Xylokastro

Through this film, which takes the form of an audiovisual letter, the testimony of a photographer is born who narrates to her child her experience on board the rescue ship Aquarius, in the central Mediterranean Sea.

Thessaloniki, under Nazi occupation. 96% of the Jewish population is sent to Auschwitz. The adventures, hopes and dreams of nine Jewish students of the Italian school Umberto Primo come to life. The film is based on the archive found by an Italian professor and on testimonies of the protagonists. By recreating their stories, we tell the story...

”Thousands of fighters around the world had given all they had for a cause that, as they believed, as they said, was greater than them; but in the end, it turned out that they themselves were the greatness of that cause” (Chris Marker). 87-year-old persecuted and declared guerrilla Giannis Lionakis takes a farewell trip to the place that defi...

As if they never existed. People on the move. Facing danger in unfamiliar and unwelcoming places. For 15 years, a photojournalist bears witness to the journey of migrants across the dark crossings of European borders. Futility, death, and exhaustion from a never-ending struggle, as well as pushbacks, represent a large part of Giorgos Moutafis...

Musically Different shows the incredible path of two outstanding musicians. Jean-Pierre Dussert is autistic, schizophrenic...and a virtuoso pianist. Georges Nikolaïdis is a philanthropist, Director of Cultural activities, Director of a music academy in Paris area and… a brilliant flutist.This documentary relates Georges’ struggle to get Jean-...

Folk musicians Anna and Joel (Handmade Moments) built a solar-powered stage on the roof of their veggie-oil-propelled tour bus. Their dream of driving the bus from Arkansas to Argentina comes to an abrupt end when two cars smash into them head-on: Joel ends up in a wheelchair for months and the bus is reduced to scrap metal. With the financia...

The love story of a Jewish girl and a Pole during the World War II. Romantic moments, the hell of war and chilling events. Bogdan Jastrzębski - Righteous Among the Nations, returns to the times of the War, when he fell in love with the only one, the Jewish girl - Krystyna Geisler, for his whole life. First-dates, shy kisses, the drama of the ...

Globalization and politico-religious pressure are ruthlessly stamping out the last remnants of traditional culture. In Tajikistan, most of which is mountainous, music and dancing still accompany people in joy and sorrow — as they did a thousand years ago.British musician Leo Abrahams, hearing a recording of maddoh many years ago, was struck b...

The film is inspired by the contemporary life of the indigenous people inhabiting the European arctic region, the Sámi, widely known as Lapp. After twenty years of researching and photographing the European arctic and its indigenous inhabitants, the Greek award-winning film director Dimitra Zirou, begins to film an art documentary inspired by...