Lina Kountoura

Directing

Lina Kountoura

Born 2000-06-25 · Kavala, Greece

Lina Kountoura (Greek: Λίνα Κουντουρά) is a director, producer, writer and student at the Department of Film at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She was born in 2000 in Kavala and is involved in both the production and direction of short films. Her first film is the animated documentary "Next Stop: Apolimantiria" (2022). Her second film "pop" (2024) won the grand prize "Frida Liappa" of the Greek Student Film at Drama International Short Film Festival.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

My Cousin’s Wedding poster
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A forgotten wedding videotape holds the coming-of-age story of a girl, pieced together through fragments of family life in provincial Greece during the 2000s. From the wedding festivities before the ceremony to the couple’s exit from the church, childhood memories intertwine with contemporary recordings of her adult self.

My Cousin’s Wedding

2026

Next Stop: Apolimantiria poster
NR

In Thessaloniki in 2021, a city bus of line 05 to Nea Krini has as its sole passenger a girl. She falls asleep on the way and when she wakes up she is in an unknown place. The voice of the announcement of the stops guides her through images of the past. A small film-work that was done very casually during last year's quarantine.

Next Stop: Apolimantiria

2022

Next Stop: Apolimantiria poster
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In Thessaloniki in 2021, a city bus of line 05 to Nea Krini has as its sole passenger a girl. She falls asleep on the way and when she wakes up she is in an unknown place. The voice of the announcement of the stops guides her through images of the past. A small film-work that was done very casually during last year's quarantine.

Next Stop: Apolimantiria

2022

pop poster
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Three friends get together after a long time and speak of their recent mishaps. Each of their stories ends with a problem and each problem can be resolved only with money, which they don’t have. Moving between reality and fantasy, they decide to rob a cafe they suspect is a façade for money laundering.

pop

2025

pop poster
NR

Three friends get together after a long time and speak of their recent mishaps. Each of their stories ends with a problem and each problem can be resolved only with money, which they don’t have. Moving between reality and fantasy, they decide to rob a cafe they suspect is a façade for money laundering.

pop

2025

pop poster
NR

Three friends get together after a long time and speak of their recent mishaps. Each of their stories ends with a problem and each problem can be resolved only with money, which they don’t have. Moving between reality and fantasy, they decide to rob a cafe they suspect is a façade for money laundering.

pop

2025