Effort for Integration
A short documentary about the living conditions in the refugee camp of Samos island. Ιt records fragments of the children's daily lives and the personal effort of an Afghan resident of the camp, while he is teaching english to other members of his community.
Related Works
"Construction" is the documentation of the process of a rehearsal performed by contemporary dance and acrobatics company "Ki omWs kineitai" during the preparation of the group to participate in a theatrical play. It took place during the second lockdown in Athens in a climate of general uncertainty regarding the planning and performing of live performances. In "Construction" the return of the bodies to rehearsal conditions, the need for communication and reconnection and the memory of sharing with the spectators that still gives hope are recorded in a spontaneous and fragmentary way.
This documentary is about my grandmother, Areti. I have her name. She is a very simple and sweet person. She always wants to take care of and feed us.
It’s Monday, the 13th of December 1943, the small town of Kalavryta is set on fire by the occupation army of Nazi Germany while the entire male population is being gathered on a nearby hill and shot dead. This war crime will go down in history, along with the massacre of Acqui Division, as the largest mass killing in Greece during WWII. Three men who witnessed these events as kids, locked up with the rest women, children and elderly people in Kalavryta’s primary school, recall this traumatic experience.
A young bicycle rider explains why he wants to spend so much time with this sport: The hard and great times that bike gives him.
A portrait of Antonis, a homeless man living in the old town of Corfu.
This documentary deals with the relationship that can be developed between two different types of music (Classical and Electronic), shaping also the portrait of a professional Musician and Viola teacher at the Athens School of Music.
The portrait of a young, lonely man in a foreign country, whose only consolation is smoking. The documentary observes his daily life: He lives with the basics and wanders in the city. His grief comes from the fact that he is alone without his family.
This short film is the portrait of a man, emphasizing a specific aspect of himself, that is, his engagement with musical improvisation.
Artist Paris Chatzigiannis, in his studio, talks about his life with painting.
