Themis Voukias

Angelos, Tilemachos and Efi just finished their final high school exams. University life is ahead and they spend their last summer in their small hometown. Then Angelos starts seeing a dark figure of a motorcyclist. He’s unable to express this to his father and his friends as he has to face his past to finally move on.

In the dilapidated industrial buildings in Upper Ladadika or in the wider area of Valaoritou in Thessaloniki, bands and creators flourished for over four decades. Rooftops, music studios and rehearsal halls with the decibels turned up created the space and time for a continuous explosion of cultural action, personal and collective expression. Through the eyes of the musicians and individuals who continue to shape the city's underground music scene, we see how all this creative expression is increasingly threatened by the ongoing process of displacement due to gentrification. We discuss Thessaloniki, music, the future and the resistance that can be born.

Where is the DIY music scene located in Thessaloniki? Following Paranoid Reverb, we discover that in fact many bands are looking to find their own self-managed space in the city of Thessaloniki, which will give them the freedom and comfort for artistic creation. But how easy is this in a city that exploits every free space with profiteering and business practices, limiting their availability? (can be modified)

The documentary began as an observational documentary of the urban landscape, but soon this changed and was influenced by the people "in" it. For this reason, there follows a group of students who set up a film festival at the premises of the A,U,Th and PAMAK with the aim of open universities and free and accessible film screenings on the premises of the universities. Strangers who became friends because they shared a great love for cinema and the will to make the world a better place, one film at a time!