'Umcimbi wesimo sengqondo', 'Xenia' kwisihloko sayo sokuqala, nguPanos H. Koutras yifilim ekhethwe yiGrisi yokukhethwa kwangaphambili kweOscar kweyona Film iBalaseleyo ngoLwimi lwaNgaphandle kolu hlelo lulandelayo lweeMbasa zeAkhademi zaseHollywood.
Iteyiphu yesiGrike uya kufuna ukutyunjwa kwesithandathu kwilizwe lakhe kwaye ngaloo ndlela azame kwakhona ukufumana umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wokuqala kumboniso bhanya-bhanya othe, nangona kungekho mntu uyikholelwayo, akakaphumeleli eli mbasa.
UMihalis Kakogiannis, waphumelela ukungenela ilizwe leMeditera izihlandlo ezibini, ngo-1962 nge-'Electra' ('Ilektra') nakwi-1977 nge-'Ifigenia' ('Iphigenia'), nakwizihlandlo ezibini uye wafumana ukutyunjwa kwelizwe. UVasilis Georgiadis ngo-1963 kunye no-1965 we'Izibane eziBomvu' ('Ta kokkina fanaria') kunye 'neGazi emhlabeni' ('To Homa vaftike kokkino') ngokulandelelana. Ixesha lokugqibela iGrisi yafika kwi-gala yayiyi-2011 xa ekhetha ibhaso le-Yorgos Lanthimos kunye ne 'Canino' ('Kynodontas').
'Umbuzo wesimo sengqondo', ifilimu yesine nguPanos H. Koutras, iimoto ezivela kwiifilimu ezifana 'Strella, ngaphezu komfazi' ('Strella'), yayiyiyo ekhoyo kwi-2014 edition yeCannes Film Festival ngaphakathi kwecandelo Ujongo oluthile kwaye kamva lwenziwa nge Gijón Festival Jury Ibhaso elikhethekileyo kwakuloo nyaka.
Iteyiphu iyabala ibali likaDany no-Odyssey, abaneminyaka eli-16 neli-18 ubudala, abathabatha uhambo olusuka eAthene besiya eThessaloniki ukuya kufuna uyise emva kokufa kukanina.. Aba bafana bangamaAlbania kwicala likanina, ngoko balinda ukuba uyise abaqonde ukuze bafumane ubuzwe bamaGrike, ekubeni bengabaphambukeli kwilizwe labo.