Penniless at the end of another tourist season, Panos and Jimmy grasp the chance for an easy buck aboard Captain Nico’s tired sailboat. As she navigates the east Aegean in search of sunken treasure, their secret aspirations quickly unravel. Suspicion, greed and the brutality of Greece’s sea border will force a change of course for this motley crew.

Yannis Fagras studied cinema in late 80’s New York, where his love for guerrilla film-making and fringe protagonists found fertile ground. He spent most of the following decade learning to fly planes, driving cabs and working both film industry and odd jobs as he travelled across the U.S. from coast to coast. Shortly after returning to Greece, Fagras shot the pioneer Greek indie feature Still Looking for Morphine. The film acquired cult status after “crashing the party” at TIFF44, where it won the Greek Film Critics Association Award for Best Film. It had a successful theatrical release, screened at festivals and showcases worldwide and was one of 20 films celebrated in the TIFF55 tribute 1914-2014: 100 Years of Greek Cinema. Sight and Sound featured Still Looking for Morphine in their August 2007 editorial, 75 Hidden Gems, a curated list of films “worthy of greater eminence” that spans the history of world cinema. Fagras renews his vows to low-budget DIY filmmaking with his third feature, Little Man-Eater, a dark yet funny sea adventure, shot aboard a small sailboat in the East Aegean and on the islands Fournoi, Patmos and Ikaria. The film revisits themes of marginalization and exploitation, and brings Still Looking for Morphine’s non-conformist lead back to the silver screen. It premiered at TIFF66 and is pending theatrical release.

2026, Thessaloniki Film Festival,  Panorama Of European Cinema