The Boy with the Light-Blue Eyes
TITLE
The Boy with the Light-Blue Eyes
DIRECTOR
Thanasis Neofotistos
COUNTRY
Greece, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, USA
YEAR
2026
DURATION
99′
GENRE
Drama, Folktale
The Boy with the Light-Blue Eyes
On the Greek folk mountains, there is a remote village, whose residents strongly believe in myths and superstitions. PETER is a strange teenager, who has grown up in this suffocating environment with his strict grandmother and overprotective mother. His mother has forced him to wear a protective mask over his eyes at all times. She claims he suffers from an “eye disease” that threatens his eyes if exposed in any light. In the meantime, he and his best friend Aemon try to travel away from the village and go to the place Aemon desires the most: to see the view up from the mythical wind-turbine. Through their adventures, Peter comes-of-age and learns the painful truth about his eyes and the lies he has been told. He finally understands that in order to be free he must sacrifice his own eyes.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Thanasis Neofotistos
Thanasis Neofotistos is a Film Director, Writer & Architect. Member of European Film Academy (EFA), Berlinale Talents alumnus & Head Programmer of Student Int'l Competition of DramaISFF. His short films have premiered in 75th Venice IFF, 75th Locarno IFF, 44th TIFF Toronto & won in 42nd Clermont-Ferrand, 47th TIFF Toronto, 36th Busan IFF, amongst others. His latest short film AIRHOSTES-737 (16'-2022) World Premiered at 75th Locarno Film Festival and won the Honourable Mention at 47th TIFF Toronto. His short film, PATISION AVENUE (13'-2018), premiered at 75th Venice Film Festival, won 3 awards at 41st Clermont-Ferrand 2019 (Jury, Canal+, EFA) and was a 2019 Festival-Hit with more than 100 film festival selections. ROUTE-3, world-premiered at 44th TIFF Toronto 2019 and then again in 42nd Clermont-Ferrand 2020. GREEK SCHOOL PRAYER (20'-2014) was his successful thesis (Best Greek short film of 2014, over 50 IFF), and SPARKLING CANDLES (9'-2019) is his LGBTQI+ super cute queer short film that premiered at the legendary 43rd Frameline IFF. He is now in the pre-production stage of his debut feature film, which he envisions as his personal coming-of-age Greek tragedy; THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES (aka PETER AND THE WOLF)!
- DirectorThanasis Neofotistos
- Screenplay Grigoris Skarakis, Thanasis Neofotistos
- CinematographyDjordje Arambasic
- Cast
- EditingPanagiotis Angelopoulos
- Producer/s Ioanna Bolomyti
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleThe Boy with the Light-Blue Eyes
- Project Type Drama, Folktale
- Completion Date04 Jun 2026
- Country of originGreece, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, USA
- Country of filmingGreece, Cyprus, North Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, USA
- LanguageGreek (Modern)
- First-time FilmmakerYes
- Student ProjectNo
Thanasis Neofotistos
Thanasis Neofotistos is a Film Director, Writer & Architect. Member of European Film Academy (EFA), Berlinale Talents alumnus & Head Programmer of Student Int'l Competition of DramaISFF. His short films have premiered in 75th Venice IFF, 75th Locarno IFF, 44th TIFF Toronto & won in 42nd Clermont-Ferrand, 47th TIFF Toronto, 36th Busan IFF, amongst others. His latest short film AIRHOSTES-737 (16'-2022) World Premiered at 75th Locarno Film Festival and won the Honourable Mention at 47th TIFF Toronto. His short film, PATISION AVENUE (13'-2018), premiered at 75th Venice Film Festival, won 3 awards at 41st Clermont-Ferrand 2019 (Jury, Canal+, EFA) and was a 2019 Festival-Hit with more than 100 film festival selections. ROUTE-3, world-premiered at 44th TIFF Toronto 2019 and then again in 42nd Clermont-Ferrand 2020. GREEK SCHOOL PRAYER (20'-2014) was his successful thesis (Best Greek short film of 2014, over 50 IFF), and SPARKLING CANDLES (9'-2019) is his LGBTQI+ super cute queer short film that premiered at the legendary 43rd Frameline IFF. He is now in the pre-production stage of his debut feature film, which he envisions as his personal coming-of-age Greek tragedy; THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES (aka PETER AND THE WOLF)!
