THE BOY WITH THE
LIGHT-BLUE EYES

Born under a curse, an unusually blue-eyed boy seeks freedom and love in a remote mountain village ruled by superstition.

LOGLINE

THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES (99' | 2026) is the debut feature by Greek director Thanasis Neofotistos. A dark folktale set in a remote mountain village in Greece ruled by superstition, it follows a teenage boy forced to wear a mask, believed to carry a curse known as the Evil-Eye. As his need for freedom grows, his difference becomes an act of resistance, unfolding as a queer Greek coming-of-age tragedy. 

THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES has its World Premiere at SXSW London 2026.

INTRO

*COMING SOON

FEATURE FILM | 99' | 2026

Director:
Thanasis Neofotistos

Writer: Grigoris Skarakis
Thanasis Neofotistos

Producer:
Ioanna Bolomyti

Key Cast:
Petros: Yorgos Karydis
Aemon: Pablo Soto
Lemonia: Syrmo Keke
Margarita: Sofia Filippidou

Andreas Zakas,
Konstantina Koutsonasiou,
Mariella Savvides,
Kiriaki Gaspari,
Kaiti Manolidaki, Magda Lekka, Yuli Pezopoulou, Maria Oikonomou, Nikos Spyropoulos, Panagiota Dry.

CREDITS

DOP: Djordje Arambasic, SAS
Production Designer: Dafni Kalogianni
Editor: Panagiotis Angelopoulos
Music: Igor Vasilev Novogradska
Casting: Sofia Dimopoulou, Ready2Cast
Costume Design: Christina Lardikou
MakeUp & Hair Design: Tatjana Tomsic
Sound: Ivan Mihoci
Sound Design: Valia Tserou
Sound Mixing: Kostas Varympopiotis
Colorist: Manthos G. Sardis
VFX: Jovica Panovski, Vertigo Visual VFX
SFX/Prosthetics/Animatronics: Prokopis Vlaseros FX Studio
1st AD: Stella Charitopoulou

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

TITLE: THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ: ΤΟ ΑΓΟΡΙ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΓΑΛΑΖΙΑ ΜΑΤΙΑ
WORLD PREMIERE: SXSW (South by Southwest) London 2026 (June)
TYPE: Feature Film (Debut)
GENRE: Drama | Dark Folktale
SUB-GENRE: Folk-Horror | Queer Allegory | Coming-of-Age | Greek Tragedy.
RUNTIME: 99 min 
FORMAT: 4K | 1:85:1 | 5:1 | DCP
COUNTRY of Production: Greece
CO-PRODUCTION: Cyprus, N.Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, USA.
LANGUAGE: Greek
SUBTITLES: English
YEAR: 2026
SHOOTING LOCATION: Dimitsana, Arcadia, Greece.
NOTES: The film was shot with Alexa 34 & Baltar Lenses.
               No AI was used in the making of this film.
HASHTAG: #TheBoyWithTheLightBlueEyes #BlueEyes #EvilEyes
www.theboywiththelightblueeyes.com

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PHOTOS & STILLS

DIRECTOR'S NOTE
“THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES is a dark coming-of-age folktale that unfolds into a Greek tragedy. Born from a deeply personal (queer) experience and the fear of feeling “different”, it portrays a closed, conservative society collapsing under its own beliefs and superstitions, not far from the family I grew up in.
Cinematically, the film unfolds through a symbolic and impressionistic language, rooted in realism and grounded in myth. Developed over a decade-long creative journey, it arrives in its most honest form: raw, handmade, and human, local in form, yet universal in essence."
 -Thanasis-

PROJECT'S CV
● 2024, Les Arcs, Work In Progress
● 2025, Agora Thess, Work In Progress
● 2025, Rom Cannes, Work In Progress
● 2022, CineLink Market | Winner of
   Eurimages’ Development Grand Prize
● 2022, Cannes, Focus COPRO`
● 2019, Thessaloniki, Agora TIFF
● 2017-2018, First Film Firsts
● 2017, Sarajevo Script Station
● 2017, MFI Script2Film Workshop
● Media Development Fund
● Eurimage Development Fund
● ERT Greek Public TV Fund

PRODUCTION
● Argonauts Productions S.A (Greece)
● Atalante Productions S.A (Greece)
● YE Films Ltd (Cyprus)
● Sektor Film (North Macedonia)
● Studio Corvus (Croatia)
● Sense Production (Serbia)
● Luna Film (Romania)
● Willa (US)
● Astrakan Films AB (US)
● Cold Iron Pictures (US)

FESTIVAL
● SXSW (South by Southwest) London 2026

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