{mosimage}View Between two homelands   Friday, the 21st / 12 at 6:00 at the 14th International Panorama of Independent Film Thessaloniki."Between two homelands" that tells about a Greek immigrant, Ilias Missiris, who moved to Finland and how he adjusted to Finnish way of living. He discovered in Finland the Finnish-Greek associations, Greek music and that way felt more strongly his Greek identity and a new kind of patriotism.

He felt often homesick for the country he wasn't staying at the moment (of his two homelands) but gradually the longing for the other started becoming weaker and he enjoyed his life wherever he was.

The idea of making a documentary about people who have found another home began many years ago. When I met Ilias I immediately wanted to do a documentary inspired by his life. What moved me was the fact that Ilias’ journey had started for him when he was 7 years old. The truth is that during the film process we, the creative team, we all entered an inner journey stage.
After this inner jouney of ours we ’ve become much better people and I wanted to share this feeling with as many as I could. After this journey we are simpler, more conscious seekers of beauty of life and human relations, and our thoughts are far richer!

The excellent text written by the author Vasiliki Kappa was born as a synthesis of lyricism and philosophical thinking. Vasiliki has followed this journey of self-awareness, as we all did, and thus we essentially achieved to capture the something that makes a project special; to be simple, to be about human nature and enable us to think about tomorrow, while building the present, currently living in today, and critically looking back at yesterday!

 

Ο μίτος σε βοηθάει να ξαναβρείς το δρόμο της επιστροφής. Προς τον τόπο που άφησες. Δεν ξέρεις όμως πώς να τον ξανανιώσεις τελείως δικό σου. Τον κοιτάς όπως κοιτάμε έναν παλιό έρωτα. Ίσως η αιώρηση ανάμεσα στις δύο χώρες να είναι η μόνη πραγματική πατρίδα.Το μεσοδιάστημα όπου βλέπεις να απομακρύνεται ένα κομμάτι γης από το παράθυρο και μαζί του οι άνθρωποι που το κατοικούν. Αναρωτιέσαι αν εσύ παραμένεις ο ίδιος. Ψάχνεις πάλι τα συστατικά της ταυτότητας σου. Από τι αποτελείσαι; Από τη μνήμη της αφής; Από τη μυρωδιά των δρόμων; Μήπως απ' τις προθέσεις σου; Ίσως σκέφτεσαι τώρα να είμαι κάτι πέρα απ' όλα αυτά. Κάτι μέσα σε όλα και κάτι έξω απ' όλα.Όλες οι δυνατότητες σου είναι πάλι εκεί. Λες και δεν τις έχασες ποτέ. Είσαι πάλι παιδί

Κείμενα Αφήγηση Βασιλική Κάππα
Σενάριο Σκηνοθεσία Χρήστος Ν. Καρακάσης
Text Naration Vasiliki Kappa
Screenplay Direction Christos N. Karakasis
KOYINTA Production (c) 2011 kouinta-production.gr

 

 

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