Maria Karamanolaki

In 1821, in Cinema, he records the cinematic representations of the Revolution from the first decades of the 20th century. until the present day. Despite the fact that the Revolution of 1821 constitutes the founding act of the modern Greek state, as a subject matter it is underrepresented in national film production. This is one of the points on which the research looks, which simultaneously examines the periods of concentration of films on the subject of the Revolution or, respectively, the periods of its collective silence. The purpose of the documentary is to study the ideological discourse and the cinematic language of the films with the theme of 1821, in order to highlight the function of the cinema as a carrier of Public History and as a factor in shaping the collective historical consciousness.

He was having his sweetest dream. Blurry images from when he was a boy and his parents were alive. An old song begins to play in the background, giving clear form to the figures of his parents. But he is not dreaming. He is awake. And the music is playing in his head... K. is 40 years old, lives alone. This song is his only chance to remember his parents. Time passes and K. gets more and more lost in his memories, putting his life on the back burner.

In 1986, during the World Cup, John, a conservative man with right-wing beliefs and his brother, Antonis, with Communist authorities are waiting for the crossbar of the Soviet football match Union-Belgium.

As Rallou (40) visits her parents at the house, imagination and reality interweave comic-tragic situations that give the protagonist laughter but also strength to face the definitive changes that time brings. she grew up in, fantasy and reality create bittersweet situations that make the protagonist smile and give her strength to face the definite changes brought on by time.