{"id":272,"date":"2026-05-20T09:36:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=272"},"modified":"2026-05-20T09:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:36:52","slug":"mary-mina-cast-in-alexandra-matheous-debut-feature-surrogacy-love-triangle-drama-shibboleth-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=272","title":{"rendered":"Mary Mina Cast in Alexandra Matheou\u2019s Debut Feature, Surrogacy Love Triangle Drama \u2018Shibboleth\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<em>Shibboleth<\/em>, the feature directorial debut of writer-director Alexandra Matheou (<em>A Summer Place<\/em>), has found its female lead in Greek actress Mary Mina (<em>A Summer Place<\/em>, TV series <em>Aggeliki<\/em>), who is known for having played the High Priestess during the Olympic Flame lighting ceremonies since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The drama is one of this year\u2019s projects in Focus CoPro at Cannes, which selects first features at an early stage from filmmakers selected in the Cannes Film Festival\u2018s main short film competition section and shorts in the Directors\u2019 Fortnight, as well as from other filmmakers scouted all year round. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=270\">How Cannes Animated Satire \u2018Jim Queen\u2019 Cast Gay Porn Icon Fran\u00e7ois Sagat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe logline for <em>Shibboleth<\/em> reads: \u201cA surrogate mother joins the couple expecting her baby on a vacation. As a love triangle quietly takes shape, she is confronted with the emotional cost of surrogacy and the realization that her job doesn\u2019t always end at birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the Focus CoPro website, Matheou shares about the film: \u201cThe story unfolds in a place that seems to have defeated death; or so its people believe. For as long as I can remember, my existential anxiety around the subject matter of death has been a constant shadow. This is why I created a playground where I could ask: if eternal life were possible, would it actually make life better? Or would it unravel everything we think we know about living?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Shibboleth<\/em> comes from Maria Drandaki\u2018s Greek production company, Homemade Films, with Cyprus support coming from the\u00a0Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Culture. The project is in its financing and casting stage, with shooting planned for the summer of 2027\u00a0in Cyprus and Greece.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMatheou will world premiere her new short <em>Free Eliza<\/em> <em>(Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection)<\/em> on Thursday, May 20, in the Director\u2019s Fortnight.<\/p>\n<p>The short is about a woman born without the ability to smile. Eliza, who is a hotel worker, refuses to change herself \u201ceven as a world gripped by toxic positivity demands she conform,\u201d according to a synopsis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=268\">\u2018In Waves,\u2019 Park Chan-Wook Deals End Cannes Market With A Bang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tHomemade Films is a co-producer on <em>Free Eliza<\/em> and the main producer of this year\u2019s Un Certain Regard film <em>Titanic Ocean<\/em>, directed by Konstantina Kotzamani.<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>THR<\/em> can now premiere an exclusive clip from <em>Free Eliza<\/em>, which Matheou wrote and directed. Grigoria Metheniti stars as the titular Eliza. So, everyone, get ready for a staff photo! But how do you pose for a photo if you can\u2019t smile? And get ready for mentions of dolphins and, yes, Pamela Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=266\">\u2018Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed\u2019 Review: Tatiana Maslany Delivers the Goods in Apple\u2019s Deliciously Twisty Thriller<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tWatch the exclusive clip from <em>Free Eliza<\/em> here.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Mina was cast in Alexandra Matheou debut feature film &#8216;Shibboleth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,2],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-cannes-2026","tag-international"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mary Mina Cast in Alexandra Matheou\u2019s Debut Feature, Surrogacy Love Triangle Drama \u2018Shibboleth\u2019 (Exclusive) - 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