Greek Sarakatsani community members, a former group of nomadic animal breeders, share personal experiences and discuss the concept of identity today. The balance between the intangible cultural heritage and the personal experience raises questions about the community’s survival and the possible cultural death. A tribute to collective memory through an experiential journey that sets out from the past, progresses into the present, and contemplates the future.

Filippos Ferentinos is a photographer and a director based in Athens, Greece. He holds a diploma in the Art of Photography and graduated with his master’s at the University of the Aegean in 2023, specializing in Culture and Documentary Film Production. Through visual storytelling and documentary language, he focuses on issues of individual and collective identity, memory, and trauma, among others.

The short documentary "The Last Nomad", created as part of his thesis, premiered at the Drama International Short Film Festival in September 2024 as his directorial debut.

2024, Drama International Short Film Festival

2024, Ethnofest