Social Drama, produced in 2003

In the winter of 1972, 28-year-old Irini, an up-and-coming theater actress, is arrested by the military junta for her resistance activities and taken to the Korydallos prison. Her imprisonment is a bombshell in the lives of her family, shaking relationships and emotions.

For her nine-year-old daughter, Olga, her mother’s imprisonment feels like a personal abandonment. For her irresponsible and carefree ex-husband, Manolis, it is the first time he must take responsibility for his child. Irini's childhood and inseparable friend, Vassia, unwittingly plays a pivotal role in the shifting dynamics.

Irini herself discovers another side of life and herself in prison. When she is released in August 1973, she finds that nothing is as it was.

"Ένα τραγούδι δεν φτάνει" (A Song Is Not Enough) focuses on the disruption of the mother-daughter relationship, with the narrative split into two intertwining time periods throughout the film. One set during the era of the junta, beautifully captured in black and white photography, and the other in the present day, where the family’s wounds continue to remain and weigh heavily on them.

The film represented Greece at several international festivals and in 2004, it won the Best Dramatic Film Award at the Houston International Film Festival. It was also honored with the First Prize for Quality and the Best Debut Director Award.