Memories of Occupation & Dialogue for the Future

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Memories of Occupation & Dialogue for the Future by Dimitris Argyriou
Germany/Greece, 2024, 76min., Documentary

Νeighboring Greek villages, Pyrgi and Mesovouno, were looted, massacred and burned completely by German troops. Since 2010, the German-Greek cultural association “Dialogos” in Delmenhorst is in close contact with the two villages and succeeded in creating an exchange of students between a German school and three Greek schools.
“Memories from the Occupation and Dialogue for the Future”, with interviews with the German and Greek teachers who started the student exchange program, covers in detail the reasons and how the program started, what problems were encountered, what were the experiences of the German teachers, what were the experiences of the Greek teachers and mainly what were the experiences of German and Greek students.
Also, with testimonies from the massacre survivors and interviews with their relatives, it tries to shed light on the tragic events that took place between October 1941 and April 1944.
Aim is to preserve the historical memory and to stimulate mutual understanding, dialogue and and emphasise that friendships are very important when they are forward-looking.

English: Memories of Occupation & Dialogue for the Future
Deutsch: Erinnerungen an die Besatzung und Dialog für die Zukunft
Ελληνικά: Μνήμες Κατοχής και Διάλογος για το Μέλλον

Selected Festivals
– Chania Film Festival, Greece, 18-26 October 2024
– Greek International Film Festival of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 11-13 October 2024
– Kalakari Film Awards, 28 September 2024
– 11th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra & Awards, Greece, 03-11 August
– Doc.Boston Documentary Film Festival, US, 20-21 July 2024