Istorima

On April 21, 1967, the door of Rinio and Chronis Missiou's home is knocked, and the Security forces invade. Chronis manages to escape, but Rinio is arrested and taken first to the Hippodrome and then to Gyaros, along with thousands of citizens who were deemed "dangerous" to the dictatorship. She spends...

When Antonis received a positive test result, he wanted to be open and share it. However, society was not ready for this. Narrator: Antonis PapazoglouInterview: Charis PagonidouPodcast Creation: Charis PagonidouSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound Editing: Dimitris PapadakisPhotographic...

Labeled as "leftist by birth" due to the persecution her family experienced during the Civil War, Rinio Missiou joined the EDA in the 1960s. Narrator: Rinio MissiouInterview: Fennia Chala, Dimitris KolovosPodcast Creation: Maya FilipopoulouSound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Istorima is the biggest...

The doctor of Gyaros | Wednesday 27 November 2024Lampros Vazaios narrates his experiences in the prison camps for exiled political prisoners on Gyaros and Leros, where he was stationed as a military doctor during the dictatorship. Interviewee: Lambros VazeosInterview by: Stavros...

Love, cohabitation, aggression, violence, hatred. Can a woman escape an abusive environment after 25 whole years? Narrator: The narrator requested anonymityResearcher: Dimitra ChachamidouPodcast Creation: Charis PagonidouSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouSound Editing: Spyros...

During the dictatorship, Nikos Manios joins the armed resistance organisation the ‘20th of October Movement’, planting bombs at various targets in Athens. When he is arrested, he is sent into internal exile on Gyaros. Interviewee: Nikos ManiosInterview by: Stavros VlachosPodcast creator: Sta...

The great love story of Rinio and Chronis Missiou, the legendary fighter and writer, and their shared journey through the turbulent years before the dictatorship. Narrator: Rinio MissiouInterview: Fennia Chala, Dimitris KolovosPodcast Creation: Maya FilipopoulouSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouSound...

For more than forty years, Zacharias Vrelianakis has been travelling around the world looking for vinyl records. His shop in an arcade in Monastiraki is frequented daily by fanatical collectors, passers-by, tourists, and small children, all united by their love of music. Interviewee:...

Anna grew up on Ikaria, enjoying the freedom and carefree spirit that an island offers. However, her life became more challenging during her teenage years when she realized that she was attracted to girls. Narration: Lazaretou Anna, Haris PagonidouResearcher: Xirou DespinaPodcast Creation:...

Journalist Georgia Lagou shares her experience from the war zone in Ukraine, from the besieged Odessa to the revelation of the massacre in Bucha. Narrator: Georgia LagouResearcher: Anastasia ChatzikyriakouPodcast Creation: Fenia ChalaSound Design: George RamantanisSound Editing: Giannis Anagnostatos Istorima 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 ...

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 ...

Christos Markou, an old Spatanean and passionate wine maker, remembers the old Spata, the work in the fields and vineyards, but above all he remembers the rhythm, the smells and the colors of the harvest season as he experienced it as a child. Narrator: Christos MarkouInterview: Fenia...

Dinos Papachristou narrates his life and his two great loves: cinema Attikon and football. A prolific scorer of the team Aititos Spaton, member of the team since its his birth, he looks back on the adventures on and off the court. Narrator: Dinos PapachristouInterview: Fenia...

Series: Stories of coming of age From Athens to New York and back. A series of unlikely coincidences, a near-death experience and a great love affair lead Vassilis Bourtsalas to run his own life. Narrator: Vassilis BourtsalasInterview-Script: Andreas PappasPodcast Creation: Andreas...

In 2009 Anna Ellis, a lawyer from Boston, during a road trip to Greece, accidentally visits the village of Zitsa, looking for a house for couch surfers. There she meets Kostas, her host, who owns the village bakery. The next 24 hours change her life forever. Narrator: Anna Ellis Researcher:...

Istorima is the largest 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