Documentaries

Theodoros is fighting for his ideals in a time when this is forbidden. At the age of twenty, the betrayal of his house mate leads to him being sent into exile, together with thousands of other citizens who were persecuted during the dictatorship. Interviewee: Theodoros PaschalidisInterview...

Istorima is the biggest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could easily be lost in time. It was created by the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), as part of its initiative to Restart and ... Read more

At the age of fourteen, Vasilis Pisimisis is working various jobs in the commercial area of Piraeus; he knows little about the infamous Troumpa area. He begins to explore it systematically, collecting the fascinating stories of the women and men frequenting this legendary red-light neighbourhood and...

Istorima is the biggest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could easily be lost in time. It was created by the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), as part of its initiative to Restart and ... Read more

Series: The Occupation through the Eyes of Its Children On the other side of the swamp, Sophia, Eleni, and Roxani—three girls of different ages—live in three different villages amphitheatrically surrounding Edessa. Growing up in places besieged by continuous and varied hostilities, each of them is ...

Kokkinia was a vast refugee and working-class town, filled with numerous shacks and surrounded by factories and artisan textile workshops. The new radio documentary of the HISTORIAS MINIMAS series, in collaboration with RADIO PANIK of Belgium, refers to the refugee settlement in the Kokkinia area...

Series: The Occupation through the Eyes of Its Children On the other side of the swamp, Sophia, Eleni, and Roxani—three girls of different ages—live in three different villages amphitheatrically surrounding Edessa. Growing up in places besieged by continuous and varied hostilities, each of them is ...

Series: The Occupation through the Eyes of Its Children On the other side of the swamp, Sophia, Eleni, and Roxani—three girls of different ages—live in three different villages amphitheatrically surrounding Edessa. Growing up in places besieged by continuous and varied hostilities, each of them is ...

Aristeidis Pangratidis is executed in Thessaloniki in 1968, convicted of a series of murders and vicious attacks that shook the city. Decades later, former prosecutor Konstantinos Logothetis investigates the case and begins to have serious doubts about who the real perpetrator was, only to have them...

Istorima is the biggest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could easily be lost in time. It was created by the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), as part of its initiative to Restart and ... Read more

May 1968. Student protests at the universities of Paris and demonstrations throughout France completely shake the political establishment in France at the time. The revolutionary wind of May '68 will motivate and inspire student movements throughout Europe as well as the other side of the Atlantic. Fifty-six...

On November 26, 1985, Nikos Louridas was on board a riot police bus (MAT) that was hit by a bombing in Ilissia. The 17 November group claimed responsibility for the attack, describing it as "retaliation" for the murder of 15-year-old Michalis Kaltezas by a police officer in Exarchia. Narrator:...

Istorima Reversed Series Benjamin is a young Pomak from Xanthi. During his school years, his heritage made him feel different from the other children. His mother, Eminé, also felt different when she decided not to wear the headscarf, which led to a conflict with her family. Through their meeting ...

Giannis Bardanis spends four days alone and adrift on the Aegean when his boat suffers a mechanical failure. Interviewee: Giannis BardanisInterview by: Efthymia PapagiannopoulouProducer: Stavros VlachosSound Designer: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound Editor: Dimitris PapadakisTranslator: Steve LeverVoiceover:...

Istorima reversed series Beniamin is a young Pomak from Xanthi. During his school years, his heritage made him feel different from the other children. His mother, Emine, also felt different when she decided to stop wearing the headscarf, which brought her into conflict with her family. Through their...

A mother has been fighting for decades to save her drug-addicted daughter from death. Narrator: The narrator requested anonymityResearcher: Zoí AngelakopoulouPodcast Creation: Stavros VlahosSound Design: Alex RetsisSound Editing: Spyros LymperopoulosPhotographic Shots: Stefanos Bertakis Istorima ...