The untold story of the life and perils of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki, told in six chapters. The past and the present of a city, meet and converge at its cracks.
- 2022 Berlinale Encounters
- 2022 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
- 2022 Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz
- 2022 New Directors/New Films Festival
- 2022 Washington Jewish Film
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Christos Passalis, Syllas T. Tzoumerkas
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Christos Passalis, Syllas T. Tzoumerkas
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About the director
Christos Passalis has acted in films such as Yorgos Lanthimos’s Dogtooth and Syllas Tzoumerkas’ Homeland and The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea. He co-founded the blitz theatre group and has co-directed plays at the Luzerner theater in Switzerland and other venues. His upcoming feature film, Silence 6-9, is in post-production.
Syllas Tzoumerkas made his feature directorial debut with Homeland,. This was followed by A Blast and The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea. His movies have screened at over 200 festivals. Tzoumerkas also co-curates “Motherland, I See You,” a Hellenic Film Academy program that selects a “moving film festival” of Greek films that travels to cities around the world.
