfect yet poignant. Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

cyprus denmark greece award-winning films international film festivals women directors women-centered stories family adolescence & youth

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direction

Myrsini Aristidou

screenplay

Myrsini Aristidou

cinematography

Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll

editing

Myrsini Aristidou, Jenna Mangulad

sound

Kostas Varympopiotis

music

Alex Weston

production design

Dimitra Sourlantzi

cast

Christos Passalis, Maria Petrova

production

Monica Nicolaidou, Myrsini Aristidou, Anders N.U. Berg, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou

produced by

Filmblades, One Six One Films, Fredo Pictures, Graal, Pleasant Bay Pictures, Mango Productions

world sales

Cercamon

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