Argyris Xafis

Argyris Xafis (1976) is a Greek actor and director. He was born and raised in Peristeri in 1976. He studied at the Higher School of Dramatic Art of the National Theatre. He has participated in many theater performances, mainly of the National Theater and the Theater of the South, as well as in films. In 2001 he was honored with the Horn Award for his role in the play "The Turn of the Screw". He has received excellent[5] reviews for many of his plays. In 2011 he was awarded by the Hellenic Cinema Academy with the award for Best Actor for his role in the film "From the Bones Taken".

J.A.C.E. (2012)

Twice-orphaned Jace, a seven-year-old Albanian of Greek origin, witnesses a massacre that wipes out his entire foster family in Argyrokastron, and then falls in the hands of a bunch of ruthless gangsters who "export" children abroad for various profitable reasons ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menelaos Karamaghiolis
CAST:  Alban Ukaj  •  Stefania Goulioti  •  Argyris Xafis  •  Ieronymos Kaletsanos

Twice-orphaned Jace, a seven-year-old Albanian of Greek origin, witnesses a massacre that wipes out his entire foster family in Argyrokastron, and then falls in the hands of a bunch of ruthless gangsters who "export" children abroad for various profitable reasons ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menelaos Karamaghiolis
CAST:  Alban Ukaj  •  Stefania Goulioti  •  Argyris Xafis  •  Ieronymos Kaletsanos

Χρυσόσκονη (2009)

Athens, today. Three siblings face the prospect of selling their family home. The potential buyers will tear it down and erect a modern building in its place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarita Manda
CAST:  Mania Papadimitriou  •  Argyris Xafis  •  Anna Mascha  •  Dimitris Xanthopoulos

Athens, today. Three siblings face the prospect of selling their family home. The potential buyers will tear it down and erect a modern building in its place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Margarita Manda
CAST:  Mania Papadimitriou  •  Argyris Xafis  •  Anna Mascha  •  Dimitris Xanthopoulos

Mythopathy (2016)

It is a movie following the coming-of-age for a boy; the story begins in the mid-60s, continues all through the 70s, and finishes in 1981. He is a creative young man facing the troubles of the first pangs of love and we observe the way he tries to handle them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tasos Boulmetis
CAST:  Giannis Niaros  •  Themis Panou  •  Maria Kallimani  •  Argyris Xafis

It is a movie following the coming-of-age for a boy; the story begins in the mid-60s, continues all through the 70s, and finishes in 1981. He is a creative young man facing the troubles of the first pangs of love and we observe the way he tries to handle them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tasos Boulmetis
CAST:  Giannis Niaros  •  Themis Panou  •  Maria Kallimani  •  Argyris Xafis

Welcome to 'All Saints (2011)

The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hospital "All Saints', somewhere on the outskirts of Athens. There you will discover that the hospital population, by physicians, administrators and nurses, to patients ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sotiris Goritsas
CAST:  Bessy Malfa  •  Kostas Triantafyllopoulos  •  Gerasimos Skiadaresis  •  Stelios Mainas

The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hospital "All Saints', somewhere on the outskirts of Athens. There you will discover that the hospital population, by physicians, administrators and nurses, to patients ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sotiris Goritsas
CAST:  Bessy Malfa  •  Kostas Triantafyllopoulos  •  Gerasimos Skiadaresis  •  Stelios Mainas

Do It Yourself (2018)

A small-time crook agrees to star in a viral video that will restore the image of a businessman who acts against the law. When he realizes that he is the next victim in this man’s list, he struggles to save himself at any cost, in this suspenseful action film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dimitris Tsilifonis
CAST:  Konstadinos Aspiotis  •  Makis Papadimitriou  •  Mirto Alikaki  •  Christos Loulis

A small-time crook agrees to star in a viral video that will restore the image of a businessman who acts against the law. When he realizes that he is the next victim in this man’s list, he struggles to save himself at any cost, in this suspenseful action film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dimitris Tsilifonis
CAST:  Konstadinos Aspiotis  •  Makis Papadimitriou  •  Mirto Alikaki  •  Christos Loulis

Kazantzakis (2017)

