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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.


 

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.


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.


 

2022 Berlinale Encounters

2022 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

2022 Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz

2022 New Directors/New Films Festival

2022 Washington Jewish Film

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    87 minutes
  • Language
    French, German, Greek, Turkish
  • Country
    Greece
  • Premiere
    LA Premiere
  • Director
    Christos Passalis, Syllas T. Tzoumerkas
  • Producer
    Maria Drandaki
  • Cast
    Vassilis Kanakis, Alexandros Vardaxoglou, Angeliki Papoulia, Niki Papandreou, Argyris Xafis, Vassilis Karaboulas, Themis Bazaka, Maria Filini, Laertis Malkotsis, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Fritz Fenne, Jakob Leo Stark, Marina Siotou, Fidel Talaboukas, Aris Armaganidis, Zoe Sigalou, Danai Primali, Michalis Kimonas, Vassia Bakakou and others.
  • Cinematographer
    Simos Sarketzis