Greece Selects Yannis Economidis’s Broken Vein as Its Official Oscar 2027 Entry

Greece will send Yannis Economidis’s Broken Vein into the race for the 2027 Oscars after the Culture Ministry accepted the recommendation of a 13-member committee of Greek film professionals.

Deputy Culture Minister Iasonas Fotilas signed the final decision. The committee said the film combines artistic quality with social sensitivity and carries motifs from ancient tragedy into the country’s contemporary, deadlocked reality. It also highlighted the way the film brings together a universal theme and a distinctly local identity.

Vasilis Bisbikis stars as Thomas Alexopoulos, a businessman struggling to raise enough money to repay the loan shark Pantelis, played by Yannis Anastasakis. If he fails, Thomas risks losing his home in Voula.

Thomas turns to his mistress, Georgia, played by Betty Arvaniti, but she can raise only part of the money. Pressure mounts when his wife, Stella, learns that the house has been mortgaged to the loan shark. At the same time, Evi, the pregnant wife of Thomas’s son Haris, faces a health problem.

Thomas eventually approaches Pavlaras and Kaiti, played by Stathis Stamoulakatos and Sofia Kounia, to organize a robbery at a house where he knows money is hidden. The ministry has begun preparing the submission file. Preliminary Academy voting starts Dec. 7, nomination voting begins Jan. 11, and the nominations will be announced 10 days later. Final voting is scheduled for Feb. 25 to March 4, 2027, with the awards ceremony set for March 14.