01/05/2026
🧿💥 WORLD PREMIERE SXSW London! ✨ THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES 🎥🧿
Very happy that this dear film that I co-produced thanks to the artistry of Thanasis Neofotistos & and the magic of Ioanna Bolomyti is now reaching the festival screens and will have its world premiere at SXSW London!
Thanasis & Ioanna, I am forever grateful for embarking me on this beautiful journey with you !
A big Thank you to UPFAR ARGOA for financially supporting our film!
THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES, the debut feature directed by Thanasis Neofotistos and a multilateral co-production between Greece, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, USA, will have its World Premiere at SXSW (South by Southwest) London 2026, one of the leading film festivals, featuring a highly curated selection of 7 World Premieres, and known for championing bold & fresh cinema.
🧿 THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES | ΤΟ ΑΓΟΡΙ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΓΑΛΑΖΙΑ ΜΑΤΙΑ (99’ | 2026) 🧿
“A dark coming-of-age folktale about fear, desire, and otherness, unfolding as a q***r Greek tragedy.”
📍 SXSW London (Shoreditch)
🎬 Screenings
Curzon Hoxton, Screen 1&2
Thursday, June 4 - 20:30 (+Q&A)
Saturday, June 6 - 11:00 (+Q&A)
Director: Thanasis Neofotistos
Writers: Thanasis Neofotistos, Grigoris Skarakis.
Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti
Producers: Elizabeth Woodward, Lauren Mann, Miranda Bailey, Yannis Economides, Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska, Zvonimir Munivrana, Maja Popovic Milojevic, Irina Malcea-Candea
Executive Producers: Panos Papahatzis, William Olsson, Jason Beck.
PRODUCTION
Produced by ARGONAUTS S.A., in co-production with ATALANTE S.A. | YE FILMS LTD | SEKTOR FILM | STUDIO CORVUS | SENSE PRODUCTION | Luna Film| ERT S.A., in association with WILLA | ASTRAKAN FILM AB | COLD IRON PICTURES, with the support of HELLENIC FILM & AUDIOVISUAL CENTER-CREATIVE GREECE | DEPUTY MINISTRY OF CULTURE CYPRUS | NORTH MACEDONIA FILM AGENCY | CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTER | FILM CENTER SERBIA | REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, MINISTRY OF CULTURE & INFORMATION | UPFAR ARGOA | EURIMAGES DEVELOPMENT | CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA.