Hold Onto Me

2026
Drama
102'

Directed by
Myrsini Aristidou

Screenplay
Myrsini Aristidou

It’s summer, and 11-year-old Iris is running wild through the streets with her older friend Danae when she learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral.

Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond – imperfect, yet poignant.

Sundance Film Festival 2026
Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic
Sundance Film Festival 2026
Official Selection
2026
Drama
102'

Directed by
Myrsini Aristidou

Screenplay
Myrsini Aristidou

Hold Onto Me

Cast
Hristos Passalis, Maria Petrova, Jenny Sallo, Aulona Lupa, Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, Giorgos Kyriacou

Producers
Myrsini Aristidou, Monica Nicolaidou, Anders N. Berg, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou

Editors
Jenna Mangulad, Myrsini Aristidou

Cinematography
Lasse Ulvedal Tolbøll

Exec. Producers
Thomas J. Mangan IV, Mark Hollinger

Production Design
Dimitra Sourlantzi

Composer
Alex Weston

Studios
1.61 Films, Film Blades, Fredo Pictures, Graal, Pleasant Bay Pictures

Language
Greek

Production Countries
Cyprus, Denmark, USA, Greece