Direct from the Venice Film Festival, Bearcave offers a gorgeously realized, unseen and intimate perspective into the lives of young queer women in rural Greece.

This cinematic sapphic odyssey, based on directors Dinopoulos and Papadakis’ 2023 short film — winner of the Golden Dionysus — follows Argyro, a strong-willed farmer, and her childhood friend Anneta, the village manicurist and “it” girl. When Anneta reveals she’s pregnant and leaving with her insipid cop boyfriend, Argyro proposes one final mythical adventure: to find the legendary bear cave. Their separation sparks a journey of metamorphosis. A hauntingly poetic meditation on desire, mythology, and sacred landscapes that shape us.

This feature will be preceded by the World Premiere of Australian short, Ode (DIR: Angie Kilsby).

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