Istorima

During the Asia Minor Catastrophe, Stella Michalaki's grandmother manages to save an icon of the Virgin Mary, always accompanied by the narratives of persecution. Narrator: Stella Michalaki Researcher: Aggeliki Lyginou Podcast creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Giorgos Ramantanis Sound...

Vangelis Kynigalakis begins his service in 1954 at the isolated lighthouse of Cape Maleas, one of the most dangerous passages for ships. Narrator: Vangelis Kynigalakis Researcher: Viktoria Delakovia Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound...

How much power does a pure action from our heart have? Some say that a good deed finds a way to come back to the one who did it. The incredible story of Apostolos Symeonidis proves that goodness not only does not respect borders and distances but lives forever in the hearts of those who have experienced...

In a small village in Kastoria, in the 1960's, twin girls are born. One is given up for adoption, and is raised with no knowledge that she ever had a twin. When her sister seeks her out, both their lives are changed. Interviewee: Rania Fotopoulou Field Reporter: Nikoletta Baka Producer:...

Dimitra Sereti remembers Christmas in the border village of Xanthogeia, a small village at the foothills of mount Kaimaktsalan, where the poverty of everyday life was made up for by the love and unity of the few inhabitants. Narrator: Dimitra Sereti Researcher: Stella Selidou Podcast Creation:...

The myth of the kallikantzaroi (goblins), the goblins who would go out on Christmas Day in the villages of Roumlouki, as Magdalini Tzika remembers them. Narrator: Magdalini Tzika Researcher: Katerina Tzika Podcast creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound...

The chronicle of the greatest Greek mountaineering tragedy that unfolded on Olympus at Christmas in 1979, as experienced by one of the survivors. Narrator: Zafeiris Trompakas Researcher: Nikoletta Baka Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Iasonas...

In a village in Kastoria in the 1960s, two twin girls are born, and one of them is given up for adoption. Growing up, Ourania resolves to find her lost sister. Narrator: Rania Fotopoulou Researcher: Nikoletta Baka Podcast creation: Daphne Matziaraki Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Istorima...

On a rainy night, two sisters set off for a beach in Monemvasia. While crossing a bridge, the tires slip and they find themselves falling through the air. Narrator: Afrodite SovolouResearcher: Nikolas DrosopoulosPodcast creation: Maya FilippopoulouSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisAudio Editing:...

A young girl gets married and comes permanently to Paramythia, Thesprotia, in 1995. She starts working as a social worker, but soon she will realize how low the social position of women in those times is. Narrator: Anagnostopoulou Maria Researcher: Dimaka Tania Podcast Creation: Stavros...

On October 23, 1941, Eleni Mavrena from Mesovouno, Kozani, witnesses the execution of her father by the Germans. Narrator: Eleni Mavrena Researcher: Niki Fotiadou Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound Editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos Music:...

A lighthouse keeper of the island Othonoi for 17 years, Sotiris Politis from Meganisi, Lefkada, recounts his adventures in the seas of Greece. Narrator: Sotiris Politis Researcher: Maria Makri Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Alex Retsis Sound Editing: Dimitris...

In a village in Laconia during the German occupation, Germans and Italians suddenly come to inspect the home of a family hiding soldiers from New Zealand. Narrator: Dimitris Doukas Researcher: Dimitris Moschos Podcast Creation: Stavros VlachosSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouSound Editing: Michael...

When the Germans burn the village of Kosmas in Arcadia, Yorgos Mermigkas loses everything. Greek Nazi collaborators also participate in the burning. Years later, he comes face to face with one of them. Narrator: Yorgos Mermigkas Researcher: Angeliki Katti Podcast Creation:...

Raids, marches, ambushes, and stone-throwing. Giannis Politakos, as a teenager, participates in hooligan groups in the 1980s. Narrator: Giannis Politakos Researcher: Parisis Giorgos Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Nikolas Konstantinou Sound Editing: Dimitris...

In the Pierian Mountains during the Greek Civil War, two young guerillas get married and have a baby. When their group is pursued by a detachment of the National Army, the crying endangers their position. Narrator: Pavlos Aetopoulos Researcher: Kalliopi Tsakpounidou Podcast...

After decades, a German soldier returns to Crete and searches for the family of Chariklia Fournaraki, in whose house he lived during the Occupation. Narrator: Fournaraki Chariklia Researcher: Maria Latinaki Podcast creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Sound...

A passenger of the "Express Samina" which sunk in September 2000 near the island of Paros, Apostolos Giannios recounts the nightmarish moments leading up to the rescue with shocking composure. Can the nightmare ever be erased? How do memories persist after years? Narrator: Apostolos Giannios Researcher:...