A WHOLE PERSON ALMOST

by Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis

2026

“A Whole Person Almost” is Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis’ the debut feature film, co-written by him and Elizampetta Ilia Georgiadou.

 

A Horsefly Films production in co-production with Red Carpet (BG), Wunderlust (DE), Felony Film (CY), Tangaj Production (RO)
And: ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel & ARTE (DE), ERT (GR), Onassis Culture (GR), Faliro House Productions (GR), Panta Rhei (GR)

 

“A Whole Person Almost” will have its world premiere in the Proxima Competition of the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

story

Ilias, a young man in debt, arrives on a remote island to claim the inheritance of his estranged father, a doctor. There he has to confront a small community centered around his late father, and meets and develops a connection with Kalliopi, a local woman with dreams of fleeing the island. Whilst inexplicable illnesses begin to spread at an alarming rate, love grows.

director

 

Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis is a Greek-German filmmaker. He studied informatics engineering in Athens and contemporary arts at Le Fresnoy – Studio National in France. Working across film, installation and branded content, his films have screened at festivals and venues including Venice, Locarno, Sarajevo, Clermont-Ferrand, Forum des Images and Centre Pompidou.

 

Filmography

A Whole Person Almost – 2026 / 111’
All the Fires the Fire – 2019 / 25’
Astrometal – 2017 / 15’
Unbuilt Light – 2017 / 29’
II – 2014 / 16’

team

main cast Anastasis Georgoulas, Flomaria Papadaki, Elena Topalidou

directed by Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis

written by Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis, Elizampetta Ilia Georgiadou

produced by Yorgos Tsourgiannis

co-produced by Veselka Kiryakova, Nina Frese, Stelios Kammitsis, Anamaria Antoci, Anda Ionescu

executive producer Christos V. Konstantakopoulos

associate producers Burkhard Althoff (ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel), Holger Stern (ZDF/ARTE), Elina Psykou

director of photography Christos Voudouris GSC

editor Livia Neroutsopoulou GFE

art director Pinelopi Valti

costume designer Alkistis Mamali

sound Boris Trayanov, Valia Tserou, Kostas Varympopiotis

makeup artist Magdalena Boyadzhieva

color grading Claudiu Doagă

casting Christina Akzoti, Alex Kelly, Athens Casting

 

supported by Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center, Bulgarian National Film Center, Department Of Contemporary Culture – Cyprus Deputy Ministry Of Culture, Creative Europe – Media, SEE Cinema Network, Co-funded by the European Union

 

 

technical specs

original title Ένας Ολόκληρος Άνθρωπος Σχεδόν
international title A Whole Person Almost
genre Drama
running time 1h 51m
original language Greek
year 2026
world premiere Proxima Competition of the 60th Karlovy Vary IFF 2026
countries of production Greece, Bulgaria, Germany, Cyprus, Romania
color Yes
framerate 24 fps
aspect Ratio 1.66:1
sound 5.1, Stereo

 

international press Alibi Communications | Brigitta Portier

greek press Natasha Pandi