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Apples: A memorably weird Greek fable about amnesia Bleak, deceptively rich comedy about what happens when identity is stripped away Genre: Drama In a recent interview Christos Nikou sought to put some distance between his debut feature and emanations of the Greek “weird wave” such as Yorgos Lanthimos’s Dogtooth and Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg. One thinks of those heavy metal bands that used to occasionally argue that they were only obliquely connected to the genre. “Iron Axe are really more of a hard blues outfit.” That sort of thing. It must be irritating to suffer automa...

Aris Servetalis in Christos Nikou's unsettling directorial debut, Apples Credit: Bartosz Swiniarski Dir: Christos Nikou. Starring: Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovassili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argyris Bakirtzis, Kostas Laskos. 12A cert, 91 mins “The Greek Weird Wave” is the favoured catch-all term for the country’s arthouse offerings, thanks to a series of films that apply a zonked aesthetic to their far-out conceits. In the process, humanity is usually made to look lost and sad. It all started with Dogtooth (2009), about a psychotic form of home schooling, which was deeply funny and traumati...

In addition to the films, keep an eye out for special virtual presentations with Almodóvar, Oscar contender Riz Ahmed, and recent Golden Globe winner Andra Day. And don't sleep on getting a ticket to one of the festival’s best additions in recent years, the Knight Heroes talk. This year’s series focuses on four accomplished female filmmakers in conversation: Radha Blank, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Adele Romanski, and Amy Seimetz. But, of course, this is a film festival, after all. So here are four movies worth checking out either virtually or in-person. Apples Director Christos Nikou prove...