Spectres are Haunting Europe

Synopsis

The Idomeni refugee camp housed people from the Middle East who were trying to cross the border into Europe. When the Greek police closed the camp, the refugees resisted and blocked a railway line used to deliver goods. Maria Kourkouta’s minimalist documentary not only observes these events but also presents carefully modeled static images that open up the space within and without the frame of view, and in the closing black-and-white sequence offers a poetic commentary. The result is a bleak portrait of a place where endless lines of refugees try to preserve the final remnants of their individual freedoms. “This film is a call to welcome the refugees that cross the European borders, as well as the ghosts that return with them.”

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Maria Kourkouta
Editing	Editor	Maria Kourkouta
Production	Co-Producer	Carine Chichkowsky
	Producer	Maria Kourkouta
Crew	Script	Niki Giannari Maria Kourkouta
Sound	Music	Lena Platonos
	Sound	André Fèvre
Directing	Director	Maria Kourkouta Niki Giannari
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