An aquatic malady threatens a forgotten coastal village. Confronted with this rising marine crisis, three young fishermen resort to illegal dynamite fishing.
Year of production 2025 Length 20' CountryGreece Shooting Format 16mm Aspect Ratio 4:3 Dialogue Greek
DirectorThanasis Trouboukis Producers Annabelle Aronis, Thanasis Trouboukis Production Company Avion Films Co-Produced by ERT S.A., Greek Film Centre, Onassis Culture, Paraiso Production Writer Thanasis Trouboukis CinematographerKonstantinos Koukoulios Editor Yannis Chalkiadakis Production Designers and Costume Sofia Vaso, Lydia Miligkou Sound Recordist Daphne Farazi Make Up & Hair Niki Ovakoglou Music Costis Kontos, Regressverbot - Drive to Dive (Edit) Additional Instrumentation Kreon Krionas, Nikos Krionas Visual Effects Fraim, Kreon Krionas Colorist Dimitris Karteris Production Managers Marianthi Palamaris, Katerina Thanopoulou Special Effects Solon Giannoutsos Gaffer Nikos Papaevangeliou Assistant Directors Eleni Molfeta, Chrisanthos Margonis Production Assistants Aggelos Daris, Giannis Kaitsas, Valantis Tzoulis Underwater Shooting Marios Zervas, Dimos Adamis, Thanasis Trouboukis Sound Studio I hear voices Foley Artist Nikos Linardopoulos 1st Assistant Camera Marios Delias, Nikos Sempos 2nd Assistant Camera Nikos Diakoumeas, Giorgos Talianis Drone Operator Giannis Koutsoulas Casting Athens Casting Cast Vasilis Koutsogiannis, Zoe Sigalou, Nikos Zeginoglou
With the Support of Hellenic Ministry of Environment
Festival selections Drama International Short Film Festival 2025, Greece - World Premiere, Best Photography Award, Set Design Award, Best Sound Design Award, ‘Technical Adequacy’ Award By The Association Of Greek Film And Television Technicians Athens International Film Festival 2025, Greece - GSC Special Mention for Best Cinematography Warsaw International Film Festival 2025, Poland Alice nella Città 2025, Italy Riga International Film Festival 2025, Latvia Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2025, Greece Zinebi - Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Film 2025, Spain Author Film Festival 2025, Serbia Director's Statement Last Tropics is a Mediterranean story that explores the effects of climate change on human relationships. The term 'aquatic epidemic' refers to the irreversible damage human activity has caused to marine ecosystems. At the same time, dynamite fishing is an illegal traditional fishing technique with disastrous consequences for the underwater world. These two elements are juxtaposed in our story, which follows the struggle of our young heroes fishing with dynamite after the environmental catastrophe, as they attempt to survive in unprecedented extreme climate conditions. As their fishing village drifts into limbo and t he marine crisis escalates, the film portrays their final 24 hours before escaping. But isn't this the fate of humanity itself: to destroy Earth and then seek refuge among the stars?
