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" Feature Film by Thanasis Neofotistos

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 had its World Premiere at SXSW London 2026, earning critical acclaim for its originality, striking visual language, and distinctive cinematic voice, with reviews from publications including The Hollywood Reporter, Little White Lies, Screen Daily, and Cineuropa.

INTRO

*COMING SOON

FEATURE FILM | 99' | 2026

WORLD PREMIERE: SXSW LONDON 2026

“A VISUALLY STRIKING DEBUT.”
— Screen Daily

“HAUNTING, MYTHIC ALLEGORY.”
— Little White Lies

“A DARK AND GENRE-BENDING FOLKTALE.”
— The Hollywood Reporter

“ITS GUSTO & ORIGINALITY COMMAND ATTENTION.”
— Cineuropa

“ONE OF THE MOST ASSURED DEBUTS IN RECENT GREEK CINEMA.”
— Flicker Magazine

"A BEGUILING HORROR FOLKTALE."
— The Contending

"A BRILLIANTLY WEIRD SLICE OF SURREAL CINEMA."
— The Upcoming

STILL

CLIP 1st

● HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | ENG | 2026 | Exclusive SXSW London Clip: A Boy who must hide behind a Mask.

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
1st AD: Stella Charitopoulou
VFX: Jovica Panovski, Vertigo Visual VFX
SFX/Prosthetics/Animatronics: Prokopis Vlaseros FX Studio

Producers: Elizabeth Woodward, Lauren Mann, Miranda Bailey, Yannis Economides, Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska, Zvonimir Munivrana, Maja Popovic Milojevic, Irina Malcea-Candea.
Executive Producers: Panos Papahadzis, 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.
NOTE: The film was shot with Alexa 34 & Baltar Lenses.
NOTE: No AI was used in the making of this film.
HASHTAG: #TheBoyWithTheLightBlueEyes #BlueEyes #EvilEyes #ThanasisNeofotistos

SPECS

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 (US)
● Cold Iron Pictures (US)

PROJECT'S CV
● 2024, Les Arcs, 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

FESTIVAL
● SXSW (South by Southwest) London 2026

a wall hanging with evil eye eyeballs and evil eyeballs

PHOTOS & BAKCSTAGE

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-

CV
Thanasis Neofotistos is a Greek film director, writer and architect. His work explores identity, fear and desire through symbolic and impressionistic storytelling grounded in realism. His short films, including AIRHOSTESS-737, PATISION AVENUE, ROUTE-3 and GREEK SCHOOL PRAYER, have premiered and received awards at major international festivals such as Venice, Sundance, Toronto, Locarno and Clermont-Ferrand. He served as Head Programmer of the Drama International Short Film Festival and is a member of the European and the Hellenic Film Academies. His debut feature film, THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES, is a dark coming-of-age folktale and premiered at SXSW London 2026, earning critical acclaim.