Maria Louka

A descent into the world of mourning and loss through three homicide stories that shook Greek and European society: the cruel murders of Shahzad Luqman, Pavlos Fyssas, and Zak Kostopoulos. The grieving families of the victims converse with their absences, defend the memory of the dead, and turn their suffering into a fight for justice.

As the economic crisis deepens, interventions in journalistic work are increasing and journalists are being asked to choose whether to follow a central line or whether to dare to take a different stance. Those who dare risk not only being fired or prosecuted, but even their physical integrity. Oppression presents just a few of the hundreds of incidents that show that one of the victims of the crisis in Greece is the free press.

The film follows Olga, Georgia, and Ivi in a writing workshop where they process trauma through myths tied to their pain – Persephone’s abduction for Georgia, Europe taken by Zeus for Olga, Alcestis’s sacrifice for Ivi – transforming these narratives into sources for empowerment.