Dionysis Samiotis (Producer)

Stelios

The touching story of a child from a Pontic refugee family who managed to survive and thrive against all odds, thanks to his immense talent and resilience in the face of social and personal challenges. Music, love, family, friends, fishing, creativity, people of the night, hardcore fans, and intense conflicts come together to create the mosaic of his life. This film is a tribute to legendary singer, Stelios Kazantzidis, whose voice touched the hearts of all Greeks around the world. A film for those who loved him and those who wish to discover him.

Release Date: 2024-12-19

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 6

So Long, Marianne

The intimate tale of two young people, Canadian singer and poet Leonard Cohen and extraordinary Norwegian woman Marianne Ihlen, falling in love during a period of their life when they are trying to figure out who they are and their place in the world, while one is becoming one of the most famous singers of all time.

Release Date: 2024-09-22

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 8

17 Threads

The series is based on real events. It takes us to Kythera from 1906 to 1909 and chronicles one of the largest mass murders the country has ever known. There we meet the central figure of the story, Antonis, a peaceful shoemaker played by Panos Vlachos. A lovable young man, until he is unjustly slandered. The outcry of the local community forces him to leave. He makes a new start in Piraeus. Again, however, his attempt to escape falls on deaf ears. History repeats itself in the big city, filling Antonis with bitterness and anger. Now, there is only one way left for him: Revenge.

Release Date: 2024-01-22

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 5

Fonissa

It is the early 20th century on a dystopian Greek island. Hadoula, a widow who lost her husband, loannis Fragkos, at a young age, is a woman who has learned how to survive in a male-dominated and extremely patriarchal society. Hadoula carries a difficult burden within her. Like a baton passed on to her from her mother, and the generations before her, she is meant to accept the belittling and degradation of women. Hadoula reacts. Her personal, internal revolution soon comes forth. The victims of her outburst are the little girls of the island, whom she sets free from the social and economic burden that their existence entails by taking their lives. Her actions will bring her face to face with the law. She leaves her home and escapes to her refuge, nature. But as much as her faith and morals dictate that she did the right thing, her trans-generational trauma follows her everywhere. And the end comes as redemption.

Release Date: 2023-11-30

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 18

Glykanisos

Two different worlds, two strangers who will come and change what we believe separates but also unites two people. Stratis and Razan will experience a strong love under the most adverse conditions. Will they manage to overcome the wreck of their lives or will they live as protagonists in an absurd thriller? "Glykanisos" is coming to SKAI and its taste will remain indelible.

Release Date: 2022-09-23

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1

And Yet I'm Still Here

Katerina, who was always afraid of death, when she finds out that she has only six months to live, immediately overcomes her inhibitions and self-limitations and finally begins to enjoy life.

Release Date: 2022-01-20

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 50

Vote Count: 2

Smyrna

Members of the Baltatzis family recount the 1922 burning of Smyrna, Greece, including the assault on vibrant Greek and Armenian communities.

Release Date: 2021-12-23

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 11

42°C

Against the backdrop of Corfu, young Lena must confront the tragic death of her sister. In her effort to uncover the truth, she will have to face her own family and the memories that come back to haunt her.

Release Date: 2021-05-14

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 7

My Name is Eftihia

A young girl, recently married, is traveling from Aidini to Greece with her mother and her two daughters. On board the ship she decides not to let life pass her by, but to live her own way. And she goes ahead! She writes endlessly wherever she can, on napkins and cigarette boxes, to bills. She smokes, she passionately falls in love, casually gambles in luxurious salons, but also in illegal basements. A teacher who becomes an actress and plays in streets and in theaters, a poet who becomes the greatest Greek folk songwriter. She collaborates with all the famous music personalities of the country, from Vassilis Tsitsanis and Apostolos Kaldaras to Manolis Ηiotis, Antonis Repanis and Manos Hadjidakis, bravely asserting herself to a cruel and typically male-dominated world.

Release Date: 2019-12-19

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 35

Sune i Grekland - all inclusive

A penny-pinching dad springs for an all-inclusive Greek vacation with his wife and three kids, who get up to plenty of antics of their own. What fun is a family vacation if you actually have to hang out with your parents the whole time?

Release Date: 2012-12-25

Department: Production

Job: Co-Producer

Vote Count: 34

Uranya

A group of young boys must decide whether to buy a TV set to watch the launch of Apollo 11 or visit Uranya to learn about the secrets of love.

Release Date: 2006-12-07

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 28

Bonus

Pandelis is a garbageman who is anxiously waiting to retire and receive his well-earned superannuation payout. His wife and mother-in-law are also awaiting the super payout, but they have different ideas as to how the money should be spent. The usually submissive and calm Pandelis suddenly decides to react... Philippides does a sterling job as the long-suffering Pandelis and his vicissitudes leave one with a warm feeling. Unlikely though the scenario may seem, one wishes it to be true, thus giving hope for the many Pandelides out there who find themselves contemplating life in their middle years with regret and disappointment.

Release Date: 2001-11-30

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 11

From the Edge of the City

Minority-group Greeks from an outer suburb of Athens struggle with their life on society's fringe and exploitation of one another.

Release Date: 1998-11-20

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 22

Balkanisateur

Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.

Release Date: 1997-04-16

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 15

Exoristoi

Anna and Philip, separated for a year, arrive at a remote island to sort out their marriage and the future of their two children. Anna, firm in her logical decision to divorce, faces Philip, who hasn't thought things through and defensively tries to show Anna that there is still hope to reconcile. Heated arguments and contradictions surface deep emotions. Their old affection rekindles, and the roles are switched, leading Anna to reconsider, but Philip, realizing why they drifted apart or unwilling to put in the work, declares the relationship should end.

Department: Production

Job: Producer