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LIFE IN A BEAT Greece-Cyprus-Bulgaria-North Macedonia-Montenegro-France, 2025, 92 min, color

Lena, a 20-year-old woman, lives in a small, crowded apartment in Athens, filled with chaos and unspoken tension. Caught between family expectations, poverty, and her desire for independence, her days follow a monotonous rhythm: working at a supermarket, enduring family conflicts, and living without personal space. Her dream is simple – to move out and start a life on her own terms, far from the toxic environment she grew up in.

 

This fragile balance collapses when Lena loses her job. Almost simultaneously, she discovers she is pregnant. In a world where nothing is certain, the new life growing inside her becomes both a burden and a possibility.

Amerissa Basta

Amerissa Basta

Amerissa Basta is a Greek film director and screenwriter. She studied at Panteion University in Athens, where she  earned a Master’s Degree in Cultural Management. Later, she pursued an MA in Creative Writing and Screenwriting at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, further refining her craft in narrative and film production. Basta has been active in filmmaking since 2010, writing and directing a number of short films that have been selected and awarded at international festivals. Life in a Beat (2025) is Basta’s first feature film,

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2010 Monada –  short

2013 Jesus Stopped at Gyzi - short

2014 Eviva! –  short

2017 Christos and Dimitra - short

2018 Umbrella –  short

2022 Not Tomorrow - short

2025 Life in a Beat

DIRECTOR
Amerissa Basta
SCRIPT
Dimitris Nakos, Amerissa Basta
CAMERA
Christina Moumouri
CAST
Elina Tsiorbatzi, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Geo Pakitsas, Dimitris Kitsos, Luli Bitri
PRODUCERS
PRODUCERS Ioanna Soultani, Dimitris Nakos; CO-PRODUCERS Despina Mouzaki, Ivan Tonev, Dejan Krajcevski, Marko Jacimovic, Vincent Michaud
PRODUCTION
Soul Productions

LIFE IN A BEAT Greece-Cyprus-Bulgaria-North Macedonia-Montenegro-France, 2025, 92 min, color

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