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- A collection of still shots picturing the inhabitants of the port of Eleusis. People have reached their destination in front of the Sea of Eleusis, in the midst of this humid scenery, against the horizon line, resembling a kind of cleansing ritual. This is where time stops, converting into an abstract notion: There is neither "past" nor "future": only the "eternal present."
- 'Athens from Beneath' by Takis Bardakos, a once celebrated now homeless filmmaker tells the story of Greece's new poor, the unemployed facing an up-hill battle during Greece's unprecedented financial crisis. The film follows the stories of several Greeks, exposing the social inequality and injustice. For the sudden and unwelcome changes that the crisis has brought them, their world has literally been lost from beneath their feet. Greece and its rich heritage are experiencing conditions in post-war history that no European thought they would face again. Homelessness, soup kitchens, staggering unemployment rates (30%), poverty, and the rise of the extreme right have turned the once dream of prosperity into a socio-economic nightmare. The documentary is intimate yet powerful; artistic yet unsightly for those who expect clear blue skies, sandy beaches, and ouzo. But however hard it might be to see, the topic is timely and necessary, allowing for social and cultural awareness and dialogue. Unless films like this are produced, humanity risks losing awareness and more importantly, whatever compassion or sensitivity still exists in the rapidly unraveling European Union. The winter will set in, the conditions will worsen and the immigrants keep coming, also in dire straits. This documentary sheds light on a progressing problem few want to acknowledge and that won't go away any time soon.
- When Europe closes its borders in Greece, trapping helpless refugees, they become invisible to the outside world. They become the border souls. But away from the mayhem unfolding, one peaceful man, elder Christodoulos and the nuns of a monastery, unite with the surrounding villages of Halkidiki to share their generosity and solidarity to the increasingly isolated refugees, illuminating the capacity of a crisis-ridden society to change the world with fewer words and more action.