Country: Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, France, North Macedonia, Montenegro
Year: 2025
Runtime: 92’
Production: Soul Productions, Breaking Wave Productions, Ars Digital, Kruf Film, Videa Production, 2 Hérons Productions
Director: Amerissa Basta
Screenplay: Amerissa Basta, Dimitris Nakos
Producers: Ioanna Soultani, Dimitris Nakos, Despina Mouzaki, Ivan Tonev, Dejan Krajčevski, Marko Jaćimović, Vincent Michaud
Cinematography: Christina Moumouri
Editing: Lambis Haralambidis, Nikos Kallipolitis
Production design: Ioanna Papadogianni
Lena, a twenty-year-old woman, lives in a small, overcrowded apartment in Athens. Torn between family expectations, poverty, and her desire for independence, her daily life follows a monotonous routine. Her dream is simple – to move out and start a life on her own terms, far from the toxic environment in which she grew up. This fragile balance is shattered when Lena loses her job. Almost at the same time, she discovers that she is pregnant. In a world where nothing is certain, the new life growing inside her becomes both a burden and a possibility.
Amerissa Basta is a Greek film director and screenwriter. She graduated from Panteion University in Athens, where she obtained a master’s degree in cultural management. She later completed a master’s degree in creative writing and screenwriting at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, further developing her skills in storytelling and film production. Since 2010, she has been actively working in film as a screenwriter and director of numerous short films that have been screened and awarded at international film festivals. Life in a beat (2025) is her first feature-length fiction film.
