Sparta PIOP

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...

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...

A journey to modern Japan through the eyes of the great Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis (creator of Zorba the Greek) who visited the country before and after WWII. Sixty five years after his fatal last journey in the pandemic-stricken country, his memoirs become the roadmap of a new voyage. Buddhist monks, prostitutes and Uber drivers co-exist...

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...