FFGR
31 OCTOBER → 9 NOVEMBER 2025
5 MARCH → 15 MARCH 2026
17 JUNE → 21 JUNE 2025
Greece • 87’• DCP • Color, B/W
The untold story of the life and perils of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki, in six chapters. The past and the present of a city, meet and converge at its cracks.
Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in Thessaloniki. He directed the feature films Homeland (Venice Critics’ Week 2010), A Blast (Locarno International Competition 2014), The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (Berlinale Panorama 2019), and, in co-direction with Christos Passalis, The City and the City (Berlinale Encounters Competition 2022).
2001 The Devouring Eyes (short)
2002 Rain (short)
2010 Homeland
2014 A Blast
2017 A Manifesto for the Un-Communal (short)
2019 The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
2022 The City and the City (co-direction)
2023 Μy Mother is a Saint (short)
Christos Passalis was born in Thessaloniki. In cinema, he participated as an actor in films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Syllas Tzoumerkas, Konstantina Kotzamani, among others. His theater work as co-director, writer, and actor of the blitz theater group, has been presented in numerous theatrical festivals worldwide.
2022 The City and the City (co-direction)
2022 Silence 6-9
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