Bearcave

Αρκουδότρυπα

A mountain hike, a secret bear, an unexpected betrayal, and a chav party in the woods will forever change Argyro’s relation with her best friend.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market TIFF64.

Direction: Krysianna Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos

Script: Krysianna Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos

Cinematography: Arsinoe Pilou

Editing: Evangelos Katsaros

Sound: Nicole Asimosi, Arielle Esther

Music: John Tournas

Actors: Chara Kyriazi, Pamela Economaki

Production: Pame Ligo Collective

Producers: Thanasis Michalopoulos, Arsinoe Pylou, Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysianna Papadakis

Costumes: Marianthi Christodoulou

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2023

Duration: 38'

Contact: Pame Ligo Collective (Krysianna Papadaki, kbpapadakis@gmail.com / Stergios Dinopoulos, dinopoulos.stergios@gmail.com)

Awards/Distinctions: Golden Dionysus, Best Film Award & Best Female Performance Award – National Competition DISFF 2023

Krysianna B. Papadakis

Krysianna B. Papadakis is a Greek-New Zealander writer-director. Her work explores queer identity, rural transformation, and Balkan folklore with poetic and political intensity, drawing on her background in philosophy and political studies at Harvard, and media theory at Oxford. Her debut feature film Bearcave had its world premiere at Venice FF – Giornate Degli Autori and won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film.

Filmography

2023 Bearcave (short, co-direction)
2025 Bearcave (co-direction)

Stergios Dinopoulos

Stergios Dinopoulos grew up in Athens and studied Art, Film, & Visual Studies at Harvard, where his thesis film won the prestigious Hoopes prize. He works as a director, screenwriter, and film editor. His debut feature film Bearcave had its world premiere at Venice FF – Giornate Degli Autori and won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film.