The untold story of the life and perils of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki, in six chapters. The past and the present of a city, meet and converge at its cracks.
The City and the City
Η πόλη και η πόλη
Screening Schedule
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- Direction: Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas
- Script: Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas
- Cinematography: Simos Sarketzis
- Editing: Yorgos Zafeiris
- Sound: Costas Varybopiotis, Nikos Exarchos, Dimitris Kanellopoulos, Persefoni Milliou
- Actors: Vassilis Kanakis, Alexandros Vardaxoglou, Angeliki Papoulia, Argyris Xafis, Niki Papandreou, Vassilis Karampoulas, Themis Bazaka, Maria Filini, Laertis Malkotsis, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Fritz Fenne, Jakob Leo Stark, Fidel Talaboukas, Aris Armaganidis, Zoe Sigalou, Danai Primali, Michalis Kimonas, Vasia Bakakou, Leonard Batis, Giannis Dalamagkas, Andronikos Christaras, Athanasia Kallimani, Nikolas Christopoulos, Andreas Stavrakakis, Nikos Chortarias, Glykeria Dimou, Kostas Penteridis, Michalis
- Production: Greek National Opera, Homemade Films
- Producers: Maria Drandaki, Curator: Orestis Andreadakis
- Co-production: With the Collaboration of Thessaloniki International Film Festival, supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (ISN), Claims Conference – The Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the German-Greek Future Fund, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – Office in Greece, National Centre of Audiovisual and Communication (ΕΚΟΜΕ), the Cultural Centre of the Region of Central Macedonia, MOMus, Greek Film Centre and the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, With the collaboration of Municipality of Therm
- Costumes: Marli Aleiferi, Vasileia Rozana
- Sets: Christos Passalis
- Make Up: Evi Zafeiropoulou, Ioulia Sigrimi
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color, B/W
- Production Country: Greece
- Duration: 87΄
- Contact: Homemade Films, info@homemadefilms.gr
Christos Passalis
Christos Passalis was born in Thessaloniki. In cinema, he participated as an actor in films by Yorgos Lanthimos, Syllas Tzoumerkas, Konstantina Kotzamani, among others. His theater work as co-director, writer, and actor of the blitz theater group, has been presented in numerous theatrical festivals worldwide.
Filmography
2022 The City and the City (co-direction)
2022 Silence 6-9
Syllas Tzoumerkas
Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in Thessaloniki. He directed the feature films Homeland (Venice Critics’ Week 2010), A Blast (Locarno International Competition 2014), The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea (Berlinale Panorama 2019), and, in co-direction with Christos Passalis, The City and the City (Berlinale Encounters Competition 2022).
Filmography
2001 The Devouring Eyes (short)
2002 Rain (short)
2010 Homeland
2014 A Blast
2017 A Manifesto for the Un-Communal (short)
2019 The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
2022 The City and the City (co-direction)
2023 Μy Mother is a Saint (short)
2002 Rain (short)
2010 Homeland
2014 A Blast
2017 A Manifesto for the Un-Communal (short)
2019 The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
2022 The City and the City (co-direction)
2023 Μy Mother is a Saint (short)
