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Akis Kersanidis

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The Chronicle of an extermination poster
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Hortiatis is one of the numerous Greek villages whose inhabitants were massacred during the German occupation during World War II. The documentary attempts a “reenactment” of the Hortiatis holocaust through the first-hand testimony of eye-witnesses, while underscoring the significance of the preservation of historical memory. The unfolding of events is shaped by official sources and through individual perspectives and personal experiences of common people, shedding new light on these historic events.

The Chronicle of an extermination

2013

The Chronicle of an extermination poster
NR

Hortiatis is one of the numerous Greek villages whose inhabitants were massacred during the German occupation during World War II. The documentary attempts a “reenactment” of the Hortiatis holocaust through the first-hand testimony of eye-witnesses, while underscoring the significance of the preservation of historical memory. The unfolding of events is shaped by official sources and through individual perspectives and personal experiences of common people, shedding new light on these historic events.

The Chronicle of an extermination

2013

The Chronicle of an extermination poster
NR

Hortiatis is one of the numerous Greek villages whose inhabitants were massacred during the German occupation during World War II. The documentary attempts a “reenactment” of the Hortiatis holocaust through the first-hand testimony of eye-witnesses, while underscoring the significance of the preservation of historical memory. The unfolding of events is shaped by official sources and through individual perspectives and personal experiences of common people, shedding new light on these historic events.

The Chronicle of an extermination

2013

How's Claire? poster
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In an apartment in the center of Thessaloniki, Maria and her mother Vaya live together, struggling with the passage of time and the loss of memory. Vaya's descent into dementia turns their relationship into a daily ritual of caregiving. A difficult everyday life, which the two women face with humor and tenderness.

How's Claire?

2024

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NR

What was the uprising in December, who were the social subjects who participated, what were the causes and what is the deposit for the future concerning the socio-political demands. All these questions are trying to find answers in the documentary "Enraged December" which was filmed by a group of people met in the first days after the murder of Alexis Grigoropoulos Thessaloniki

Enraged December

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Return to Homeland poster
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Titus Millech, a German psychiatrist who renounces his identity, embarks on a personal journey through crimes of World War II.

Return to Homeland

2025