Babis Makridis

Directing

Babis Makridis

Born 1970-01-01 · Kastoria, Grecia

His short film The Last Fakir (2005) won the Newcomer's Prize at the Drama short film festival, Greece. His debut feature L (2012) was presented in Competition at Sundance Film Festival, Rotterdam Tiger Awards and many other international festivals. It was awarded the first prize (Grand Prix) at the Molodist Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, in 2012. Pity (2018), his second feature also premiered in Competition at Sundance Film Festival and Rotterdam Film festival. The film has received various awards and was crowned Best Film at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards in 2019. It also won the Fipresci Award at the Torino film festival, and Best Film & Best Director at the Odesa international Film festival. His third feature film "Birds or (How to Be One)" premiere at International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2020. His fourth film "Unclickable" 2024 premiere at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Unclickable poster
NR

Welcome to the murky world of digital ad fraud, organized crime’s biggest source of income after drug trafficking. A former industry executive pulls the curtain to expose how it’s done, who the victims are, and what role Google and Facebook play in the game.

Unclickable

2024

Electra7 poster
NR

Electra and Orestes stand accused of murdering their mother. Yet, in present-day Greece, it is not the gods who deliver justice, but mere mortals—seemingly powerless to piece together the truth.

Electra7

2025

Birds (Or How to Be One) poster
4.4

Two men go in search of a birdman to become a bird in nine steps.

Birds (Or How to Be One)

2020

Birds (Or How to Be One) poster
4.4

Two men go in search of a birdman to become a bird in nine steps.

Birds (Or How to Be One)

2020

Pity poster
6.4

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

Pity

2018

Pity poster
6.4

The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

Pity

2018

L poster
5.3

The protagonist, aged 40, lives in his car and receives his family at fixed times. His employer is a rich narcoleptic who can’t drive. The driver provides him with special honey. But when an even better driver comes along, he loses his job and decides to look for another means of transport.

L

2012

L poster
5.3

The protagonist, aged 40, lives in his car and receives his family at fixed times. His employer is a rich narcoleptic who can’t drive. The driver provides him with special honey. But when an even better driver comes along, he loses his job and decides to look for another means of transport.

L

2012

L poster
5.3

The protagonist, aged 40, lives in his car and receives his family at fixed times. His employer is a rich narcoleptic who can’t drive. The driver provides him with special honey. But when an even better driver comes along, he loses his job and decides to look for another means of transport.

L

2012

The Last Fakir poster
NR

An escape artist trying to escape.

The Last Fakir

2005

The Last Fakir poster
NR

An escape artist trying to escape.

The Last Fakir

2005