The true story of the greatest Greek writer of the 20th century, Nikos Kazantzakis, based on his work, Report to Greco, which is, essentially, his autobiography.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yannis Smaragdis
CAST:  Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos  •  Stefanos Linaios  •  Marina Kalogirou  •  Nikos Kardonis

The true story of the greatest Greek writer of the 20th century, Nikos Kazantzakis, based on his work, Report to Greco, which is, essentially, his autobiography.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yannis Smaragdis
CAST:  Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos  •  Stefanos Linaios  •  Marina Kalogirou  •  Nikos Kardonis

The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (2019)

Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman, is miserable in the narrow-minded town in which she's living. While Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Syllas Tzoumerkas
CAST:  Angeliki Papoulia  •  Hristos Passalis  •  Maria Filini  •  Youla Boudali

Elizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman, is miserable in the narrow-minded town in which she's living. While Rita, a lonely eel-hatchery worker, is trying to escape from the sticky situations of her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Syllas Tzoumerkas
CAST:  Angeliki Papoulia  •  Hristos Passalis  •  Maria Filini  •  Youla Boudali

A Dog's Dream (2005)

During a strange night, a prostitute, an opera singer, a fortune teller, a travel agent, a police chief and an insomniac meet by chance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelos Frantzis
CAST:  Constantine Markoulakis  •  Fotini Baxevani  •  Lina Sakka  •  Aris Servetalis

During a strange night, a prostitute, an opera singer, a fortune teller, a travel agent, a police chief and an insomniac meet by chance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angelos Frantzis
CAST:  Constantine Markoulakis  •  Fotini Baxevani  •  Lina Sakka  •  Aris Servetalis

Nobody Loses Forever (2000)

In the near future, when Athens is in danger of ecological catastrophe, a mysterious man, a young hacker and a washed out singer become entangled in a dark web of radioactive waste and suspected maritime shipwrecks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dionysis Grigoratos
CAST:  Alberto Eskenazy  •  Maria Protopappa  •  Argyris Xafis  •  Katerina Karayanni

In the near future, when Athens is in danger of ecological catastrophe, a mysterious man, a young hacker and a washed out singer become entangled in a dark web of radioactive waste and suspected maritime shipwrecks.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dionysis Grigoratos
CAST:  Alberto Eskenazy  •  Maria Protopappa  •  Argyris Xafis  •  Katerina Karayanni

Uranisco Disco (2002)

About a producer-director of erotic films and his mistress, a wannabe a singer, making a porn-musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yorgos Lanthimos
CAST:  Akilas Karazisis  •  Tania Nassibian  •  Nikos Karathanos  •  Argyris Xafis

About a producer-director of erotic films and his mistress, a wannabe a singer, making a porn-musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yorgos Lanthimos
CAST:  Akilas Karazisis  •  Tania Nassibian  •  Nikos Karathanos  •  Argyris Xafis

The City and the City (2022)

Six chapters describe the lives and perils of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community which was almost entirely exterminated by the Nazis in 1943. Past and present become an echo chamber in which the viewer experiences, aghast, the madness of humanity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hristos Passalis  •  Syllas Tzoumerkas
CAST:  Vassilis Kanakis  •  Alexandros Vardaxoglou  •  Angeliki Papoulia  •  Argyris Xafis

Six chapters describe the lives and perils of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community which was almost entirely exterminated by the Nazis in 1943. Past and present become an echo chamber in which the viewer experiences, aghast, the madness of humanity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hristos Passalis  •  Syllas Tzoumerkas
CAST:  Vassilis Kanakis  •  Alexandros Vardaxoglou  •  Angeliki Papoulia  •  Argyris Xafis

Music (2023)

Abandoned at birth in the Greek mountains on a stormy night, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother. As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angela Schanelec
CAST:  Aliocha Schneider  •  Miriam Jakob  •  Agathe Bonitzer  •  Argyris Xafis

Abandoned at birth in the Greek mountains on a stormy night, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother. As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angela Schanelec
CAST:  Aliocha Schneider  •  Miriam Jakob  •  Agathe Bonitzer  •  Argyris Xafis