Hristos Passalis

Directing

Hristos Passalis

Born

1977-12-29 (48)

Place of birth

Thessaloniki, Greece

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

Hristos Passalis (Greek: Χρήστος Πασσαλής) is born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He graduates from the Drama School of National Theatre of Northern Greece in 2000. In 2004, he co-founds Blitztheatregroup. To date, he writes, directs and acts in all the group’s performances. For cinema, he participates in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Dogtooth”. He is awarded with the Best Supporting Actor award from the Greek Film Academy. He also takes part in Vardis Marinakis’ “Black Field” (2009), Syllas Tzoumerkas’ “Homeland” (2009) and “The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea” (2018) and Fiona Tan’s “History’s Future” (2015).

Known for

Dogtooth poster
7.0

Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.

Dogtooth

2009

The Megalomaniacs poster
8.3

Convinced that ancient pottery may hold traces of recorded sound, archaeologist Sofia travels to a remote Greek island to test her theory with Potter, an eccentric artist who doubts her idea.

The Megalomaniacs

2025

The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea poster
5.2

Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman, is miserable in the narrow-minded town in which she's living. While Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of her life.

The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea

2019

Hold onto Me poster
10.0

11-year-old Iris 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.

Hold onto Me

2026

Homeland poster
4.5

In a country shaken by major political events, three generations of a Greek family clash over an inside-the-family adoption.

Homeland

2010

MJ poster
7.2

Michalis or MJ is obsessed with fame, wealth and Michael Jordan. He is a trap rapper. "I am destined for greatness! I am already Number One! But why don't they love me?"

MJ

2024

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

The Megalomaniacs poster
8.3

Convinced that ancient pottery may hold traces of recorded sound, archaeologist Sofia travels to a remote Greek island to test her theory with Potter, an eccentric artist who doubts her idea.

The Megalomaniacs

2025

Hold onto Me poster
10.0

11-year-old Iris 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.

Hold onto Me

2026

MJ poster
7.2

Michalis or MJ is obsessed with fame, wealth and Michael Jordan. He is a trap rapper. "I am destined for greatness! I am already Number One! But why don't they love me?"

MJ

2024

Horizon poster
NR

Against the vast horizon of summer, a father and his son set sail on a yacht. As the days pass, tenderness and violence coexist within a relationship that is constantly put to the test.

Horizon

2026

Beachcomber poster
NR

Elias dreams of building a boat from scrap metal, chasing the shadow of his sailor father’s legacy. But as his creation crumbles, so does the myth he’s built around himself—forcing him to confront the fragile truth of who he really is.

Beachcomber

2026

Silence 6–9 poster
3.0

Aris and Anna meet one evening in a half-abandoned town surrounded by antennas. In this strange, dreamlike world, the two solitary souls gradually start to develop feelings for one another.

Silence 6–9

2022

Shadow poster
NR

SHADOW unfolds in Athens, exploring the complexities of marriage through its female protagonist. Blending shadow theory with psychological depth, it reveals hidden struggles and desires as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery.

Shadow

2023

Goads poster
6.0

Ira lives with her family at a remote location within Greece. She will face one of the strongest experiences of her childhood during a “training” session with her father, who has a very specific view for life.

Goads

2020

2010s · 4 titles

The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea poster
5.2

Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman, is miserable in the narrow-minded town in which she's living. While Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of her life.

The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea

2019

Homeland poster
4.5

In a country shaken by major political events, three generations of a Greek family clash over an inside-the-family adoption.

Homeland

2010

No artwork available
3.9

Losing his memory after a mugging, a man known only as 'MP' (Missing Person) leaves his home and sets out on a journey - in search not only for his memory but perhaps also for a new identity. MP finds himself confronted by a world in which there are no longer any certainties; an era of crisis on many levels. On his travels from country to country, portrayed via an associative image montage and through a series of strange, illuminating, sometimes comic encounters, MP attempts to gain insight into the complexity of life in the 21st-century West - into what commentators have called an age of 'rolling catastrophe'.

History's Future

2016

Arundel poster
8.0

In an isolated island, a young woman receives letters form someone far away. she lives under the same roof with an older woman. a young postman arrives. a stray dog follows him from the very start. the three characters seem to lead separate lives, with no obvious bond between them. Still, as the story unfolds, the sender's letters seem to interweave the three characters. is it the sender's voice or their own voices they never listened to?

Arundel

2012

2000s · 2 titles

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